The medical examiner determined previously that Denise Prudhomme, 60, died of natural causes. She was found dead at her desk ...

Opioids have long been used to treat severe pain, though their use in the management of chronic pain remains somewhat controversial. Some people can tolerate opioids for years without any adverse ...

Frieden was director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009-2017. Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to “Make America Healthy Again” gets some things ...

Chronic bronchitis is one of the two main types of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). The other is emphysema. Most people with COPD have symptoms of both conditions. In chronic bronchitis, ...

Another way to understand this secret is through the lens of chronic or toxic shame. If there is shame in your life, you are more likely to have anxiety or depression issues. Or, to put it another ...

This is particularly true for chronic diseases. For example, diabetes mellitus is defined biochemically according to the blood sugar concentration, cancer histologically according to the morphological ...

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) often develops very slowly. You might need little or no treatment. Although it is not usually curable, the disease can be under control for many years. But CLL can ...

An exclusive survey of over 4,000 adults aged 16-75 for BBC News, carried out by research company Ipsos, suggests that a quarter of people in the UK are living with chronic pain - an often hidden ...

It's important to keep in mind that a chronic cough lasts eight weeks or longer because this threshold makes it less likely that the cough is caused by a respiratory infection or common cold. The most ...