Study: Shared and specific blood biomarkers for multimorbidity. Image Credit: pinkeyes / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers identified shared and ...

America is a nation awash in lifestyle diseases, nearly all of which are chronic. From hypertension, which impacts close to half of all adults, to chronic kidney disease, affecting more than one in ...

UAB is leading a national study examining how personalized genetic risk information can improve prevention of chronic ...

Non-communicable diseases are rising despite progress, driven mainly by obesity, ageing populations, and longer survival, creating major health and economic burdens. Focusing on prevention, especially ...

Research suggests that being happier may help you avoid developing common chronic diseases. Image Credit: Anna Malgina/Stocksy Can being happier actually help you live a longer and healthier life? A ...

Despite its scale, steatotic liver disease remains largely absent from global and US noncommunicable disease strategies.

As people live longer, a growing percentage of the population is living with, and dying from, chronic diseases. Chronic diseases tend to require consistent medical attention and often restrict daily ...

In this Ask The Professor Q&A, David St-Jules, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, and Dr. John Westhoff, associate professor in the School of Medicine and ...

The impact of this research extends far beyond individual patients. This work transforms health care delivery and finds novel solutions to help reduce the multi-trillion dollar annual cost associated ...