Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The United States is failing at a fundamental mission — keeping people ...

Life expectancy is a good measure of the health and success of a country, and in the United States, life expectancy is falling. After decades of progress improving life spans, we've seen a reversal.

Acceptance of illness has a protective role in health outcomes for people living with chronic illness (Casier et al., 2011). Illness acceptance is linked to decreased anxiety and depression ...

There is a strange duality that comes with being chronically ill or disabled, especially for women. Our culture has strong ideas on how we should look, how we should behave, what we should do ...

Chronic illnesses are the leading cause of death in the United States and the leading expense in America’s $4.1 trillion in yearly health care costs, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that about 60 percent of Americans live with at least one chronic illness. Although many people with these conditions take medicine to ...

An unknown and potentially deadly contagious canine respiratory illness that began in one Western state this summer now spans more than a dozen states, the nation's lead non-profit veterinary ...

Veterinary laboratories are warning pet owners about an infectious respiratory disease that was first detected among dogs a few months ago. Cases have spread to more than a dozen states while ...

Life expectancy is a good measure of the health and success of a country, and in the United States, life expectancy is falling. After decades of progress improving life spans, we’ve seen a reversal.

Many people are dying early of chronic illnesses like diabetes, obesity, hypertension and fatty liver disease. Life expectancy is a good measure of the health and success of a country, and in the ...