Sentences with phrase «diarrheal diseases»

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that as high as 50 percent of international travelers suffer some form of traveler's diarrhea and diarrheal diseases account for 1 in 9 child deaths worldwide, making diarrhea the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five.

So, the message is: At least part of the causes of diarrheal diseases, which claim so many children's lives in poor nations, is easily addressable.

In general, diarrheal diseases including Salmonellosis and Campylobacteriosis are more common when temperatures are higher, 87,200,88,89,90,91,92 though patterns differ by place and pathogen.

Diarrheal diseases have also been found to occur more frequently in conjunction with both unusually high and low precipitation.93, 94 Sporadic increases in streamflow rates, often preceded by rapid snowmelt95and changes in water treatment, 96 have also been shown to precede outbreaks.

Mr. Damon's commitment to raise $ 1 million through that group and the OneXOne Foundation in the next year was one of a bundle of pledges aimed at water and sanitation from individuals, charities and companies totalling about $ 400 million (including a $ 200 million pledge by Napo Pharmaceuticals to «complete the clinical development of crofelemer, a drug that has potential to treat pediatric diarrhea, and provide it at cost to partner organizations for distribution in the areas with the highest mortality and morbidity associated with diarrheal diseases.»)

WHO and subsequently IPCC risk values are based on quantitative empirical climate - disease studies, e.g, for diarrheal diseases, for every 1 °C rise in temperature, children's hospitalization rates increase by 8 % (Checkley et al. 2000).

When entering the USA from Russia our Siberians are panel tested by PCR for 19 respiratory, blood borne, and diarrheal diseases and conditions.

Enterococcus faecium - Provides important nutritional support in the event of diarrheal diseases.

There are about a dozen studies that demonstrate that L. reuteri probiotic supplementation (typically around one billion CFU doses) reduces intestinal inflammation, reduces constipation, and reduces the severity and duration of diarrheal diseases and unexplained abdominal pain in children.

In 1990, most years of healthy life were lost reportedly to undernutrition, such as diarrheal diseases in malnourished children, but now the greatest disease burden may be attributed to high blood pressure, a disease of overnutrition.

Although the IL - 15 plus retinoic acid combination leads to inflammation and tissue damage in those at risk for celiac disease, the authors suggest that for those who are less genetically susceptible, the same combination could help enhance vaccines against several bacterial infections that cause diarrheal diseases.

So I joined a wonderful group at Johns Hopkins to work on diarrheal diseases — in part because I, like anybody who traveled in the outbacks of Asia, was plagued with diarrhea there for months — and it was a breakthrough that occurred at the University of Texas.

Children with vitamin A deficiency are often deficient in multiple micronutrients and are likely to be anemic, have impaired growth, and be at increased risk of severe morbidity from common childhood infections such as diarrheal diseases and measles.

The old editorial frets about the «demon of tuberculosis» and diarrheal diseases in Africa, conditions we have yet to exorcise.

It is an estimation of the current (as of 2000) existing rate of annual deaths reasonably attributable to climate change, albeit from a limited subset of climate - related health impacts: malaria due to an increase in the geographic range of disease - bearing mosquitoes, malnutrition associated with loss of agricultural productivity, water - borne diarrheal diseases, and deaths from flooding, McMichael says.

The paper, published in The Lancet Global Health, also finds that chronic diseases, such as ischemic heart disease and diabetes, cause a greater burden to health in the region overall than communicable diseases like diarrheal diseases and tuberculosis.

His work suggests a link between diarrheal diseases, malnutrition, stunted growth, and lower IQs.

The impact of other ailments, such as diarrheal diseases, neonatal preterm birth complications, and lower respiratory infections, has significantly declined.

For example, diarrheal diseases, spread mainly by contaminated water or food, kill nearly three million young children every year.

The WHO - ORS solution is a scientifically sound method of body fluid loss replacement, which was developed for use in developing countries where cholera or other diarrheal diseases are common.

«Healthy gut bacterial communities are known to benefit immune regulation, metabolism and potentially even the nervous system, so if cholera or other diarrheal diseases permanently impact the microbiota, there could be long - term effects on human health,» explains Regina LaRocque, MD, MPH, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Division of Infectious Diseases, co-senior author of the paper.

«Meta studies have shown that the controlled grafting of fecal transplantation from healthy donors is a safe and very effective treatment of acute diarrheal diseases caused by the pathogenic bacterium Clostridium difficile,» said Sieglinde Angelberger, gastroenterologist at the University Clinic for Internal Medicine III of the Medical University of Vienna and author of the study: «this was the reason why we applied this therapy for the treatment of patients with chronic intestinal diseases.»

