chronic conditions

Associations between maladaptive personality traits and physical health: Results of a cohort study with a large representative sample Highlights Chronic somatic diseases are associated with personality traits in a large German cohort (N = 4,737). Maladaptive traits were linked to cardio-...

Loneliness, social isolation, and accumulation of chronic conditions: A nationwide longitudinal study in Japan Abstract Background Loneliness and social isolation are related but distinct dimensions of social disconnection, but their longitudinal associations with chronic condition...

The Association Between Number of Chronic Conditions and Benzodiazepine Prescribing in Region Stockholm, Sweden: A Total Population‐Based Cohort Study ABSTRACT Background and Aims The aim of this study was to examine the association between an increasing number of chronic conditions and...

Bidirectional associations between chronic diseases and Long COVID: a population-based cohort and interrupted time-series analysis Abstract Background: Long COVID has been associated with an increased incidence of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes (T2D), which has been suggested...

[Posted on behalf of @MSEsperanza] https://brieflands.com/articles/jamm-12285.html Background: The medical community fails dramatically in the understanding of chronic diseases and development of causal therapies. Statistical associations between vaccinations or infections and autoimmune...

Precision Nutrition: The Hype Is Exceeding the Science and Evidentiary Standards Needed to Inform Public Health Recommendations for Prevention of Chronic Disease As dietary guidance for populations shifts from preventing deficiency disorders to chronic disease risk reduction, the biology...

Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can lead to postacute sequelae in multiple organ systems, but evidence is mostly limited to the first year postinfection. We built a cohort of 138,818 individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection and 5,985,227 noninfected...

Objectives: We examined the process by which anticipated stigma relates to quality of life among people living with chronic illnesses. We hypothesized that stress, social support and patient satisfaction mediate the relationships between three sources of anticipated stigma and quality of life...

https://www.commonsense.news/p/hurts-so-good This is merely an intellectually and morally bankrupt regurgitation of long-standing canards against us. However, predictably, it’s being heralded by the usual suspects across the Internet. My question is whether a piece like this actually converts...

Britons now have the worst access to healthcare in Europe, and it shows "For the past few months, a fierce debate has been raging over the question of what exactly is behind the sudden, sharp exodus of older British workers into economic inactivity. Is it driven by rapidly worsening health or...

CITATION: Ferreira GE et al. Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for the treatment of back pain and osteoarthritis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2021 Jan 20; 372:m4825. (https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4825)

Open access, https://www.jmir.org/2020/7/e16924/ My bolding.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0965229920305112

Free full text: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308022620904327 Energy management education and occupation-related outcomes in adults with chronic diseases: A scoping review 5 of the 44 studies were CFS studies

Australian Govt Dept of Health What are other chronic conditions? Some chronic conditions do not fit into larger condition groups such as respiratory, musculoskeletal or cardiovascular conditions. Examples of other chronic conditions we are addressing include: chronic fatigue syndrome (also...

" QOF Fiasco 2: ’Immoral’ refusal to learn from mistakes By Jerome Burne Last week I wrote about the great QOF (Quality and Outcomes Framework) fiasco – the 30-billion-pound public health experiment involving the whole UK population without any kind of testing or pilot programs and without...