Whether it’s heart disease, cancer, stroke or diabetes, 6 in 10 adults have a chronic disease. Even more alarming, 4 in 10 people have two or more. With chronic diseases affecting more and more people ...

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 ...

The first new antibiotic for UTIs in nearly 30 years has been approved by regulators. Gepotidacin, also known as Blujepa, is ...

Chronic tonsillitis is an ongoing infection of the tonsils. If you have chronic tonsillitis, you may need to have your tonsils removed. Share on Pinterest Edwin Tan/Getty Images Tonsillitis is an ...

Nearly one in three low-income people who enrolled in Michigan's expanded Medicaid program discovered they had a chronic illness that had never been diagnosed before, according to a new study. And ...

As a psychologist, I’ve seen firsthand how people react to the word chronic. There’s often an immediate sense of dread, as if acknowledging the long-term nature of a condition means surrendering to it ...

Discover common skin care ingredients that can cause allergic reactions and learn how to identify them in your products. Chronic idiopathic urticaria, also known as chronic hives or chronic ...

I never ran before getting sick. Most days, my health was a constant I didn't even think to acknowledge — a kind of ignorance I almost envy now. After contracting COVID and surviving two strokes, I ...

Chronic functional constipation is persistent constipation that doesn’t have a clearly identifiable underlying cause. Constipation is often defined as passing fewer than three bowel movements per week ...

Chronic sorrow refers to a grief response to a non-death-related loss experience that permanently changes one’s life, specifically where the loss experience itself is reoccurring in nature. Chronic ...