Sentences with phrase «big killer diseases»

In fact, the big killer diseases of history all came to us from microbes living in other species, overwhelmingly from other warm - blooded mammals and, to a lesser extent, from birds.

Not exact matches

Good news: Deaths from cancer and heart disease — by far the two biggest killers of Americans — are on the decline, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as are those related disease — by far the two biggest killers of Americans — are on the decline, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as are those related Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as are those related to HIV.

Whilst we can't know the future of course, for financial planning purposes the probability is that life expectancy on average will increase in the future as medicine advances to cure or limit the big killers (cancer, cardiovascular disease etc).

Nowadays we are fully immersed in a society where fresh wholesome food is available, yet unfortunately our biggest killers are preventable diseases.

Commenting on the announcement, Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: «Despite great advances in treatments, vascular disease is still the UK's biggest killer.

The World Health Organization estimates there are 8 million new TB cases and 3 million deaths each year, making it the biggest killer among infectious diseases.

The mosquito - borne disease is still one of the biggest killers in developing countries with a death toll of a million each year.

«Coronary heart disease is the biggest killer by far for people with type 2 diabetes.

That makes rabies the third - biggest infectious disease killer in China after AIDS and tuberculosis.

More than a quarter of the avoidable deaths in the developing world are already caused by TB, a disease that kills 3 million people a year — making it a bigger killer even than malaria.

But while Americans have dutifully reduced the percentage of daily calories from saturated fat since 1970, the obesity rate during that time has more than doubled, diabetes has tripled, and heart disease is still the country's biggest killer.

Life - saving cardiac rehab programs are not being offered in countries where heart disease is the biggest killer.

Heart disease is still Europe's biggest killer, however, and the increased rate of diabetes and obesity is raising death rates among the young, warn the authors.

One of the biggest killers in history, the disease was effectively wiped out in the 1970s by a worldwide vaccination plan.

Maybe you work out to ward off the big killers like heart disease, diabetes or cancer?

Some of the biggest offenders are allergy and asthma drugs, antidepressants, opiate pain killers such as codeine, and the calcium channel blocker drugs used to treat heart disease.

This has been shown to be the instigator in heart disease and cancer — two of our biggest killers.

The big killers today — cancer, arrhythmia (sudden death heart attack), artery disease (leading to ischemic heart attacks and strokes), insulin resistance & obesity.

Heart disease is the biggest killer in the U.S. Flax seed oil helps to regulate cholesterol levels, which have been shown to prevent certain types of heart disease.

The biggest killer of our time is now cardiovascular disease, and both heart disease and stroke come under this term.

This book takes up back to the diet when heart and vascular disease and cancer were not the big killers and tells us why.

As one of the biggest killers of our times heart disease takes center stage: but daily pomegranate juice can help protect both the heart and arteries.

«Heart disease and stroke are the world's No. 1 and No. 2 killers, and the generous support of Barrett - Jackson through their Driven Hearts campaign is making a big difference in our work to fight these devastating illnesses,» said American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown.

the biggest killer of wild birds in my yard is predator birds and unfortunately, disease.

Malaria, one of the world's biggest killers, is an infectious disease passed on by a mosquito bite.

The report utilized data provided by the WHO which indicates that the three biggest killers of children under five, which includes respiratory infections, diarrhea diseases and malaria are all closely linked to environmental issues.

The SMH has compiled a series of charts showing how most Australians die, and how this has changed over the past century, based on a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare that finds coronary heart disease is still the biggest killer of men aged over 44 and women aged over 74.

Chronic diseases, and in particular cardiovascular disease, are the biggest single killers of Indigenous peoples and an area where the Indigenous and non-Indigenous health equality gap is most apparent.

Today cardiovascular disease is the single biggest killer of Indigenous Australians.