“Comorbidities are two or more distinct health conditions that occur at the same time,” says Irina Benenson, D.N.P., F.N.P.-C., a certified family nurse practitioner and associate professor at Rutgers ...

The occurrence of two or more diseases in the same patient is known as comorbidity. It poses significant difficulties in terms of disease diagnosis and therapy. Comorbidities are frequently associated ...

The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and subsequent COVID-19 pandemic initiated intense research into the mechanisms of action for this virus. It was quickly noted that COVID-19 presents more ...

Multi-morbidity is common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and low levels of physical activity are hypothesized to be an important risk factor. The current study aimed to assess ...

Covid-19 threatens everyone, but its risk is concentrated among particular groups of people. To help readers understand how the disease interacts with demography and with other illnesses ...

Use of medical jargon is one of the reasons why there is an increased gap between doctors and patients. Our section 'Know your medical terms' is an attempt to fill in this gap between by explaining ...