Chronic diseases – such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and arthritis – are among the most common, costly, and preventable of all health problems in the U.S. 7 out of 10 deaths among Americans each year are from chronic diseases. Heart disease, cancer and stroke account for more than 50% of all deaths each year. Arthritis is the most common cause of disability, with nearly 19 million Americans reporting activity limitations. Diabetes continues to be the leading cause of kidney failure, non-traumatic lower-extremity amputations, and blindness among adults, aged 20-74.

 

Chronic diseases and conditions affect approximately 1 out of every 4 employees in the workplace, and can last for as long as 1 year, limit what you can do, and require lifelong medical care. Four modifiable health risk behaviors—lack of physical activity, poor nutrition, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol consumption—are responsible for much of the illness, suffering, and early death related to chronic diseases.

 

Alcoholism Allergies ALS Alzheimer’s Anxiety Arthritis Asbestosis Asperger Syndrome Asthma Athersclerosis Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Autism Back Pain Balance Disorders Behçet’s Disease Bipolar Disorder Bleeding Disorders Brain Tumor Breast Cancer Bursitis Carotid Artery Disease Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Cataract Cerebral Palsy Childhood Obesity Chronic Bronchitis Cirrhosis COPD Colorectal Cancer Congenital Heart Disease Crohn's Disease Cystic Fibrosis Dementia Diabetes Disabilities Depression Dry Eye Eating Disorders Endometriosis Epilepsy Eye Problems in Adults & Children Fibromyalgia (FMS) Fifth Disease Gastrointestinal Cancers Glaucoma Gout Gynecological Cancers (Uterine, Cerivcal, Ovarian) Head and Neck Cancers Headaches Hearing Disorders Heart Disease Hemophilia Hepatitis A/B/C High Cholesterol HIV-AIDS Huntington's Disease Hypertension Influenza Juvenile Arthritis Kidney Disease

Leukemia  Liver Cancer Liver Disease Lung Cancer Lung Disease Lyme Disease Lymphoma Lung Disease Lupus Macular Degeneration Marfan Syndrome Mental Illness Mood Disorders Multiple Sclerosis Muscoskeletal Tumors Muscular Dystrophies Myasthenia Gravis Myeloma   Neurofibromatosis Obesity Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis Pancreatic Cancer Panic Disorder Parkinson's Disease Pediatric Diseases A-Z (St Jude Children's Hospital) Phobias Pituitary Tumors Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Prostate Cancer Psoriasis Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Pulmonary Fibrosis Rheumatoid Arthritis Schizophrenia Sexually Transmitted Infections Sickle Cell Anemia Skin Cancer Sleep Apnea Spina Bifida Spinal Cord Injuries Stress Stroke Substance Abuse Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Thalassemia Tourette's Syndrome Tuberculosis Ulcerative Colitis Urologic Cancers (Prostate, Kidney, Bladder and Testicular)