A new study, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, found that patients treated surgically for segmental Chronic Thromboembolic
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Nearly 20% of U.S. adults experience chronic pain
Chronic pain is among the most common chronic conditions in the United States, but estimates of its prevalence and impact
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Restricting excessive consumption of added sugars may reduce NAFLD risk in children
A review of more than 20 studies by researchers at Arizona State University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen),
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Cell stress mechanisms identified as prognostic factor for chronic inflammatory liver disease
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the bile ducts and is difficult to treat, since
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Adolescents respond to chronic social isolation stress in sex-specific ways
The mental health crisis that has resulted from the imposition of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19 has been
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Researcher get federal grant to study how gut microbiota and inflammation promote metabolic syndrome
Dr. Andrew Gewirtz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a four-year federal
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Weedy grass may be effective against several human diseases
Native to the southeastern United States, a weedy grass has spread northward to Canada and also made its way to
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Study examines mono, chronic fatigue syndrome in college students
Many college students fully recover from infectious mononucleosis (which is almost always caused by Epstein-Barr virus) within 1-6 weeks, but
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Study suggests guidelines to improve Youtube videos on chronic health care conditions
Many people with chronic health conditions search social media, including YouTube videos, to learn more about how to manage their
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Half of WHO-recommended policies to reduce chronic diseases are not put into practice
The first analysis of WHO-recommended policies to prevent and control non-communicable diseases (NCDs) finds that implementation is slowly improving, but
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