Sentences with phrase «cause disease states»

Christopher Friesen, an author of the study from the University of Sydney, said: «We really don't know if shortened telomeres cause disease states or if they are a by - product of disease and ageing.

Inflammatory conditions that exist below the radar that by themselves won't cause a disease state but will just wear your body down over time.

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According to the American Cancer Society, cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease.

The company's lead product candidate is amikacin liposome inhalation suspension, which is in late - state development for adult patients with treatment refractory nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease caused by mycobacterium avium complex.

I have instructed the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to: Appoint an advisory committee on alcoholism; establish in the Public Health Service a center for research on the cause, prevention, control, and treatment of alcoholism; develop an educational program in order to foster public understanding based on scientific fact; work with public and private agencies on the state and local level, to include this disease in a comprehensive health program.

Hi AnnMarie, I'm writing because I am again confused... I'm working hard at cleaning up my diet (going off low / non-fat and other non-foods), then I come across this info about the Paleo diet stating, like many others, that saturated fats and dairy are BAD for us...» are low in the foods and nutrients (refined sugars and grains, saturated and trans fats, salt, high - glycemic carbohydrates, and processed foods) that frequently may cause weight gain, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and numerous other health problems»..

Media Statement 30 June, 2015 Soft drinks are not the root cause of chronic disease Responding to research published in the American Heart Association's Circulation journal, Australian Beverages Council CEO Geoff Parker states: «This is ultimately scaremongering.

Heart disease, brought on by excessive weight, is now the leading cause of death in the United States.

With that comes the higher risk of high blood pressure which leads to heart disease and stroke, two leading causes of death in the United States.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevents states that the top cause of children's death in the United States is motor vehicle istates that the top cause of children's death in the United States is motor vehicle iStates is motor vehicle injury.

Both medical opinion and folk practice in the United States were still influenced by the centuries - old Galenic theories of health and disease, which dictated that eating fruit made people, especially children, susceptible to fevers.16 Properties inherent in fruits and vegetables were thought to cause severe diarrhea and dysentery, especially in the summer.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States.

«New York State has made great strides in reducing tobacco use, which is the number one preventable cause of death and disease in the state,» said state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard ZuState has made great strides in reducing tobacco use, which is the number one preventable cause of death and disease in the state,» said state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zustate,» said state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zustate Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.

Lyme disease - causing bacteria are spread by blacklegged ticks, which are common around the state.

«One in 11 Americans has diabetes, and in the last 20 years, the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than tripled,» said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. «Making small, healthy changes to our diets and lifestyle as we age can go a long way toward preventing the onset of this terrible disease, which is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.»

Chronic diseases are leading causes of death, disability and rising health care costs in New York State.

Warren County, which has the highest rate of cancer in the state, will be one of four regions to be studied by the state to establish trends and potential causes contributing to the disease, state officials announced.

Femi Makinde in this piece examines the efforts of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Lions Club and international agencies at stopping measles in Osun State Measles which is an infectious disease caused by the rubeola virus can be fatal but the good news is that it can be prevented by vaccine.

«Because the number one leading cause of death, not only in Westchester County but in the United States, is heart disease.»

While the Rockland County Commissioner of Health Dr. Patricia Ruppert stated that measurements did not reach levels that represent a public health concern, turbidity can interfere with disinfection and provide a medium for microbial growth; may indicate the presence of disease causing organisms; and those dynamics can have effects on health, particularly those with compromised immune systems.

«This summer's outbreak of Legionnaires» disease caused concern in communities across the state, and today we are moving forward to help prevent future outbreaks and keep our neighborhoods safe,» Mr. Cuomo said in a statement.

And tobacco use, the number one preventable cause of death in the United States, claims more than 400,000 lives and $ 50 billion in direct medical costs each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Today, most people in the United States rarely think of rheumatic heart disease (RHD)-- or the rheumatic fever that causes it — as more than a historical footnote.

It is estimated to cause one million foodborne illnesses in the United States every year, with 19,000 hospitalizations and 380 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In the early 1990s Lane and Humboldt State University ecologist Richard Brown began to suspect some of the spirochetes they saw in ticks were not causing classic Lyme disease but rather other related infections entirely.

According to studies, approximately one out of every 40 individuals in the United States is a carrier of the gene responsible for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a neurodegenerative disease that causes muscles to weaken over time.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid abuse is a serious public health issue, with drug overdoses identified as the leading cause of injury death in the United States.

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, with more people dying from nicotine addiction than any other preventable cause of death.

Cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of disease and premature mortality in the United States.

According to recent studies, approximately one out of every 40 individuals in the United States is a carrier of the gene responsible for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a neurodegenerative disease that causes muscles to weaken over time.

«Sepsis is the leading cause of death in intensive care units in the United States, and patients with the diagnosis of sepsis have a minimum of a 30 percent chance of dying of their disease; if their vital organ systems — brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys — are affected, they have a 70 percent chance of dying.

In the United States, Lyme disease is primarily caused by an infection with the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, which is spread by the bite of a black - legged tick.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, E. coli O157 causes an average of 73,000 cases of infection and 61 deaths in the United States each year.

«Different strains have different capacity to cause disease,» explains infectious - diseases physician Benjamin Luft of the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.

The first national study on Hispanic health risks and leading causes of death in the United States by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that similar to non-Hispanic whites (whites), the two leading causes of death in Hispanics are heart disease and Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that similar to non-Hispanic whites (whites), the two leading causes of death in Hispanics are heart disease and disease and cancer.

According to the proposal, called the amyloid hypothesis, Alzheimer's disease, estimated to affect more than 5 million people in the United States alone, is caused by abnormal buildup of A-beta protein in the brain.

Alzheimer's disease affects approximately 5.2 million people in the United States alone, and it is the nation's sixth leading cause of death.

Scientists have sequenced the entire genome of Chlamydia trachomatis, the enigmatic bacterium that's the leading cause of venereal disease in the United States.

He said that would translate into a five to six per cent reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.

Cardiovascular disease, which includes heart attack and stroke, is the leading cause of death in the United States.

Today, drug - resistant bacteria cause 2 million illnesses and 23,000 deaths each year in the United States alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

C. difficile causes diarrhea that is linked to 14,000 deaths each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In July researchers investigating Huntington's disease announced a treatment that can eliminate the distorted proteins that cause the illness, offering hope to the 30,000 people afflicted in the United States.

The findings were made by researchers from Oregon State University, who studied 15 - 20 million - year - old amber from the Dominican Republic that offer the oldest fossil evidence ever found of Borrelia, a type of spirochete - like bacteria that to this day causes Lyme disease.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, antibiotic - resistant strains of Carbapenem - Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, were found to cause infections in patients in nearly 200 hospitals in the United States alone.

Julian Isla, Executive Director of DSF - EU, stated: «One of the most important things for patients with genetic disorders and their families is to be able to give a name to the gene causing their disease.

Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States.

The more Duesberg looked for answers, the more he came to believe that the original hypothesis of top AIDS researchers was actually correct: The disease was — at least in the United States — brought on by drug use and other immune - suppressing causes.