From 1993 to 2009, 40 patients were diagnosed with CAD at the NYU Charles C. Harris Skin and Cancer Unit (Table 3). The mean age at diagnosis was 57.8 years (compared with the previously reported ...

A venous ulcer is a sore on the leg that forms when weakened veins struggle to send blood from the legs back to the heart, a condition known as venous insufficiency. The risk for venous insufficiency ...

A spirometry test is one way to distinguish the type of lung disease. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are both long-term lung conditions. They’re part of a disorder known as chronic obstructive ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, said he will prioritize preventing chronic disease, shifting funding from vaccine and infectious ...

Our understanding of pain, and especially chronic pain, is far behind where it should be. We don’t know what causes a person with an injury to develop chronic pain, or why it happens in some ...

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The National Institute of Mental Health defines chronic disease as “a condition that lasts at least one year and requires ongoing medical attention or limits activities of daily living or both.” ...

Upon approval from our Institutional Review Board, we conducted a retrospective chart review of patients who had a diagnosis of CAD at the NYU Charles C. Harris Skin and Cancer Unit from 1993 to ...

About 1 in 22 people who survive COVID-19 go on to develop a typically lifelong disease called myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), new research suggests.

Central venous catheter-related blood stream infection (CRBSI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease treated with chronic hemodialysis. Risk factors ...

Often, the rash appears predominately on the face, causing embarrassment and for some, extreme problems with self-image. Atopic dermatitis is the most common form of eczema. In fact, of the nearly 31 ...

These wounds are difficult to heal as a result of disordered healing mechanisms. The most common types of chronic wounds are diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, arterial/venous ulcers and nonhealing ...