The focus of the fund will be researching and disseminating information on genetic markers and other characteristics of older healthy cats to determine how these cats achieved long and healthy lives, feline pain recognition and management, emerging therapies and mobility enhancement, and the identification, presentation, and treatment of the most
common causes of disease in older cats.
Sometimes, canine influenza occurs along with other respiratory disease, so preventing the more
common causes of disease can decrease the likelihood of an animal contracting canine influenza.
Overfeeding dry foods to adult rabbits is
a common cause of diseases such as obesity, heart and liver problems, chronic diarrhoea, dental and kidney disease.
A microorganism called Bartonella henselae is the most
common cause of this disease.
Stress is
a common cause of this disease which is why it is commonly seen in puppies that are brought into a new home.
Although diet is not
a common cause of the disease, it is an inexpensive and effective way to treat IBD if an acceptable food is found.
The most
common cause of the disease is benign hyperplasia of the thyroid gland; only 1 % to 2 % of cases are caused by malignant tumours.
Not exact matches
According to the American Cancer Society, cancer is the second most
common cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart
disease.
As the most
common cause of dementia, it's the sixth leading
cause of death in the US, behind conditions like heart
disease and cancer.
They are right to demand action: According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention public health database, when it comes to
causes of deaths in US adolescents ages 15 to 19, firearms are an alarmingly
common contributor.
There are numerous forms
of leprosy, but the
common form which most are familiar with is a
disease that
causes damage to the body's nervous system.
The most
common cause of death in young children in developing countries is diarrhea (also a major fatal
disease in New York at the turn
of the century).
Coeliac
disease is certainly not the
commonest, or even the second
commonest cause of duodenal lesions.
An electrocardiogram revealed an abnormality, and follow - up tests in June confirmed that Carle has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic
disease that is the most
common cause of sudden death in young athletes.
PoopMD and PoopMD + use a validated stool color analyzer to identify a life threatening
disease that is the most
common cause of liver failure in children.
Asthma, the most
common serious chronic
disease among children, is an inflammation and narrowing
of the airways that
causes difficulty breathing.
Blood letting (the draining
of supposedly extra blood that was thought to be the
cause of disease and sickness) was also a
common treatment for the pregnant woman and so was purging.
According to the Massachusetts Department
of Public Health, depression is one
of the most
common complications
of the postpartum period and the leading
cause of disease related disability among women.
Certainly some
of these are involved, as may be excessive processing
of foods, drug residues in foods and water, now -
common deficiencies in DHA and vitamin D, excessive hygiene, lack
of challenging childhood
diseases, and likely other nutritional and environmental
causes we have yet to learn
of.
Strokes are one
of the most
common diseases in every country and one
of the leading
causes of acquired disability and death.
Cough is a
common symptom
of a variety
of diseases and can have a variety
of causes.
Four new scientific papers are adding to the growing chorus
of researchers pouring cold water on the now
common assumption in the media and general population that contact sports
causes CTE, and that CTE
causes those with the
disease to commit suicide.
There is consistent evidence
of a protective effect
of exclusive breast feeding against diarrhoeal
disease in the first 4 — 6 months
of life.4 Likely
causes are the immune properties
of breast milk and less exposure to pathogens in contaminated milk, food, bottles, or teats.5 Contamination and inadequate sterilisation pose less
of a problem in developed than developing countries, and this explains the greater protection
of breast feeding in developing countries where poverty, poor hygiene, and infectious
diseases are
common.
Sometimes a
common disease, postpartum inflammation
of the thyroid gland, which can occur soon after delivery,
causes weight struggles.
The scientific rationale for ORT, and for continued feeding during diarrhoea, has been established beyond doubt: The challenge now is to place that knowledge in the hands
of parents so that they themselves can protect their children against the dehydration and malnutrition
caused by childhood's most
common disease.
Glaucoma is the second most
common cause of blindness globally, and hereditary glaucoma is just one category
of the
disease.
