{"id":18816,"date":"2013-08-21T13:43:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T08:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/?p=18816"},"modified":"2016-10-22T12:55:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T07:25:10","slug":"sick-epidemic-of-chronic-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/sick-epidemic-of-chronic-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Sick! Epidemic of Chronic Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">1 in 2 American adults have a chronic disease, and 7 in 10 deaths can be directly linked to chronic illnesses. 80% of Americans 65 and older suffer from a chronic disease.\u00a0 Chronic diseases are illnesses that can be controlled but not cure and is long lasting.\u00a0 A few examples of chronic disease are cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, heart disease, cancer, obesity, and osteoporosis.\u00a0 Heart disease, in particular, is a major concern in society.\u00a0 As the single biggest killer of Americans since 1920, heart disease causes 1 in 4 deaths of Americans.\u00a0 Heart attacks strike over 920,000 individuals each year.\u00a0 Diabetes affects over 18.8 million people, with a staggering 7 million undiagnosed.<\/p>\n<p>Many individuals with diabetes suffer from strokes-the risk for stroke is 2-4 times higher in those with diabetes.\u00a0 Cancer is another major disease that affects men and women.\u00a0 1 in 2 men will experience cancer, along with 1 in 3 women.<\/p>\n<p>In order to avoid these diseases, many people are taking charge of their health.\u00a0 A few of the ways to remain healthy is to avoid excessive alcohol consumption, quit smoking, and begin a diet and exercise regimen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/chronic-diseases.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18817\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/chronic-diseases.jpg\" alt=\"Sick! Epidemic of Chronic Diseases\" width=\"800\" height=\"7573\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/chronic-diseases.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/chronic-diseases-700x6626.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 in 2 American adults have a chronic disease, and 7 in 10 deaths can be directly linked to chronic illnesses. 80% of Americans 65 and older suffer from a chronic disease.\u00a0 Chronic diseases are illnesses that can be controlled but not cure and is long lasting.\u00a0 A few examples of chronic disease are cystic&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/sick-epidemic-of-chronic-diseases\/\" title=\"Sick! Epidemic of Chronic Diseases\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sick! Epidemic of Chronic Diseases<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsilike.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}