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Chronic diseases can be defined as those that persist for a long period of time, in most cases causing the sufferer health issues for longer than a period of 3 months. Chronic diseases in most cases cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear.

Some of the most common chronic diseases include Asthma, Coronary Artery Disease, Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Osteoporosis to name but a few.

The legal medical cannabis movement

The legal medical cannabis movement

Health Europa explores the various approaches to medical cannabis, as more and more countries around the world move in favour of legalisation. With medical cannabis...
Advanced pancreatic cancer: is killer cell-based immunotherapy a potential cure?

Advanced pancreatic cancer: is killer cell-based immunotherapy a potential cure?

New cell-based immunotherapy research led to the eradication of advanced pancreatic cancer cells, including cancer cells that had already spread to the liver and...
Antiepileptic drugs may increase risk of stroke for those with Alzheimer’s disease

Antiepileptic drugs increase risk of stroke for those with Alzheimer’s disease

The use of antiepileptic drugs is associated with an increased risk of stroke amongst individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. According to a new study from the...
Tackling mental health: can we defeat the stigma?

Tackling mental health: can we defeat the stigma?

The UK prime minister has appointed a minister for suicide prevention with the hopes of tackling mental health. Health minister Jackie Doyle-Price has been appointed...
Womb inflammation may explain why some babies are prone to sepsis after birth

Womb inflammation may explain why some babies are prone to sepsis after birth

According to the American Journal of Pathology, infants are more likely to have sepsis after birth due to womb inflammation. A new report highlights the...
Rare form of blindness could be treated by breakthrough gene therapy

Rare form of blindness could be treated by breakthrough gene therapy

The world’s first breakthrough gene therapy trial for choroideremia, a genetic cause of blindness, has had successful results. As reported in the Nature Medicine, the...
260% increase in the sales of fatty foods in France

260% increase in the sales of fatty foods in France

An overwhelming 1.46 billion burgers was devoured across France last year, with the sales of fatty foods hitting €51 billion. The 260% rising consumption of...
Whole grain health benefits explained

Whole grain health benefits explained

Scientists report newly discovered compounds that could explain whole grain health benefits. Led by researchers at the University of Finland, whole grain health benefits include...
Could HPV be linked to improving cervical cancer survival rates?

Could HPV be linked to improving cervical cancer survival rates?

Researchers believe that high-risk HPV can be another important analytical marker that can improve cervical cancer survival rates. The occurrence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HrHPV)...
Breast cancer deaths predicted to increase by 2022

Breast cancer deaths predicted to increase by 2022

According a to report conducted by Breast Cancer Now, the number of breast cancer deaths, though currently decreasing, will start to increase by 2022. Right...
Ciprofloxacin side effects dramatically affect the mitochondrial genome

Ciprofloxacin side effects dramatically affect the mitochondrial genome

Antibiotics are to be used cautiously with Ciprofloxacin side effects causing severe issues on metabolism, according to a study carried out at the University...

Therapies for fibromyalgia may be on the horizon

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Harvard University, USA, have made a groundbreaking step towards finding new therapies for fibromyalgia. Therapies for fibromyalgia have been...
Have scientists found a way of halting and reverting Neurodegeneration?

Have scientists found a way of halting and reversing neurodegeneration?

Researchers have identified a molecule with the capabilities of halting and reversing neurodegeneration typically caused by Parkinson’s disease. A scientific collaboration led by researchers at...
Identifying pancreatic cancer up to three years early 

Could pancreatic cancer be blocked?

Researchers have developed a new drug that has the ability to prevent pancreatic cancer growth and potentially block the cancer cells from growing. The study,...
Obesity to overtake smoking as biggest preventable cause of cancer in the UK

Obesity to overtake smoking as biggest preventable cause of cancer in the UK

According to Cancer Research UK, obesity is predicted to surpass smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer in the UK for women by...
Research uncovers new findings on oral chronic pain disorder

Research uncovers new findings on oral chronic pain disorder

Researchers are finally taking steps towards providing better diagnosis and treatment for the oral chronic pain disorder known as the Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS). BMS...
The components behind cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes

The components behind cognitive decline in Type 2 diabetes

In a recent diabetic medicine study, imaging tests discovered that changes in white matter regions of the brain, indicative of small vessel disease, are...
Consuming whole grain foods can effectively prevent type 2 diabetes

Consuming whole grain foods can effectively prevent Type 2 diabetes

Studies have indicated that individuals who eat any type of whole grain foods are less susceptible to developing Type 2 diabetes. Researchers at Chalmers University...
Detecting pancreatic cancer at the earliest stages

A way of detecting pancreatic cancer at its earliest stages has been found

Previously, detecting pancreatic cancer has been proven to be difficult and is usually diagnosed very late in the disease progression. However, a newly developed...
Alzheimer's disease treatment: Amyloid β-protein could be making a comeback

Alzheimer’s disease treatment: Amyloid β-protein could be making a comeback

For many years, amyloid β-protein has been a promising therapeutic target, but the study results have been disappointing. New studies have now shown these...

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