Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and diseases of the lungs, kidneys, liver (and more). She writes about ...

Chronic diseases are quietly shaping the health landscape of the United States. They claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year, drain the healthcare system, and increasingly affect younger ...

Chronic kidney disease is far more common than most people realize — and up to 90% of people don’t know they have it. The problem is that symptoms often appear late, when significant damage has ...

For millions of Americans, paying for the treatment needed to manage their diseases can become its own lifelong problem. By Carly Stern Karen Mancera ended the phone call in a panic. In July, she was ...

America is in the middle of a chronic disease crisis. Over 60% of adults suffer from at least one chronic condition such as diabetes, hypertension, or obesity. These conditions account for 90% of the ...

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 ...

Schlesinger is a physician-scientist and professor, president, and CEO of Texas Biomedical Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization in San Antonio, Texas. The connection between infection ...

Before implementing additional fee schedule changes to increase primary care reimbursement, policy makers should evaluate the ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order creating a commission to study childhood chronic diseases, to be chaired by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has ...

Every six seconds in America, someone is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Every five seconds, another person starts a new prescription for it. Every day, 260 people die from it. Here’s what many ...