Sentences with phrase «common diseases around»

This is because they have not been able to build up an immune system that is capable of fighting off even the most common diseases around.

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

Balance impairment is one of the most common and disabling symptoms of MS, a disease of the central nervous system in which the body's immune system attacks the protective sheath around nerve fibers.

As summer arrives and millions of people head for the outdoors, it's worth considering that these tick - borne diseases may be far more common than has been historically appreciated, and they've been around for a long, long time.

«Because the Mediterranean diet is based on food groups that are quite common or easy to find, people around the world could easily adopt this dietary pattern and help protect themselves against heart disease with very little cost,» Georgousopoulou said.

Chronic rhinosinusitis (a condition in which the cavities around nasal passages [sinuses] become inflamed and swollen, which interferes with drainage and causes mucus buildup) is a common and expensive - to - treat disease, which is primarily managed with prolonged medical therapies.

The disease is relatively common: in the developed world, around 40 in 100,000 people will develop Crohn's disease.

The mutation, the most common of the known genetic risk factors for the diseases, is associated with 40 percent of inherited ALS cases, 25 percent of inherited FTD and around 10 percent of noninherited cases of each disease.

The condition is more common than muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, but the development of new therapeutic concepts is hindered by the fact that unlike muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, where a single mutated gene causing the disease is known, the entire human chromosome 21 (containing around 300 genes) still has to be dissected into individual gene - dose contributions to the DS symptoms.

deCODE has identified key variations in the sequence of the genome conferring increased risk of major public health challenges from cardiovascular disease to cancer, and employs its gene discovery engine to develop DNA - based tests to assess individual risk of common diseases; to license its tests and intellectual property to partners; and to provide comprehensive, leading - edge contract services to companies and research institutions around the globe.

Investigators in the CRGGH will develop genetic epidemiology models that will explore the patterns and determinants of common complex diseases in populations in the United States and other human populations around the world.

Years later, when the children were around 8 years old, they evaluated them for things like doctor - diagnosed asthma, wheezing, hay fever, eczema, atopy (also known as the genetic tendency to develop allergic diseases), serum total IgE (a common way to test for allergic disease), and lung function.

A chronic state of inflammation could increase the risk for diseases and may be especially common for those who are overweight or obese, at least in part because of excess weight around the middle.

This is important information, since people who tend to accumulate fat around their belly (as opposed to their hips and legs) are more likely to develop not only diabetes but also heart disease, a common complication of diabetes.

Dave Asprey: I'm in the middle of filming a documentary called Moldy and I've flown around the country and I've interviewed experts on bio-toxins and also a whole bunch of people who like me were diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Lyme disease, toxic mold exposure, all these things and one of the things that all them have in common is low mitochondrial function.

In other words, while the common thinking of adrenal fatigue proponents is to point to cortisol abnormalities as a causal factor in the disease, there is much research indicating that it may be a reversed direction of causation — that these symptoms and lifestyle factors (e.g. poor sleep, excess body fat, medication use, etc.) are causing the abnormal cortisol patterns, rather than the other way around.

Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD) is by far the most common health problem in UK Dachshunds: around 1 in 4 may be affected at some stage in their lives.

This is a common finding in dogs with severe heart disease as a result of fluid building up in or around the lungs (see Congestive Heart Failure).

«Because cat owners are around their cats daily, subtle changes or gradual changes can be missed,» says Dr. Joanne Gaines, owner of Ridgeview Animal Hospital in Omaha, Neb. «Increases in drinking and urination and weight loss are the most common gradual changes we see, and those changes can be caused by thyroid disease, kidney or liver disease or diabetes, most commonly.»

Puppies shouldn't be around adult dogs until they've gotten all of their shots to protect against common contagious diseases, like distemper and parvovirus, says Susan Nelson, DVM, clinical associate professor at the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Periodontal disease is the most common dental issue in cats and dogs and usually surfaces when your pet is around three - years - old.

Dental disease is a common cause of bad odor around your dog's head.

The disease is most common in places around the World with mild or tropical climates.

Symptoms In addition to the soiled, wet area around the anus and tail that gives the disease its common name; there are a variety of other symptoms that you may see.

«The results of this clinical trial will change the way the most common cause of heart disease and heart failure in the dog is managed on a day - to - day basis by veterinarians around the world and contribute to dogs with MMVD living better and longer.»

Because pets enter their mature years around the age of seven, Pet Vet offers a special screening examination designed to look for those diseases and conditions that are more common in older pets.

Around 10 % of our canine companions suffer from heart disease with Mitral Valve disease being the most common.

There is a common misconception that has floated around for the past 100 years or so of my life that if a person has cardiac problems, a heart attack, or coronary artery disease (CAD) requiring heart bypass surgery or an angioplasty, they are irreparably damaged in their ability to get life insurance, especially affordable life -LSB-...]

Globally, harmful alcohol use is a major modifiable contributor to the burden of disease.1 The typical age of initiation of alcohol use is around mid-adolescence and for a significant minority of adolescents their alcohol use will result in substantial harms, the most costly of which is alcohol use disorder (AUD).2 Defined as a cluster of symptoms indicating continued alcohol use despite significant problems, AUD is common and imposes a significant burden on the individual, their family and the wider society.