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Addressing the Challenge of Common Chronic Diseases — A View from the FDA

The New England Journal of Medicine

Collaboration between the FDA and other stakeholders could improve the way in which evidence is generated and interventions are developed and implemented to help address common chronic diseases.

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Physiology Friday #228: Identifying Sleep Patterns that Influence Chronic Disease Risk

Physiologically Speaking

A new study used wearable sleep data to show that several chronic diseases are associated with how we sleep. Results Overall, there were a total of 48 different associations of sleep patterns with chronic disease, all of which were significant even when considering the participants’ habitual physical activity levels.

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Can App Data Link Sleep and Chronic Disease?; AI Model to Manage Diabetes

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

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Chronic Liver Disease Linked to More Healthcare Barriers Than Other Chronic Diseases

HCPLive

People with chronic liver disease were more likely to experience healthcare barriers and require recurrent acute care compared to those with COPD and/or CVD.

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Study shows reduced inflammation in residents after adding trees to their neighborhoods

Science Daily - Heart Disease

General inflammation is an important risk indicator for heart disease and other chronic diseases. A new project has found that people living in neighborhoods where the number of trees and shrubs was more than doubled showed lower levels of a blood marker of inflammation than those living outside the planted areas.

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The Management of Chronic Disease

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

The principles that I am discussing here can be applied to all chronic diseases. The diagnosis of any chronic long-term disease can be a traumatic and life-changing experience for a patient. For the patient, it should be about instilling gratitude in their lives. I hope you found this useful.

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Heparanase inhibition as a systemic approach to protect the endothelial glycocalyx and prevent microvascular complications in diabetes

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease which is detrimental to cardiovascular health, often leading to secondary microvascular complications, with huge global health implications. Therapeutic interventions tha.

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