The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) is a program started by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Countries ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is marked by the gradual loss of kidney function, which means the kidneys cannot filter waste and regulate water and acid in the blood as well as they should. Early in the ...

By treating chronic cough as merely a symptom, health-care providers risk overlooking the complex neurological and physiological processes driving the condition. This cause-centric approach might also ...

Chronic conditions, on the other hand, are long-lasting. They develop and potentially worsen over time (e.g., Crohn's disease). These descriptions can vary somewhat, though, depending on who you speak ...

It’s a new year and time for many people to make their health-related resolutions. According to my go-to doctor expert, one of your resolutions should be to find out if you have any chronic ...

New cases of gastrointestinal illness are still being reported by students at the University of Guelph, but the rate of increase has started to slow down. On Thursday, 255 cases were reported ...

About 23,690 new cases of CLL (14,340 in males and 9,350 in females) About 4,460 deaths from CLL ( 2,810 in males and 1,650 in females) CLL accounts for about 1 in 3 new cases of leukemia in the US, ...

More than 40 people got sick in a gastrointestinal illness outbreak on a Silversea Cruises ship. Among 681 guests onboard, 38 reported being ill during Silver Ray’s current voyage, along with ...

But are animals actually experiencing mental illness in the way humans do ... of “Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)” or chronic anxiety. That definition mentions excessive worrying on ...