Sentences with phrase «cause of premature death»

Cardiovascular disease is Australia's leading cause of premature death accounting for just under a third of all national fatalities.

Motor vehicle wrecks are the leading cause of premature death for drivers in Georgia.

Consider for example that the leading cause of premature death in the US is heart disease, while automobile accidents also cause a significant number of deaths.

In cats, feline leukaemia (FeLV) is now the most common infectious cause of premature death in cats in the UK.

«Developing a better understanding of the relationship between marijuana use and cigarette use transitions is critical and timely as cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of premature death and disease, and use of cannabis is on the rise in the U.S.,» said Renee Goodwin, PhD, in the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, and senior author.

Coronary heart disease is the commonest cause of premature death worldwide.

«Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy — SUDEP — turns out to be the most common cause of premature death in people with epilepsy.

Dr. Michael Greger's first traditionally published book, How Not to Die, presented the scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of premature death and disability.

The report from the Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Psychiatrists says that the lack of support for people with mental illness to stop smoking is a major cause of premature deaths.

«Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally renowned nutrition expert and physician, examines the 15 top causes of premature death in America — heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's, high blood pressure, and more — and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches, freeing us to live healthier lives.»

Moreover, harmful emissions are lowered significantly, providing health benefits due to reduced respiratory disease — a leading cause of premature deaths across Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly affecting women and children.

Of these two, heart disease and cancer are the largest causes of premature death.

And according to the Centers for Disease Control, the leading causes of premature death in Missouri (heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer) are on the rise.

It highlights common causes of premature death in South Africa and how to explain these in an age appropriate way.

Not exact matches

«The shameful scale of the public health crisis London faces, with thousands of premature deaths caused by air pollution, must be addressed,» Khan said.

'» One cause of death by indigestion is premature scaling of a growth hypothesis that has not been proven.

It turns out premature scaling is the leading cause of hemorrhaging cash in a startup — and death.

will an xtian please provide a rational answer as to why god, who created the entire universe out of nothing, would not cause the premature death of hitler, who was made in his image an likeness?

Although early studies showed that saturated fat diets with very low levels of PUFAs increase serum cholesterol, whereas other studies showed high serum cholesterol increased the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), the evidence of dietary saturated fats increasing CAD or causing premature death was weak.

It follows years of successful campaigning for plain packaging on tobacco, which has already been implemented in several markets as governments try to reduce the number of «premature deaths» caused by smoking.

Iron deficiency anaemia may also cause problems during pregnancy particularly in developing countries, where it can increase the risk of premature delivery, as well as the risk of maternal and foetal complications and death.

Your risk of miscarriage during this time is higher, and undercooked or unpasteurized food can sometimes cause premature labor or infant death.

March of Dimes has a lot of information on the causes and possible prevention of premature birth, a leading cause of infant death, and it is involved in numerous advocacy efforts to drive research into ways to prevent birth defects and infant death.

Premature birth is the major cause of newborn death and illness in twins.

Low birth weight and premature birth are among the leading causes of infant death.

NEC is the second - leading cause of death for premature babies.

As almost all of the USA premature babies (first cause of neonatal death) are born at a hospital since they are high risk, you should take them out of the Comparison because they are not being born at home.

Free fatty acids created during the digestion of infant formula cause cellular death that may contribute to necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal condition that is often fatal and occurs most commonly in premature infants, according to a study by University of California, San Diego bioengineers.

Recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a report in which it explored the cause of death of a premature infant who had contracted a Cronobacter sakazakii infection - a rare, but often lethal illness.

Premature birth is the number one cause of infant death.

Smoking during pregnancy can cause low birth weight, certain birth defects, premature birth, and can even increase the chances of infant death.

This bacterium causes an ailment called Listeriosis which can cause problems during pregnancy such as miscarriage, premature delivery, infections or even death of the new born baby.

According to the DoH, smoking is the biggest preventable cause of death in England, accounting for more than 80,000 premature deaths each year and tobacco use is one of the most significant public health challenges.

Fuel poverty is causing misery, ill health and premature death in millions of households across the UK.

The programmes exposed a system designed to remove over a million disabled people from welfare support that has caused misery, anxiety and the premature deaths and suicides of an estimated 32 people a week.

That has helped to boost rates of cardiovascular disease and other health effects of such air pollution, a problem that combined with the health effects of air pollution from industrial coal burning that costs China roughly $ 66 billion dollars per year and causes 760,000 premature deaths, according to a World Bank report.

«Understanding how these pollutants interact with the environment, including snow, is crucial if we are to reduce the hundreds of thousands of premature deaths caused by mild air pollution in North America.

«That means that it causes the premature deaths of about 250,000 people each year.»

-- Charlene Colchester, via e-mail Bhopal should have been a wake up call, but it is unclear whether chemical plants around the world are any safer a quarter century after the December 1984 disaster — during which some 40 tons of toxic methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide (now part of Dow Chemical), killing 2,259 people immediately and causing lifelong health problems and premature death for tens of thousands more.

Infants in particular are susceptible to a number of diseases caused by gastrointestinal bacteria, including sepsis, chronic diarrhea, and necrotizing enterocolitis, an infection of the intestinal lining that is one of the leading causes of death in premature babies.

Eating too many calories contributes to people becoming overweight and increases the risks of heart disease, diabetes and many cancers, which are among the leading causes of poor health and premature death.

Newly published data point to seven causes that accounted for more than 40 percent of years of life lost to premature death in the United States in 2010.

Drug overdose, driven primarily by opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury deaths in the United States, and trends indicate that premature deaths associated with the use of opioids are likely to climb.

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

Focusing on the year 2007, the researchers found that of the 3.45 million premature deaths caused by fine - particulate - matter air pollution, about 12 percent were related to pollutants emitted in a different region of the world, and 22 percent were associated with goods produced in one region for consumption in another.

The study's authors note that China's exports cause the greatest number of premature deaths because of the high population density of that country and its neighbors, the quantity of its emissions, and its focus on manufacturing for export.

In 2000 researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health estimated that emissions from Salem Station caused 53 premature deaths, 16 heart attacks, more than 14,000 asthma attacks and 570 emergency room visits yearly.

Cardiovascular disease, not cancer, is the greatest mortality risk for smoking, causing about 48 % of smoking - related premature deaths.

In comparison, for countries with the lowest rate of child death (less than 10 deaths per 1000 births) which include the Russian Federation and the United States of America, the leading causes of death include congenital abnormalities, complications due to premature birth and injuries.

Every year, sulfur dioxide causes thousands of premature deaths, respiratory ailments, heart disease and a host of ecosystem damages.