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.