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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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Health Elizabeth Cooney

Q&A: The U.S. is losing control of hypertension. China’s ‘village doctors’ have lessons

Health Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: Medicare’s big experiment to fix kidney failure care hasn’t worked so far, studies say

Health Isabella Cueto and J. Emory Parker

By the numbers: America’s alcohol-related health problems are rising fast

Health Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: Standalone organ donor centers have sprouted all over the U.S. Do they work better than hospitals?

Health Lev Facher

WHO warns global health toll of alcohol remains ‘unacceptably high’

Health Brittany Trang

Hank Green on his ‘Pissing Out Cancer’ comedy special, ulcerative colitis, and the jokes that got cut

Health Elizabeth Cooney

STAT Plus: Vertex reports positive results in stem cell trial for type 1 diabetes

Health Elizabeth Cooney

‘We’re failing right now’ in type 2 diabetes, FDA chief says

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Health Elizabeth Cooney

Study finds BMI, despite flaws, is useful estimate of body fat in children

In the Lab Elizabeth Cooney

Cell therapy fails to slow early type 1 diabetes, but safety is established

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Health Elizabeth Cooney

High blood pressure in kids doubles their risk of cardiovascular disease, study finds, bringing a call for routine screening

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Decline in heart failure deaths has been undone, led by people under 45

Health Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: Telehealth startups see an opportunity in long-ignored, complex chronic diseases

Living With Isabella Cueto

After years of just ‘running, running,’ a crisis led to a lupus diagnosis. Now she connects others

In the Lab Theresa Gaffney

Gut bacteria could play role in kidney autoimmune disease, study shows

Health Isabella Cueto

Multiple sclerosis has distinct subtypes, study finds, pointing to different treatments

Adam's Take Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: A preview of Intra-Cellular Therapies’ depression drug, and sizing up the MASH opportunity

Health Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: In small study, baby aspirin cuts fat buildup in liver disease patients

Health Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: Inside a push to create an NIH office for post-infection chronic illness

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

STAT readers on new CDC Covid guidelines, weight loss drugs and mental health, and new psychiatric meds

Living With Isabella Cueto

A disabled artist’s journey from ‘Oh, sorry’ to social justice activism

In the Lab Theresa Gaffney

Small study adds to growing hope CAR-T cell therapy could revolutionize autoimmune disease treatment

In the Lab Isabella Cueto

NIH study of ME/CFS points to immune dysfunction and brain abnormalities at core of long-dismissed disease

First Opinion Jody Dushay and Karen S. Greenberg

The complicated connections between weight loss drugs and mental health

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Can exercise help treat long Covid? New study finds patients improve with self-paced approach

In the Lab Isabella Cueto

Mystery of allergic memory gets closer to answer: a rare group of B cells

First Opinion Kushal T. Kadakia, Joseph S. Ross, and Vinay K. Rathi

STAT Plus: The Philips CPAP nightmare exposes shortcomings in medical device regulation

Living With Isabella Cueto

A scholar of the patient ‘revolution’ tracks the arc from powerlessness to influence

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Clues from mice could help explain why women face a higher risk of autoimmune disorders