Chronic Disease

The AMA has adopted a policy in support of insurance coverage parity for evidence-based weight-loss medications “without exclusions or additional carve-outs,” the organization recently announced.

Overall care management processes for chronic diseases improved in primary care practices from 2019 to 2021, despite disruptions in care due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent study showed.

Adults with a history of incarceration had a higher risk for developing chronic diseases and geriatric syndromes than those who were never incarcerated, highlighting a need for targeted interventions, according to researchers.

Adults with elevated serum sodium in middle age, a marker of inadequate fluid intake, were more likely to be biologically older than their chronological age and develop chronic diseases compared with adequately hydrated adults, data show.

Published results showed former professional football players may prematurely develop chronic diseases and have a reduced health span compared with individuals in the general population with similar demographic characteristics.

Getting fewer than 5 hours of sleep a night in mid-to-late life was linked to a higher risk for multiple chronic diseases, a recent study published in PLOS Medicine found.

Improving micronutrient supplementation for mothers during pregnancy could help reduce the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in the next generation, according to researchers.

Researchers identified the distance between a household and a supermarket as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease, hypertension and diabetes development.

The CDC is urging all individuals with a chronic health condition such as heart disease to receive an influenza vaccination in preparation for the 2021-2022 flu season.

A multidisciplinary post-discharge intervention aimed at reducing 30-day hospital readmission rates among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus is feasible, but more data is needed to determine if it is effective, according to researchers.