From the Black Women’s Health Imperative Type 2 diabetes is a preventable, chronic condition that, if not managed, can cause complications — some ... for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The growing morbidity, mortality, and health care costs related to heart failure (HF) underscore the urgent need to ...

To navigate financial constraints, African nations must rethink and redesign their healthcare systems. Three key areas where ...

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Compared with the Diabetes Prevention ... disease specialist at Indiana University. When he was a resident, he cared for a little girl who developed kidney disease because of a condition in which ...

For a disease afflicting 35.5 million people in the U.S., chronic kidney disease flies under the radar. Only half the people who have it are formally diagnosed.

Kay is an epidemiologist with the health department and is responsible for calling people to tell them they are infected with an infectious disease. "It's very hard to make those calls," she said.