What happens when physicians latch onto a "wonder" drug for uses that are distinctly different from its original purpose? Stanford researchers today showcase a clear …
Category: Chronic disease
Survey shows patients with rare diseases and their caregivers are avid Internet users
An earlier report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found searching for health information is the third-most-popular activity on the web. Now new …
Rheumatoid arthritis patients not getting necessary medication
Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a crippling disease that eats away at the joints and causes pain and swelling, aren’t getting the low-cost medication they …
Learning to live with being sick
What is it like to live with a chronic illness and spend a decade house-bound and often bed-bound? How to Be Sick author Toni Bernhard, …
Hepatitis B: The threat against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Although routine vaccines have curtailed hepatitis B, more than one million people in the United States are living with the chronic disease, and roughly half …
Free self-management program offered to people with chronic illness
A free, online self-management course is being offered to people with chronic health conditions living in California and six other states. The National Council of …
Lawmaker proposes Medi-Cal coverage of Stanford chronic-disease program
Chronic disease such as athritis and diabetes affects millions of Americans, including half of all Californians, and is responsible for more than 75 percent of …
Fighting diabetes in fat mice
Twin brothers working in labs 2,260 miles apart are part of a team of scientists who found a simple way to reverse the effects of …