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title: Chronic Conditions
date: 2026-07-08T07:18:00-04:00
author: Laura Prieto
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# Chronic Conditions

Chronic conditions are an important health issue for women and gender-expansive people. Women are more likely to seek medical care at all ages, and we have longer average lifespans than men. But we experience numerous chronic conditions more often than men do. And patriarchy sees our bodies as flawed and inferior to begin with. As a rule, women’s health remains underfunded, underacknowledged, underresearched, underdiagnosed, and undertreated.

![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)###  [*What is?* **Chronic Conditions**](/what-is/chronic-conditions)

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![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)###  [*What is?* **Chronic Conditions**](/what-is/chronic-conditions)

![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)Chronic Conditions Themes

- [ Living with Chronic Health Conditions](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/living-with-chronic-health-conditions)
- [ Diverse Experiences of Chronic Health Conditions](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/diverse-experiences-of-chronic-health-conditions)
- [ Chronic Pain](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/chronic-pain)
- [ Diagnosis of Chronic Conditions](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/diagnosis-of-chronic-conditions)
- [ Treatment of Chronic Conditions](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/treatment-of-chronic-conditions)

##### Featured Chronic Conditions Expert

[![Yvette Cozier](data:image/png;base64,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)### Yvette Cozier

Dr. Yvette Cozier is an investigator on the Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS) and the BWHS Sarcoidosis Study at the Slone Epidemiology Center, as well as a professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health.

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