Family stories — including stories about illness — are important in articulating family values and increasing family ...

A chronic illness is a medical condition that can be managed but not cured. While learning about and incorporating the ...

Trends in child health are in fact worrisome, and scientists welcome a renewed focus on foods and environmental toxins. But ...

At the recent Eudēmonia Summit, Dr. Sara Gottfried explained why understanding the root cause of chronic illness is more ...

A diagnosis of a debilitating chronic disease, such as Parkinson's or multiple sclerosis, can be frightening. But once you get over the initial shock, it's time to get down to work, drawing up ...

I have lived with a chronic illness my entire adult life, and I'm not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 129 million Americans currently live with some type of chronic condition ...

He began by noting that despite the declaration of obesity as a chronic disease over a decade ago ... adding that the current body mass index (BMI)–based definition contributes to this because it ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as a progressive loss of renal function that lasts for more than 3 months, and is classified according to the degree of kidney damage – measured by the le ...