Chronic Illness

Few nephrology programs have pediatric-to-adult transition clinics for young adult patients with kidney disease despite recommendations of established guidelines, according to a survey.

Nearly one in 20 people who had a SARS-CoV-2 infection go on to experience myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, an NIH-funded study showed.

Every year, as Veterans Day approaches, my thoughts invariably turn toward those who have served in the United States military and have returned from wars with physical, mental, and spiritual scars.

All day long, we doctors see patients who are much older than we are.

Gastrointestinal psychologists employ various treatments to help alleviate the distress associated with GI disorders.

Chronic diseases, especially cardiometabolic ones, will become more prevalent as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to two commentaries published in Circulation.

Loss of sleep could amplify anger in adults, according to research presented at SLEEP 2020.

With more than 300,000 children with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions across the United States, and fewer than 350 pediatric rheumatologists to treat them, Monica L. Friedman, DO, of Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, is on the front lines of the growing rheumatology shortage.

Air pollution may be associated with mortality in patients after undergoing a heart transplant, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

HOUSTON — In this video exclusive, Teresa Pearson, MBA, MSN, RN, president and director of clinical services at Innovative Healthcare Designs in Minneapolis, and Joan Bardsley, MBA, BSN, RN, CDE, FAADE, assistant vice president of research and nursing integration at MedStar Health Research Institute and MedStar Corporate Nursing, speak with Endocrine Today Diabetes in Real Life columnist Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDE, FAADE, about the critical role population health is playing in diabetes care and education.