There are eight human herpes viruses, and they
cause a wide spectrum
of diseases, ranging from
common cold sores to cancer.
Cardiovascular
disease is the most
common cause of death.
Alpha -1-antitrypsin deficiency (A1ATD) is the most
common genetic
disease of the liver, and is
caused by a single nucleotide change in the gene that codes for alpha -1-antitrypsin (A1AT), an enzyme inhibitor that normally protects bodily tissues.
Chronic nasal sinus
disease is one
of the most
common causes of loss in younger people.
The exact
causes of Crohn's
disease and ulcerative colitis, the most
common forms
of these
diseases, are still largely unknown.
Way back in 1991, James Lupski was searching for the
cause of Charcot - Marie - Tooth syndrome, a
common hereditary
disease that affects the nervous system.
Coronary artery
disease is the most
common cause of death in the world, and a major
cause of hospitalisation.
A mutation in the LRRK2 gene is the single most
common inherited
cause of Parkinson's
disease.
A
common feature
of neurodegenerative
diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or Huntington's
disease are deposits
of aggregated proteins in the patient's cells that
cause damage to cellular functions.
Though We didn't really think more deeply about the origins
of these
diseases, and it was a big wake up when we looked at different parts
of the world and found that in many places some
of these
diseases were very rare that are the most
common causes of death in our country [were very rare].
Abnormal immune responses lead to inflammation in the digestive tract lining
causing several disorders, the most
common of which are Crohn's
disease (usually affecting the small intestine) and ulcerative colitis (restricted to the colon).
Group A Streptococcus are some
of the most
common bacteria,
causing diseases from strep throat to rheumatic fever.
The most
common diabetic eye
disease and a leading
cause of blindness is diabetic retinopathy, which is
caused by elevated blood sugar levels damaging the blood vessels
of the retina and affects approximately 7.7 million Americans.
As a
common cause of early mortality, public health officials carefully count when heart
disease is identified as the underlying
cause on death certificates.
«The circumstances
of the Dutch Hunger Winter
of 1944 - 1945, with civilian starvation
caused by the conditions
of World War II, offer a unique opportunity to study the possible fetal origins
of common diseases and adult health and critical periods in gestation,» said L.H. Lumey, MD, PhD, Mailman School associate professor
of Epidemiology and lead author.
Corneal
diseases are
common causes of blindness worldwide.
«Liver
disease is now the fifth most
common cause of death in Australia, affecting 6 million Australians, and with significant financial cost to the health system.
Elegant, dainty, and deadly, it is the most
common of all blood - sucking arthropods and the most important insect carrier
of human
disease, transmitting not only malaria but also yellow fever, dengue, West Nile virus, encephalitis, and the tiny worms that
cause elephantiasis.
High levels
of bone destruction and reduced bone density
caused by excessive osteoclasts are characteristic
of osteoporosis, a
common bone
disease in which bones become fragile and susceptible to fracture.
«We compared the ability
of RSV and parainfluenza virus (PIV3)-- another
common virus in children that
causes much less severe airway
disease — to infect and
cause inflammatory responses in a cell culture model
of human epithelial cells, which compose the lining
of the lung airway.
Principal investigator for the study and a professor at UNICAMP's Medical School (FCM - UNICAMP), José Dirceu Ribeiro recalls that bronchiolitis is the most
common disease during the first year
of life, and also the leading
cause of hospitalization during this period
of infancy worldwide.
«Recent studies in Africa and South Asia by people using sophisticated techniques show this organism is a very
common, underappreciated
cause of diarrheal
disease in underresourced countries.»
Meanwhile, diabetic retinopathy - the most
common form
of diabetic eye
disease — affects between 40 and 50 per cent
of patients with diabetes and is a leading
cause of blindness in the Western world.
The most
common tick - borne illness in the United States, Lyme
disease is
caused by Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that are transmitted to people by ticks
of the Ixodes genus.