Early detection of and care for chronic diseases enabled by health screening can reduce morbidity and mortality 4,5 and avoid the higher costs of advanced disease. 3 For example, all-cause costs ...

Progression through all four stages can take many years, and some people don’t progress through all stages. Fused bones, or ankylosis, for example, occurs in only 0.8% of all individuals with RA.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia. Here, we break down what to know about this disease, including: What Alzheimer's disease is The difference between Alzheimer's and dementia The ...

All chronic liver diseases can lead to fibrosis and cirrhosis, but the progression timeline varies greatly from person to person. Some stay at the simple fatty liver stage, while others go through ...

Tertiary prevention focuses on halting disease progression and recurrence in patients with prostate cancer. The widespread use of PSA screening has led to a stage migration in prostate cancer ...

In the past, they've been used for late-stage [disease], but they're now being applied to earlier stage—really understanding that a lot of patients with early-stage disease will progress to late ...

Scientists are developing the first-ever pill to prevent Lyme disease, ... in their nymphal stage, ... tick-borne illness prevention. As these new treatments progress through clinical ...