Since acute idiopathic/viral pericarditis is a common cause of transient ... Pericardial calcification, a sign of chronicity, may be observed in chronic CP, but is not commonly observed in ...

Patients may also have characteristic symptoms/signs of acute pericarditis like fever, pleuritic chest pain, pericardial rub, cough and fatigue. In chronic constrictive pericarditis, the cause of ...

Constrictive pericarditis requires surgical treatment and is usually ... speaking world by Paul Dudley White in his 1935 St Cyres lecture.1,2 White described a “chronic fibrous or callous thickening ...

April is Stress Awareness Month, a time when health experts highlight how chronic stress can affect the body and recommend options to deal with it. Long-term stress negatively impacts not just a ...

“We have the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world,” Mr. Kennedy said at a hearing in January before the Senate confirmed him as the secretary of Health and Human Service ...

A first-of-its-kind study has found that almost half, 45.6%, of Australian teenagers are living with one or more chronic diseases, including diabetes or asthma, or a developmental condition like ADHD.

In a recent interview, Carly Pearce revealed that several doctors dismissed her symptoms before she received a diagnosis.

Among the bills arriving at the eleventh hour of the Texas Legislature’s mid-March filing deadline was House Bill 28. The proposal, authored by GOP Rep. Ken King, is, on its face, a major ...

The cuts will only exacerbate problems with tobacco regulation and enforcement in the U.S., hampering the fight against chronic disease, policymakers and public health experts said.

Chronic lower back pain is one of the top complaints that sends Americans to their doctors — and it’s a leading cause of missed workdays and disability claims. While slipped discs, arthritis ...

Professional footballer Fran Kirby contracted a virus that attacked her heart and caused inflammation, and she opened up ...

Kennedy offered his own answer: “chronic disease,” to which “90 percent of health-care spending” is devoted. He specifically pointed to rising rates of obesity, diabetes, and cancer, as well as ...