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 ...

Research suggests that being happier may help you avoid developing common chronic diseases. However, the benefits only seem ...

A person with anemia of chronic disease has decreased red blood cells despite having “normal” or increased iron stores in their body. It can occur in people with underlying inflammatory conditions, ...

Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the United States. While most cases are effectively treated through oral antibiotics, some patients develop persistent and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Diseases of the heart topped the 2022 list, and chronic lower respiratory diseases occupied the sixth spot. In ...

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) describes an inherited genetic condition that affects a person’s immune system. It results in a type of immunodeficiency and causes people to be highly susceptible ...

While chronic liver disease can be very serious, early treatment and new healthy lifestyle habits can help many people avoid severe liver damage. Some experts add an additional stage for a healthy ...

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 ...

Kal Patel, MD, is CEO and Co-Founder of BrightInsight. He has over 20 years of experience in pharma, medtech and regulated digital health. Sixty percent of U.S. adults have a chronic disease such as ...

In the lineup of wildlife diseases across the country, few are more studied and yet still more mysterious than chronic wasting disease. The prion disease, first identified in a Colorado research ...