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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.

New research raises more concern over health effects of e-cigarettes

New research raises more concern over health effects of e-cigarettes

A new report emerging from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has said that more needs to be done by manufacturers to advise of the...
Antifungal drug shows promise in the treatment of bowel cancer

Antifungal drug shows promise in the treatment of bowel cancer

An antifungal medication that’s commonly used for toenail infections could help eliminate dormant bowel cancer cells, new research suggests. Research from the Cancer Research UK...
How using ‘exergaming’ can improve quality of life in heart failure patients

How using ‘exergaming’ can improve quality of life in heart failure patients

By playing video games involving physical exertion, the quality of life of patients with heart failure is improved, according to a new study presented...
Daily lifestyle changes could avoid 26,000 cancer cases in women annually

Daily lifestyle changes could avoid 26,000 cancer cases in women annually

Making everyday changes to diet and exercise could cut the number of cancer cases in women by around 500 every week in the UK,...
Treating Type 2 diabetes in elderly and frail adults is focus of new guidance

Treating Type 2 diabetes in elderly and frail adults is focus of new guidance

New guidance has been published which focuses on how to manage the treatment of Type 2 diabetes in the elderly, including for the first...
Trial launches to test new treatment combination for leukaemia patients

Trial launches to test new treatment combination for leukaemia patients

A clinical trial testing a new treatment combination for children and adults with leukaemia has been launched today through the Combinations Alliance. The aim of...
Childhood cancer survivors at risk of deadly heart disease in pregnancy

Childhood cancer survivors at risk of deadly heart disease in pregnancy

Women who survive cancer at a young age are at higher risk of developing a deadly heart disease, peripartum cardiomyopathy, during pregnancy later in...
New research could improve current cancer treatments

New research could improve current cancer treatments

Combining existing chemotherapy drugs with cancer treatments that cut off blood supply to a tumour could be more effective, new research from the University...
A new approach to the treatment of prostate cancer

A new approach to the treatment of prostate cancer

By understanding the production of specific human sex hormones, it can help develop new treatments for prostate cancer and polycystic ovary syndrome, a new...
Heart doctors want to provide treatment for acute ischaemic stroke

Heart doctors want to provide treatment for acute ischaemic stroke

Heart doctors from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Council on Stroke are calling on national authorities for permission to provide acute ischaemic stroke...
What is being done to support cancer survivors returning to work?

What is being done to support cancer survivors returning to work?

In light of the European Week Against Cancer, 25-31 May, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has published recent findings...
Atopic eczema in adults linked to increased heart problems

Atopic eczema in adults linked to increased heart problems

Those with atopic eczema in adult life have an increased risk of cardiovascular problems, according to a new UK study published this week. The study,...
Two new lung cancer risk factors have been discovered

Two new lung cancer risk factors have been discovered

Seven risk factors, including two new ones, can help predict susceptibility to developing lung cancer and they don’t just apply to heavy smokers. A new...
Uppsala Health Summit Report challenges cancer diagnosis and care

Uppsala Health Summit Report challenges cancer diagnosis and care

An Uppsala Health Summit Report has been published this week which focuses on how to encourage better and more equal access to the best...
An egg a day could reduce risk of cardiovascular disease

An egg a day could reduce risk of cardiovascular disease

By consuming one egg every day it could help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a new study carried out in...
Inflammatory bowel disease might help with Parkinson's disease

Inflammatory bowel disease might help with Parkinson’s disease

A possible link between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and Parkinson’s disease which could help doctors to slow down the neurological condition has been described...
How artificial intelligence is vital in improving cancer care

How artificial intelligence is vital in improving cancer care

Following UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech regarding artificial intelligence’s (AI) potential of saving thousands of lives by improving cancer care, experts have weighed...
Could lifestyle choices be linked to development of early-onset dementia?

Could lifestyle choices be linked to development of early-onset dementia?

Writing for Health Europa, Ella Hendrix explores whether lifestyle factors could play a role in rising levels of early-onset dementia. Early-onset dementia appears to be...
Is a warmer body better at fighting infections and tumours?

Is a warmer body better at fighting infections and tumours?

New research from the universities of Warwick and Manchester, UK, has shown that a higher body temperature speeds the body’s response to fighting infections...
EMA recalls multiple sclerosis drug from hospitals and pharmacies

EMA recalls multiple sclerosis drug from hospitals and pharmacies

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has confirmed that the multiple sclerosis drug Zinbryta has been recalled from hospitals and...

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