Category: Chronic disease

We've written in the past about the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, a workshop developed in the mid-90s by Stanford's Kate Lorig, DrPH, that has since been …

Patients at the country's top children's hospitals are increasingly likely to be chronically ill. This ongoing trend in pediatric medicine might seem counterintuitive at first …

Statistics don't define twins Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, who were born with cystic fibrosis but are beating the odds at age 40. And yet …

Overweight or obese adults with Type 2 diabetes may be able to reduce their risk of disability by more than half by lowering their weight …

Today, an estimated 15 million people in the United States are morbidly obese — that is, 50 to 100 percent, or 100 pounds, above their ideal …

Today is Rare Disease Day, an international event intended to raise awareness of diseases that affect fewer than 1 in 2,000 people. Treatment options for …

Diagnosed early in childhood with cystic fibrosis, Emma Greene and Tiffany Senter were for several years able to lead relatively normal lives by managing their …

There's a fascinating profile of Larry Smarr, PhD, a physicist turned quantified-self pioneer in Technology Review today. Over the years, Smarr has scrupulously measured and …

I wasn't diagnosed with my chronic illness (an autoimmune blood disorder) until after college, when I was in my early 20s. But I was young …

I was a pretty healthy kid growing up, something I’ve mostly attributed to my parents’ encouragement of my vegetable-eating, outdoor-playing tendencies. It wasn’t until today …

Hitting the gym or going for a jog could alleviate fatigue, depressive symptoms and other mental health issues among chronically ill patients, according to new …

Over on the Medicine X blog, Julia James has written a great piece on the Collaborative Chronic Care Network (C3N), a five-year project aimed at …

It's well-established that diabetes - due, in part, to our obesity problem - is on the rise in the United States. But what you may …

Osteoarthritis is easily the most common joint disease in the United States and in the world. Stanford immunologist and rheumatologist Bill Robinson, MD, PhD, says it's …

As we've previously written on Scope, a growing body of evidence shows exercise can ease the pain, stiffness and swelling of the joints associated with …