Studies have shown that infants who are breastfed are less likely to develop diarrheal diseases, ear infections and asthma, and that breastfeeding can protect the mother against breast, cervical and endometrial cancer.

We know that breastfed babies are less likely to suffer from childhood cancer, diarrheal diseases, respiratory illnesses, ear infections, bacterial infections, diabetes, Crohn's disease, allergies, urinary tract infections and obesity.

Cholera and other acute diarrheal diseases are the biggest threat post-disaster, putting the lives of thousands of children and the elderly in danger.

Each day 9,000 children around the world die from diseases such as acute respiratory illness and diarrheal diseases which can be prevented by washing with soap.

Milk powder mixed with dirty water is the reason for the deadly diarrheal disease of infants shown.

Reproduced from the PATH Resources for Diarrheal Disease Control website at www.eddcontrol.org, [6 November, 2009].

During his time as a fellow, the U.S. was getting lots of produce from Central America, and some of it was contaminated with pathogens that cause diarrheal disease, he said.

When oral hydration doesn't work for the diarrheal disease, cholera, caused by the comma - shaped bacterium Vibrio cholera, can sometimes be treated by intravenous fluids and antibiotics.

A new study delineates a sequential pattern of changes in the intestinal microbial population of patients recovering from cholera in Bangladesh, findings that may point to ways of speeding recovery from the dangerous diarrheal disease.

Underwood, German, and their colleagues believe it will have major potential, not just for preemies but for babies and small children in the developing world who suffer high rates of other gut infections leading to diarrheal disease.

Tuberculosis and diarrheal disease had to await the rise of farming, measles and bubonic plague the appearnce of large cities.

In contrast, infection with the closely related bacterium Salmonella enterica Thyphimurium is usually limited to the gut and causes less serious diarrheal disease.

«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.»

«In the most recent global burden - of - disease study, diarrheal disease accounts for the loss of more disability - adjusted life years than any other infectious disease, and cryptosporidiosis is the second leading cause of diarrheal illness.»

For example, a separate study by scientists at the CDC and Haiti's National Public Health Laboratory analyzed patients treated for diarrheal disease at four hospitals in Haiti between April 2012 and March 2013.

It found that while cholera was the main source of illness, rotavirus remained a «significant cause» of diarrheal disease in children under five in Haiti.

So he and Tahmeed Ahmed from the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research in Bangladesh teamed up with Jeffrey Gordon, a microbiologist at Washington University in St. Louis in Missouri, to collect monthly fecal samples from healthy and malnourished Bangladeshi children under 2.

For the near term, groups known as accelerated development and introduction plans (ADIPs) have studied the possibility of more rapidly introducing new vaccines for rotavirus, a common diarrheal disease, and pneumococcus, a bacterium that causes pneumonia.

As it stands, more than 1.5 million children die of diarrheal disease annually around the world, mostly due to bad drinking water.

Diarrheal disease is a major public health issue in developing countries and, while not generally increasing in the United States, remains a persistent concern nonetheless.

Scientists from the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, a major research institution in Bangladesh, investigated what caused the outbreak.

Giardiasis is a diarrheal disease caused by the microscopic parasite Giardia lamblia, a one - cell parasite that can infect humans via food or water.

A double - blind, randomized, clinical trial of the effect of vitamin A and zinc supplementation on diarrheal disease and respiratory tract infections in children in Mexico City, Mexico.

Many of the activities focus on health issues, like water and sanitation, diarrheal disease and preventing accidents, but Child - to - Child has also been successful in meeting the social and emotional needs of children such as addressing the prevalence of psychological problems including PTSD.

Gookin is nationally recognized for her expertise in gastroenterology with a special emphasis on infectious causes of feline diarrheal disease...

A nationally recognized expert in gastroenterology, Gookin especially focuses on researching infectious causes of feline diarrheal disease.

• increases in malnutrition and consequent disorders, with implications for child growth and development; • increased deaths, disease and injury due to heat waves, floods, storms, fires and droughts; • the increased burden of diarrheal disease; • the increased frequency of cardio - respiratory diseases due to higher concentrations of ground - level ozone related to climate change; and, • the altered spatial distribution of some infectious disease vectors.

At the same time, 3.5 million children around the world die from acute respiratory and diarrheal disease, most of which could be prevented with access to hand soap and education programs on the importance of hand washing.