A new study reveals that when we experience short-term (acute) pain, the brain has a built‑in way to dial down pain signals—like pressing the brakes—to keep them from going into overdrive ...

In a new discovery, chronic pain has been shown to be physiologically different from acute pain and now scientists have the roadmap for how to target it.

HHS plans to fold the CDC's chronic disease center into the new Administration for a Healthy America. Experts fear for coordination with local health departments, among other things.

Chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension affect 133 million Americans, with the MAHA Commission urging action on better nutrition and diet.

A report on the chronic disease epidemic is due soon. Use our interactive dataset of nine issues to see how your priorities match the MAHA commission's.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made combating chronic disease a rallying cry as he looks to overhaul the health department and “Make America Healthy Again.” So ...

Chronic illness affects 40 percent of school-aged children. Learn how caregivers can help reduce the stress and depression that can accompany this challenge.

Kennedy has focused his healthcare crusade on his contention that American healthcare prioritizes treating chronic illnesses over preventing them.

Research suggests that better understanding the psychological and neurological components of chronic pain may lead to better treatments.

In his testimony this week, Kennedy claimed that infectious diseases receive far more federal funding than chronic diseases. Government records suggest the opposite.

The chronic-pain revolution we need is one that won’t end until we really understand why millions of people are suffering — and how to offer them meaningful relief.

A dental abscess is a collection of pus that forms inside the tooth, which develops into a pulp polyp, also known as Chronic Hyperplastic Pulpitis, a growing inflammation of the dental pulp that ...