chronic disease

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Could long Covid’s signs of immune dysregulation in the blood lead to a diagnostic test?

First Opinion Jody Dushay

BMI as a barrier to orthopedic surgery doesn’t make sense for patient health

First Opinion Daniel Weiner

Cost isn’t the only reason Medicare doesn’t cover Wegovy

Health Anika Nayak

A young dancer, diagnosed with scoliosis, learns to advocate for herself and build community

First Opinion Catherine Ames

Being a chronically ill young adult is hard enough. Finding information about my fertility is even harder

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Health Isabella Cueto

Renamed, common liver diseases might get fairer shake at treatment, researchers hope

Health Isabella Cueto and Elaine Chen

Obesity drugs’ next tests, and rising threats: 3 chronic disease stories to watch in 2024

Living With Isabella Cueto

A medical student was isolated by an autoimmune disorder. Poetry was a way out

First Opinion George Hampton

Europe’s lessons for the U.S. on how to cover weight loss drugs

First Opinion Jeremy L. Shane

STAT Plus: A bold approach to pay for weight loss drugs for everyone who needs them

Health Isabella Cueto

New research supports potential link between low-level lead exposure and liver injury

Health tech Katie Palmer

STAT Plus: Patients loved Carbon Health’s diabetes program. That couldn’t save it

Health Katherine MacPhail

Why preventative care is such a tough sell in the U.S., according to chronic disease experts

Health Associated Press

Mind-altering ketamine becomes latest pain treatment, despite little research or regulation

Living With Isabella Cueto

A brain injury turns a writer into an ‘activated patient’ focused on the beauty of the now

Health Annalisa Merelli

STAT Plus: Could kidney transplant patients be spared a lifetime of immunosuppressants?

Pharma Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: FDA approves Lilly ulcerative colitis treatment with a new approach to tamping down inflammation

Health Isabella Cueto

Meghan O’Rourke on a medical system not built for chronic illness — and the ‘invisible kingdom’ that could spur change

Health Theresa Gaffney

Michael J. Fox on how far Parkinson’s research has come: ‘We don’t want to be celebrated. We want to get things done’

First Opinion Podcast Torie Bosch

Listen: Why long Covid might predate the pandemic

First Opinion Judy Hoffstein

Doctors — and patients — must seek alternatives to long-term steroids

Health Anika Nayak

Chronic kidney disease raises risk of sudden cardiac arrest among Hispanics and Latinos

First Opinion Podcast Torie Bosch

Listen: A patient shares her frustrating journey to access the right weight loss medication

Biotech Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Inflammation gets its own research center, thanks to Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Health Usha Lee McFarling

She got off dialysis. Her doctor thinks others with acute kidney injury can too

First Opinion Lindsay Karp

Paxlovid is not fully accessible to those who need it most: the immunocompromised

Health Felice J. Freyer — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: A breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug gave them the gift of time. But miracles come with complications.

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Does the risk of getting long Covid increase each time you get reinfected?