chronic disease
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Chronic disease is increasingly ubiquitous, and the world's great drain of years from life, and life from years.
From US News • Mar. 28, 2016
Chronic disease may lack the drama of diagnosis and early treatment; even friends can get bored by mounting details.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2014
Chronic disease affects 2 out of 3 adults in the U.S., and it is estimated that 8% of the American population suffers from diabetes.
From Time • Mar. 13, 2014
Chronic disease management and billing system coordination are other potential uses.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2011
Chronic disease is the inability of the organism to react by acute efforts or healing crises against constitutional disease conditions.
From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry
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