STAT+: Learning to treat long COVID could help those struggling with chronic fatigue syndrome, too
CONCORD, N.H. — Veronica Dane had always been active, from playing soccer as a kid…
Category: chronic disease
Routine screening for kidney disease would be cost-effective, study argues
In 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force convened to determine whether it should…
STAT+: In early trial, drug appears to reduce harmful protein buildup in heart
An early-stage drug for a heart disease called ATTR-CM showed potential to reverse disease progression,…
An artist uses the canvas to make sense of her partner’s illness, and her own
For Lauryn Welch, a 32-year-old artist with roots in New Hampshire, painting and chronic illness…
Opinion: There’s a surprisingly easy way to avoid a huge number of major amputations
More than 400 Americans undergo major amputation of a leg, either above or below the…
STAT+: Sickle cell gene therapies could be cost-effective even if priced as high as $1.9 million
As the U.S. health care system prepares for expensive gene therapies, a preliminary analysis suggests…
STAT+: Liver disease researchers are hoping AI can improve their trial design
Liver disease researchers, stumped by a complex disease, are looking for new investigative tools. Artificial…
Opinion: Millions of people take birth control to treat endometriosis — but it doesn’t work
At 14, after nearly three years of haunting the local urgent care clinic because of…
When confronted with mysterious illness in college, ‘Chronically Catherine’ started writing
“Living With” explores the contours of life with chronic illness, from the prelude to diagnosis to…
STAT+: 89bio treatment reduces liver scarring in patients with NASH, meeting study goals
89bio said Wednesday that its experimental treatment improved liver scarring at more than three times…
‘I’m terrified’: Patients scramble for treatment after 13 ketamine clinics shut down
Around 4:30 p.m. last Friday, Ketamine Wellness Centers CEO Kevin Nicholson sent an email: In…
Large network of clinics offering ketamine for depression shuts down
One of the largest operators of ketamine clinics in the country abruptly closed its facilities…
‘That is my dream’: Scientist who uncovered likely leading cause of MS wants to tackle ALS next
Alberto Ascherio began his career as a young doctor treating tropical diseases in South American…
Watch: The troubled history of BMI, the body mass index
The body mass index, or BMI, is the formula that’s used most often to diagnose…
With CRISPR cures on horizon, sickle cell patients ask hard questions about who can access them
LONDON — Victoria Gray had come to Nashville, Tenn., from her home in Mississippi for…
Watch: How do the new obesity drugs work?
Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic are rapidly growing in popularity as weight-loss treatments. These medications…
STAT+: The unexpected alliance lobbying for Medicare to pay for new obesity drugs
WASHINGTON — It’s not every day that the pharmaceutical industry, the NAACP, a cancer center, and…
Study of pancreatitis surgery patients finds steady decline in survival and need for better addiction support
For some people with chronic pancreatitis, surgery is the only hope. The condition can cause…
Scientists are finding increasing evidence for a link between air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s
The air in Mexico City was once so toxic that people watched as dead birds…
Pediatricians recommend weight-loss drugs and surgery for children with obesity
Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications…
As respiratory diseases rise, EPA tightens air quality standards
The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday more aggressive air quality standards for particulate matter,…
Opinion: To effectively combat diabetes, policymakers must treat obesity like other diseases
Obesity is often included in the litany of chronic diseases that plague six in 10…
‘One needs to feel safe’: Racism can put sleep — and its health benefits — out of reach
Lots of people struggle to get enough sleep — and the responsibility for fixing the…
STAT+: Rare form of severe childhood obesity is linked to a single genetic mutation
Since infancy, she showed a constant desire for food. Throughout childhood, she was continually hungry…
Revenge of the gaslit patients: Now, as scientists, they’re tackling Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
Type “Ehlers-Danlos syndromes” into a search engine, and multiple suggestions pop up. Is Ehlers-Danlos an…
Getting ahead of ‘tsunami’ of chronic disease will require data and creativity, experts say
Chronic disease is omnipresent in the United States. Trillions of dollars are devoted to and…
STAT+: Prometheus’ inflammatory bowel drug succeeds in two mid-stage trials
An investigative medicine from Prometheus Biosciences met its goals in a pair of Phase 2…
Opinion: Deferral of primary care signals a troubled future for Americans’ health
Americans may be returning to their pre-pandemic habits, but most have not returned to their…
Lessons from a thriving physical therapist to a younger self just learning about multiple sclerosis
“Living With” explores the contours of life with chronic illness, from the prelude to diagnosis…
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One-third of U.S. labs have stopped using race-based equations to diagnose kidney disease
Even as a child, La’Tonzia Adams was interested in diagnosing disease. One day, when she…
STAT+: Following your gut: How scientists are getting closer to linking the microbiome and chronic diseases
We never walk alone. Across the landscape of our bodies, trillions of microbes accompany us…
Opinion: The global diabetes crisis few are talking about
In the numbers game of disease statistics, type 1 diabetes takes a back seat to…
A doctor’s humbling journey treating long Covid: ‘The second we think we know what we are doing, we fall flat on our face’
I first met Wes Ely in 2016, when I wrote about ICU delirium and Ely’s…
Medicare is using one of its biggest hammers to try to fix the dialysis system: how providers are paid
Chronic kidney disease, already a problem affecting millions of Americans, is only expected to become…
Borrowing CAR-T tool from cancer therapy, lupus patients go into remission
Rheumatology — the study of immune-system-driven diseases of the bones, joints, muscles, and in-betweens —…
Opinion: ‘Food is medicine’ interventions should be the main course at White House nutrition conference
Much of the public’s perceptions around food as an intervention for health are dated. So…
There’s nothing simple about chronic conditions. A complexity researcher has some ideas to improve care
Having a chronic disease can feel like a full-time job. There are the symptoms, the…
‘A golden age’: Long neglected in medicine, rare kidney diseases see a surge in research
As much as she tried, Judy Akin couldn’t shed the baby weight. So she’d spend…
Patients seeking novel weight loss drugs find a ‘wild west’ of online prescribers
Briana Lawson was ready to knock her diabetes into remission. For years, the 47-year-old health…
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Acne bacteria, study suggests, thrive when skin oil turns infection-fighting cells into accomplices
Cutibacterium acnes, a crunchy Cheeto-shaped bug that lives on human skin, loves the oily pocket…
It’s not just heat stroke. Extreme temperatures pose special risk to people with chronic illness (and that’s a lot of us)
A sweltering 112 degrees Fahrenheit in North Texas. 97 in Minneapolis. 103 in Nebraska. Nearly…
Listen: CRISPR for the heart, biotech’s recovery, & what it means to be a ‘hot girl’
Can CRISPR edit out a heart attack? What happens on #GutTok? And is health care…
From social media to pink billboards, it’s suddenly ‘hot’ to discuss gut diseases
LOS ANGELES — Near the corner of busy Santa Monica Boulevard and Corinth Avenue, underneath…
Opinion: People with serious illness can teach us a lot about living with Covid-19
As the U.S. grapples with a potentially deadly pandemic, it can learn a lot from…
Opinion: Policymakers are taking the wrong approach to health care reform
Here’s what good health care looks like: it emphasizes prevention, is accessible and affordable, and…