How to Use chronic disease in a Sentence

chronic disease

noun
  • Doctor and longevity expert Dr. Mark Hyman swears by these five foods to age well, live longer, and reduce the risk of chronic disease.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Plus, two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, which puts them at greater risk for many chronic diseases such as heart disease and stroke.
    Andy Kessler, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Jorgensen sees semaglutide as the tip of the iceberg for a compound that could alleviate the huge costs on the health care system posed by a host of chronic diseases.
    TIME, 2 May 2024
  • For patients with diabetes, though, mood swings coupled with the anger of having a chronic disease can be tough to manage.
    Debra Manzella, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2023
  • At the Oakland event Tuesday, Shanahan said her background in tech and passion tackling the rise in chronic disease are some of the attributes that will guide her role in Kennedy's campaign.
    Stephen Fowler, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
  • When my father was diagnosed with a chronic disease, my mother was left to manage the Westwood building on her own.
    Diana Ruzova, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • For those battling chronic diseases in Puerto Rico, those extra costs add up.
    Mariela Torres Cintrón, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic disease where tissue surrounding the air sacs in the lungs becomes thickened and scarred.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The two Nurses’ studies are complete, and looked at the risk factors for major chronic diseases in North American women.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 July 2023
  • They were affected by chronic diseases of many kinds, but especially those of the nervous system.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Research suggests people who have plenty of friends and confidants are less likely to die from chronic disease.
    Jane Gifkins, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
  • In August, the military cut back on deferments for chronic diseases.
    Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the body's cells become desensitized to insulin.
    Elizabeth Woolley, Verywell Health, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The chronic disease can cause severe pelvic pain and fertility issues.
    Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
  • Access to health care and doctors can play a major role in reducing the toll of chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.
    Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Most people know that obesity is linked to chronic disease and other health issues, but more and more, research is showing obesity can be unhealthy for the brain, too.
    Lauryn Higgins, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Here’s an alarming fact: 42 percent of Americans suffer from the same chronic disease, which also contributes to the top causes of death in America.
    Christopher Thompson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Cirrhosis Cirrhosis is a chronic disease that causes scar tissue to form in your liver.
    Amanda Gardner, Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Decades of rigorous science had transformed many cancers from a death sentence to a manageable chronic disease.
    Stephen J. Ubl, STAT, 6 July 2023
  • Research shows that a diet rich in phytonutrients can also protect against chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease in adulthood.1 Try to get your child to eat five servings of fruits and veggies per day.
    Sandra Gordon, Parents, 31 July 2023
  • Most of these Americans will be our most vulnerable: older Americans, the youngest children, and those with chronic diseases.
    Time, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Other diseases have been controlled through research, most especially AIDS, which used to be a fatal disease and is now largely a chronic disease.
    Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Adequate sleep promotes healing, improves brain function and reduces the risk for chronic diseases.
    Liz Seegert, Fortune Well, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Most is spent on health risk assessment, thanks to the rising prevalence of chronic disease, but a growing chunk goes on mental health support programmes such as stress management courses.
    Harriet Marsden, theweek, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Today, the widespread prevalence of chronic diseases in 6 out of 10 Americans underlines the limitations of the fee-for-service (FFS) model.
    Robert Pearl, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Denial and perfection were the chronic diseases since men must, above all, be in control, never vulnerable or needing of anything.
    Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • Increasing protein from plants may help protect women against many chronic diseases.
    Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Only children under age seven and patients with some chronic diseases and dietary needs receive powdered milk monthly through the ration card.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • And researchers estimate that the total cost of chronic diseases due to obesity in the U.S. is more than $1.7 trillion annually, which is 9.3% of the country’s gross domestic product.
    Wesley Dudgeon, The Conversation, 1 June 2023
  • Research shows that a diet rich in phytonutrients can also protect against chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease in adulthood.
    Sandra Gordon, Parents, 28 June 2023

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