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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 Mehdi Shishehbor

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

Health Isabella Cueto

Revenge of the gaslit patients: Now, as scientists, they’re tackling Ehlers-Danlos syndromes

First Opinion E. Wesley Ely

The haunting brain science of long Covid

First Opinion Tracey Lindeman

Millions of people take birth control to treat endometriosis — but it doesn’t work

Health Isabella Cueto

‘I’m terrified’: Patients scramble for treatment after 13 ketamine clinics shut down

In the Lab Megan Molteni

With CRISPR cures on horizon, sickle cell patients ask hard questions about who can access them

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When confronted with mysterious illness in college, ‘Chronically Catherine’ started writing

The Obesity Revolution Julia Belluz

STAT Plus: ‘Emotional hunger’ vs. ‘hungry gut’: The attempt to subtype obesity and tailor treatments

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Pharmalot Ed Silverman

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

Health Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: Liver disease researchers are hoping AI can improve their trial design

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Biotech Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: 89bio treatment reduces liver scarring in patients with NASH, meeting study goals

Health Isabella Cueto

Large network of clinics offering ketamine for depression shuts down

In the Lab Isabella Cueto

‘That is my dream’: Scientist who uncovered likely leading cause of MS wants to tackle ALS next

The Obesity Revolution Hyacinth Empinado

Watch: The strange history of BMI, the body mass index

Health Isabella Cueto

‘A different type of fatigue’: One woman’s Parkinson’s diagnosis is a test of flexibility and gratitude

Health Rick Berke

A letter from the executive editor: The Obesity Revolution

Health Tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: Could a swallowable, quarter-sized device make diagnosing GI diseases less unpleasant?

Health Tech Ambar Castillo

STAT Plus: 5 health tech startups targeting chronic kidney disease to watch

Living With Isabella Cueto

After ‘losing my life’ caring for a sick partner, a professor examines the U.S. caregiver crisis

Pharma Alex Hogan and Mallory Brangan

STAT Plus: Watch: How do the new obesity drugs work?

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: The unexpected alliance lobbying for Medicare to pay for new obesity drugs

Health Isabella Cueto

Study of pancreatitis surgery patients finds steady decline in survival and need for better addiction support

Health Lauren Gravitz

Scientists are finding increasing evidence for a link between air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s

Health JoNel Aleccia — Associated Press

Pediatricians recommend weight-loss drugs and surgery for children with obesity

Health Isabella Cueto

As respiratory diseases rise, EPA tightens air quality standards

First Opinion Robert Gabbay

To effectively combat diabetes, policymakers must treat obesity like other diseases

Health Katherine Harmon Courage

Racism leads to troubled sleep — and it’s putting Black Americans’ heart health at risk

Health Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: A child’s insatiable appetite is linked to a single genetic mutation

Health Isabella Cueto

Getting ahead of ‘tsunami’ of chronic disease will require data and creativity, experts say

Biotech Damian Garde

STAT Plus: Prometheus’ inflammatory bowel drug succeeds in two mid-stage trials

First Opinion Sanjula Jain

Deferral of primary care signals a troubled future for Americans’ health

Living With Isabella Cueto

Lessons from a thriving physical therapist to a younger self just learning about multiple sclerosis

Health Brittany Trang

One-third of U.S. labs have stopped using race-based equations to diagnose kidney disease