chronic disease

Researchers have unveiled the RNF41 protein as a potential new therapeutic target in the battle against two chronic liver diseases: cirrhosis and liver inflammation.

Viruses are usually associated with illness. But our bodies are full of both bacteria and viruses that constantly proliferate and interact with each other in our gastrointestinal tract.

Satisfying relationships in mid-life with partners, friends, or work colleagues are linked to a lower risk of accumulating multiple long-term conditions in older age.

Research increasingly links the use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, to many of the same life-threatening diseases that plague smokers.