2023年4月6日 · Chronic diseases are long-term health conditions that can have a significant impact on a person's quality of life. Some of the most common chronic diseases include diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Chronic pain is also a prevalent issue, a common chronic disease affecting millions of people worldwide, and can be caused by a variety of factors, including …

2024年4月29日 · We have about 3,000 board certified physicians. Because of the chronic disease epidemic we have in this nation and worldwide. Diabetes, obesity, coronary artery disease, metabolic syndrome, mental health conditions—these are lifestyle-related. Those pillars I just mentioned have an impact—a significant impact on those chronic conditions.

2020年11月24日 · Chronic disease is a full-blown public health crisis in the U.S., yet much of undergraduate medical education (UME) remains grounded in acute care. The good news is there’s a new model—as well as a novel tool—for incorporating chronic disease prevention and management (CDPM) education into pre-clinical and clinical settings.

2024年10月3日 · The term chronic Lyme disease has no established medical definition but has been used by some clinicians and patients to give a name to long-lasting, unexplained and often debilitating symptoms that some patients experience. No two patients with prolonged symptoms and concerns about Lyme disease are the same.

2016年1月4日 · Acute vs. Persistent vs. Recurrent vs. Chronic . Review the guidelines for how the terms acute, persistent, recurrent, and chronic are defined for various diagnoses. The guidelines define how many episodes within a period of time constitute acute, …

2019年12月23日 · Chronic disease is an epidemic. The vast majority of annual health care spending goes toward treating conditions like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity. Yet, despite trillions of dollars spent on management, chronic diseases still cause up to 75% of all deaths in the U.S.

2023年1月11日 · Chronic disease is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. With an increase in the demand for health care and rising costs related to chronic care, it’s important for physicians to receive comprehensive training to address chronic disease at various stages of illness in a collaborative and cost-effective manner.

2024年10月28日 · Primary care and other specialties treat many chronic diseases, and opioid use disorder needs to be part of that instead of being thought of as some type of parallel condition. So even with these falling numbers, the stigma still exists, and the medical community has to be a leader in removing that stigma.

2023年8月24日 · Rheumatoid arthritis—characterized by painful inflammation and joint deformities—is the most common autoimmune disorder, affecting about 1% of U.S. patients, happening two to three times more frequently in women than men.

2018年12月14日 · Calling something a disease can even change our expressions of empathy toward individual patients. While the physician’s power to name seems prima facie beyond the scope of everyday practice, it is, in fact, central to much of what a physician does every day—from diagnosing conditions to battling insurance companies for coverage to ...