但事实上，病人们对很多疾病有着深入的了解，尤其是慢性病如糖尿病和心脏病。虽然患有这些慢性病，病人通常能够活上很长的一段时间。
But patients actually know a great deal about many diseases, especially chronic ones like diabetes and heart problems with which they often live for many years.
这两个故事是“与慢性病面对面”特写系列的最新内容，该系列着重于心脏病、中风、癌症和其它慢性病患者。
These two stories are the latest in the series "face to face with chronic disease" focusing on people living with heart disease, stroke, cancer and other chronic diseases.
但即使是身体状况相当好的老年人也比年轻人更需要医疗保健，这特别是因为他们通常受慢性病折磨，而慢性病治疗费用昂贵。
But even fairly fit older people need more health care than younger ones, not least because they often suffer from chronic diseases that are expensive to treat.
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