Individuals with multiple long-term conditions are two and a half times more likely to die following COVID-19 infection than others. When children were assessed separately the risk for mortality among ...

A long-term care rider gives you access to your life insurance payout while you’re still alive to help pay for long-term care ...

Certain combinations of long-term health conditions are associated with worse quality of life and should be taken into account when assessing patients. Recent findings from a large UK-wide study, led ...

Adults who have experienced depression develop long-term physical conditions about 30% faster than those without depression, a new study finds. Authors of the report said depression needs to be viewed ...

A health and leisure centre has taken the unusual step of opening a specialist health and rehabilitation suite to support older adults and individuals living with long‑term health conditions. The new ...

An investigation has found that poor coordination of care in the NHS is putting patients with long-term or complex conditions at greater risk for harm. The Health Services Safety Investigations Body ...

The largest study to date to analyse millions of both genetic and patient records on the long-term health conditions of later life has identified opportunities for new ways to prevent and treat ...

“We’ve been paying into long-term-care insurance since we were in our mid-50s,” said a friend, now in her late 60s. “But with all of the premium increases, we might have been better off just investing ...

Specific combinations of long term conditions have a major role in the additional pressures the NHS faces every winter, because they are associated with significantly higher risks of hospital ...

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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has proposed BMI checks for patients in England with long-term conditions. In draft guidance, the regulator also suggested measuring ...