Seeing case after case of chronic suffering, caused by simple diseases that were treatable or preventable, was quite an eye opener.

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With regard to the last case, chronic diseases account for 47% of health care costs in the U.S., so self-care could help reduce health care costs.

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Still, many people are confused about Medicare benefits for those with chronic disease and uncertain about this case.

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The curious question is why the inflammation would become chronic in atherosclerosis, when in the case of most infections it is transient.

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The Williams sisters have aged and suffered injuries, and, in the case of Venus, a chronic autoimmune disease that has kept her on the sidelines.

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Instead, it was a classic case of burnout: multiple, chronic stressors over an extended period of time left me totally drained and no longer performing at my best.

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"The best case is that they lose a third of their Eprex sales for chronic renal failure, " says Sweig.

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More research is being conducted on this subject, but what seems clear in any case is that a reduced level of BDNF is bad news for our brains, and chronic sugar consumption is one of the worst inhibitory culprits.

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