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title: Chronic Disease Management
description: This topic explores the long-term care and lifestyle adjustments required for conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and asthma. Learners will understand how to monitor symptoms, adhere to treatment plans, and prevent complications.
category: health-medicine
subcategory: everyday-health-and-wellness
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/chronic-disease-management-1
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# Chronic Disease Management

This topic explores the long-term care and lifestyle adjustments required for conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and asthma. Learners will understand how to monitor symptoms, adhere to treatment plans, and prevent complications.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 3 Websites

## Websites

### 1. WHO Noncommunicable Diseases

World Health Organization hub on noncommunicable diseases, with fact sheets, data, and global action plans covering cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes. Readers gain a population-level view of chronic disease risk factors, burden, and prevention and control strategies.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.who.int/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases

**Tags:** noncommunicable-diseases, chronic-disease, global-health, public-health, disease-prevention

### 2. cdc.gov/chronicdisease

CDC's Chronic Disease page provides evidence-based information, data, and resources on preventing and managing chronic diseases. It includes guidelines, surveillance data, program tools, and materials for clinicians, public health professionals, and communities.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://cdc.gov/chronicdisease

**Tags:** websites, health-medicine, health-and-wellness

### 3. mayoclinic.org

Official Mayo Clinic site providing evidence-based medical information, patient care resources, and tools for health and wellness. It features preventive-care guidance, symptom checkers, explanations of conditions and treatments, healthy living tips, and access to clinical services.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://mayoclinic.org

**Tags:** websites, health-medicine, health-and-wellness

## Books

### 1. The Diabetes Code

**Author:** Jason Fung

Nephrologist Jason Fung argues that type 2 diabetes is driven by insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia, and presents dietary approaches, including low-carbohydrate eating and intermittent fasting, for reversing it. Readers understand the insulin model of the disease and its implications for management.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1771642653?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, health-medicine, health-and-wellness

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