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Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the world. Learn about the latest research, prevention, and management strategies here.

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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?

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Living With Isabella Cueto

An uncommon thyroid diagnosis led to an unexpected, all-too-visible side effect

First Opinion Joseph J. Fins

STAT Plus: Every senator should fill out a legislative advance directive

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Health Isabella Cueto

Having celiac disease and a thyroid condition sent her on a quest to become an empathetic doctor

Health Carrie Arnold

Kidney doctors push to protect patients by including dialysis machines in emergency stockpile

First Opinion Martha Gershun

The high out-of-pocket cost of donating a kidney

In the Lab Isabella Cueto

The kidney, in all its complexity, is captured in an atlas that could aid disease research

Living With Isabella Cueto

A rare disease has run through five generations of his family, so he’s built community for others

Health Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Fatty liver disease was alleviated by Lilly’s ‘triple-G’ obesity drug in small study

Biotech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: In setback, Pfizer abandons one weight loss pill and bets on another

Health Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: ADA says all diabetes patients should be screened for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Biotech Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Two type 1 diabetes patients now freed from insulin shots with cell therapy, Vertex reports

First Opinion Owen Tripp

STAT Plus: How I’m helping companies think through whether they should cover GLP-1s like Ozempic for employees

Health Isabella Cueto

Bacterial infection may be ‘key event’ in common but mysterious endometriosis, study says

Biotech Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: Novartis to buy Chinook Therapeutics, developer of kidney disease therapies, in $3.2 billion deal

Health Isabella Cueto

The Canada wildfires are exposing the harmful effects — and health inequities — of air pollution

Health Amanda Gokee — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: Learning to treat long COVID could help those struggling with chronic fatigue syndrome, too

Health Isabella Cueto

Routine screening for kidney disease would be cost-effective, study argues

Pharma Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: In early trial, drug appears to reduce harmful protein buildup in heart

Living With Isabella Cueto

An artist uses the canvas to make sense of her partner’s illness, and her own

First Opinion Mehdi Shishehbor

There’s a surprisingly easy way to avoid a huge number of major amputations

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Sickle cell gene therapies could be cost-effective even if priced as high as $1.9 million