Nearly one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness. What is Mental Illness? Mental illnesses are health conditions involving...

37 million American adults have CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease), and millions of others are at increased risk. What is Kidney Disease?...

Osteoporosis is a “silent” disease because you typically do not have symptoms, and you may not even know you have the disease until you...

The symptoms of psoriasis can sometimes go through cycles, flaring for a few weeks or months followed by periods when they subside or go...

Mesothelioma is a cancer that forms in the thin tissue that lines many of your internal organs. What is Mesothelioma? Cancer is a disease...

50% of people with glaucoma don't know they have the disease. There is no cure (yet) for glaucoma, but if it's caught early, you can...

A woman's risk of getting ovarian cancer during her lifetime is about 1 in 78. Her lifetime chance of dying from ovarian cancer is about...

What is Obesity? Obesity means weighing more than what is healthy for a given height. Obesity is a serious, chronic disease. It can lead...

About 38% of American adults have high cholesterol (total blood cholesterol ≥ 200 mg/dL). Too much cholesterol puts you at risk for heart...

You might think you're never going to fall, but the truth is one in four older adults fall every year in the U.S. - National Council on...

Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival. (World Health Organization [WHO]) National...

Minority women are most likely to have advanced breast cancer when the cancer is first discovered. Although white women are more likely...

This year, more than 174,600 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and more than 31,600 die from the disease. Most prostate cancer...

Nearly 300,000 kids and teens in the United States are affected by juvenile arthritis (JA). JA is a term used to describe many autoimmune...

Historical racism, oppression and violence makes it extremely difficult to access treatment and manage mental health illnesses. What is...

Racial and ethnic minorities have a higher burden of diabetes, worse diabetes control and are more likely to experience complications...

The prevalence of high blood pressure differs by race/ethnicity, with the condition being more common among blacks (40.4%) compared to...