Chronic Disease

The impact of chronic disease and the inequitable burden of COVID-19 must be addressed as the U.S. moves into a new pandemic phase, two experts contend.

Most primary care physicians foresee a time when dementia is managed as a chronic disease, new surveys from Quest Diagnostics have found.

Pharmacists will continue to move into central roles in healthcare, including chronic disease management in the adult patient population, the authors say.

Even mild COVID-19 may adversely affect the lungs, as found in a sample of relatively healthy individuals from the general population, investigators report.

Changes in state-level variation may reflect the response to national guidelines and federal policies on opioid use, investigators say.

Seniors increasingly are using cannabidiol, or CBD, to help manage a variety of chronic disease symptoms. A new paper from the Gerontological Society of America tackles key questions about safety and side...

People with dementia are not more likely than their same-age peers to develop severe COVID-19 or die from the disease — but they are more likely to experience delirium, according to a new study.

Providers want weekly ongoing pledge of 50,000 COVID vaccines for LTC … Psychotropic drug prescriptions rose for nursing home residents during pandemic … Small improvements seen in chronic disease...

The latest Eli Lilly therapy has received emergency approval for treating mild to moderate COVID-19 in patients at high risk for progressing to severe disease and/or hospitalization. This includes adults...

An analysis of health records from veterans up to age 76 show that peripheral arterial disease and diabetes are prevalent in amputees, while trauma is rarely a cause of amputation.