Chronic disease listIntroductionLittle is known about the burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in South Africa. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of RA and coexisting chronic disease list (CDL) conditions in the private health sector of South Africa.MethodsA retrospective, ...
Such chronic diseases as heart disease, stroke, cancer and lung disorders are the most leading causes of death in the world. Yet health experts say these conditions are often the most preventable.The World Health Organization (WHO) points out chronic dis
The majority of PRSs under consideration aimed to identify individuals at high risk for disease; however, PRSs to predict disease severity and drug response were also considered. Two of the conditions, breast cancer and prostate cancer, were only considered for implementation in individuals whose ...
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a lung disease that causes breathing problems. COPD usually develops from years of irritation and inflammation in your lungs. Obstructive means airflow is blocked. This limits airflow out of your lungs. Smoking, breathing in pollution, genetics, or ...
T2D can lead to vascular and neuropathic damage which increases the risk of chronic conditions, including chronic kidney disease (CKD) [2]. National data suggest that approximately 36% of Dutch patients with T2D run a mildly to strongly increased risk of CKD [1]. Moreover, at any stage, ...
conditions, thus causing chronic low-grade systemic inflammation. Visceral fat, the fat around internal organs, is more likely to be chronically inflamed and is associated with an increased incidence ofheart diseasecompared to subcutaneous fat, the fat that is found underneath the skin....
Besides diabetes and high blood pressure, the following additional health conditions may also contribute to CKD1: Cardiovascular disease Systemic or kidney infections Immune system conditions (eg, lupus) Inflammation of the glomeruli (tiny filters) in the kidneys Inherited kidney disease (eg, polycystic...
Many of the urinary biomarkers being measured are dynamic and are very susceptible to change via exposure to environmental or other non-disease related biological variables. These biomarkers are also non-specific and are associated with other conditions, as they are a tertiary by-product it is ...
Traditional observational research has revealed an association between severe COVID-19 and chronic kidney disease (CKD). It is unclear whether there is a causative connection between them. Our goal was to determine whether genetically predicted CKD is as
In the ‘Tailored Implementation for Chronic Diseases (TICD)’ project, five tailored implementation programs to improve healthcare delivery in different chronic conditions have been developed. These programs will be evaluated in distinct cluster-randomi