The term chronic is usually applied when the course of the disease lasts for more than three months. Common chronic diseases include arthritis, asthma, cancer, diabetes and viral diseases such as hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS. So, the correct answer is option D.
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Lifestyles that reduce the risk for chronic diseases include never smoking or quitting smoking, drinking in moderation, sleeping__-___hours a night, ___regularly, maintaining a healthy weight, avoiding ___, and eating breakfast daily.
Among all major CVD, heart disease is the greatest killer, taking the lives from close to 600,000 people each year (almost 1 in __deaths).23
Chronic disease is the leading cause of death in the world.
In the United States, over 1.3 million people died of heart disease, cancers, and chronic lower respiratory diseases (CLRD) in 2011. Those top three diseases accounted for over___percent of all deaths in the United States.
Blood vessel ruptures in the brain are the most common form of stroke.
With the correct medication, all chronic diseases can be cured.