A chronic illness is a condition that endures for at least a year and requires ongoing medical care or consistently limits the scope of a person's daily activities. Major chronic conditions ...

Depression is one of the most common complications of chronic illness. Find out which illnesses are related to depression along with the symptoms and treatments of this type of depression.

Acute illnesses are easy to diagnose and treat most times, but chronic illnesses are not easily diagnosed and treated. A person may, for instance, feel signs of pain and a few stiff joints at the ...

Sociologist Michael Bury first described chronic illness as a “biographical disruption” in the 1980s. This description and the theory Bury developed around it continue to be relevant in ...

GENERALLY, A CHRONIC illness is a medical condition that lasts for six months or longer, usually requires ongoing care and treatment, and may limit your daily activities, says Sumanth Prabhu, M.D ...

Many people with chronic illnesses need time to rest and recover. Provide a comfortable, quiet space where they can take a moment to relax — a bed, a couch, or a recliner in a separate room.

In the chronic illness and disability world, spoons have become a shorthand for people to explain their capacity. This comic depicts what it's like. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

More than a century later, chronic illnesses account for eight of the 10 leading causes of death in the U.S., according to the aforementioned Mayo Clinic Proceedings research.

GENERALLY, A CHRONIC illness is a medical condition that lasts for six months or longer, usually requires ongoing care and treatment, and may limit your daily activities, says Sumanth Prabhu, M.D ...

"Boosting vitamin D in people with deficiencies may reduce chronic inflammation, helping them avoid a number of related diseases." Supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council and ...