CHRONIC IS A TERM you've probably heard used to describe certain medical conditions. But you might know what it really means or which types of illnesses it refers to. Chronic conditions are diseases ...

Life expectancy rose from 30 to nearly 80 years as infectious diseases gave way to chronic conditions like heart disease, ...

Isabella is a chronic disease reporter writing about how the Trump administration is tackling the nation’s health epidemic — or not. You can reach her on Signal at isabellacueto.03. The popular ...

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Lyme infection-associated chronic illness (IACI) is real, often debilitating and long-lasting, and in urgent need of research that prioritizes treatments to improve symptoms affecting patients’ ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A new study by Rutgers University has highlighted that a significant ...

Sociologist Michael Bury first described chronic illness as a “biographical disruption” in the 1980s. This description and the theory Bury developed around it continue to be relevant in understanding ...

A new study published in the journal Neuropharmacology suggests that chronic alcohol consumption affects the brain ...

When we see an older family member handling a bulky box of medications sorted by day of the week, we might stop and wonder, is it too much? How do all those pills interact? The fact is, as we get ...

Bryan Johnson reveals a chronic stomach disease, showing even extreme health routines can’t prevent every condition ...