Sentences with phrase «disease and death during»

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But as originally written, the bill redefined, as a method of killing, «the use of sedative medications to relieve extreme suffering by making the patient unaware and unconscious, while artificial food and hydration are withheld, during the progression of the disease, leading to the death of the patient.»

During emergency situations, disease and death rates among babies and children are higher than for any other age group; and the younger the child, the higher the risk, leaving babies under six months most vulnerable.

The combined incidence of serious infection, the intestinal disease necrotizing enterocolitis and death was similar in very low - birth - weight infants who received either pasteurized donor milk or preterm formula supplementation during their first 10 days of life when their own mother's milk was not sufficiently available, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.

During emergency situations, disease and death rates among under - five children are higher than for any other age group; the younger the infant the higher the risk.

Malnutrition, caused by inadequate nutrient intake and disease, is a direct cause of 30 percent of all child deaths in developing countries and can result in a five - to - ten-fold increase in a child's risk of death from diarrhea.3 Characterized by low weight and height for age, and low weight for height, malnutrition can be prevented through optimal infant and young child feeding — exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months, along with continued breastfeeding and nutritious, hygienically prepared complementary foods during the six to 24 month period.

An estimated ten million soldiers died during the First World War, in addition to one million direct civilian deaths and a further six million deaths from famine and disease, the motion notes.

Researchers from Harvard Chan School and Brigham and Women's Hospital examined the relationship between types of fats in the participants» diets and overall deaths among the group during the study period, as well as deaths due to cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and respiratory disease.

A total of 5,011 deaths recorded during the follow - up period included 1,938 deaths (39 percent) from cancer, 1,040 (21 percent) from heart disease, and 1,418 (29 percent) from other natural causes, including diseases of the circulatory system (excluding heart disease) and diabetes.

Ebola's lasting legacy may be in maternal and child health: Public health officials worry that deaths during childbirth and from preventable childhood diseases like measles could escalate into the tens of thousands.

The combined incidence of serious infection, the intestinal disease necrotizing enterocolitis and death was similar in very low - birth - weight infants who received either pasteurized donor milk or preterm formula supplementation during their first 10 days of life when their own mother's milk was not sufficiently available, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.

In women with heart disease, constriction of peripheral vessels during mental stress affects the heart circulation more than men's, potentially raising women's risk of heart - related events and death, according to new research in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, an American Heart Association journal.

«This research is important because previous studies have shown that a reduction in blood supply to the heart (ischemia) during mental stress doubles the risk of heart attack or death from heart disease,» said Viola Vaccarino, M.D., Ph.D., senior author of the study and professor of epidemiology and medicine at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, Georgia.

Two of the most recognized causes of sudden death during an endurance race are arrhythmic death, sudden death usually caused by undetected heart disease in a young and seemingly healthy person, and heat stroke; however, the authors noted sudden death from an undetected heart condition often receives more attention from the medical community and the media.

«Secondary bacterial infections cause much of the sickness and about 25 percent of all deaths during the flu season, and 50 to 95 percent of deaths during pandemics of influenza,» says Jonathan McCullers, an infectious disease specialist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and co-author of a study that suggests a new way of treating such conditions.

«West Africa will see much more suffering and many more deaths during childbirth and from malaria, tuberculosis, HIV — AIDS, enteric and respiratory illnesses, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and mental health during and after the Ebola epidemic,» they write.

They assessed gene activity at time points known to correspond with key phases of disease: the «induction phase,» the time before the peak level of photoreceptor cell death; the «execution phase,» when the highest rates of photoreceptor cell death occur; and the «chronic phase,» during which photoreceptor cell death continues at somewhat reduced levels.

University of Tokyo researchers have developed a real - time statistical method to estimate death risk (i.e., the probability of death given infection) and identify risk factors of death during an infectious disease outbreak.

This method will be useful when the death risk of a novel infectious disease has to be quantified using data from small numbers of patients during the course of an outbreak, providing information on which age groups to minimize exposure in hospitals, nursing homes and daycare facilities.

According to the study, most patient deaths occurred during induction because of disease complications of differentiation syndrome and coagulopathy.

Adding to the complexity of this disease, people with T1D also have dysfunctional alpha cells that, during activities such as exercise, permit uncorrected and dangerously low glucose levels that can lead to unconsciousness or even death.

The patients following the Lyon diet had a 50 to 70 % lower of recurrent heart disease such as heart attacks, death and hospitalizations during follow up over more than four years.

Dr. Joel Kahn shares new models for preventing and reversing heart disease, the biggest cause of death in both men and women during the March 2017 Functional Forum

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, meaning a fatty liver caused by excess food rather than excess drink, is now the most common cause of liver disease in the United States, found during autopsy in up to 90 % of obese individuals, and can lead in rare cases to cirrhosis of the liver, cancer of the liver, and death.

Neonatal herpes is a rare but potentially devastating disease of genital herpes during pregnancy, which can cause brain damage, breathing problems, seizures and even death.

Death, disease, and depression blow like a cold draft through A Quiet Passion's backstretch; even those who didn't glaze over during the gorgeous, static suffering of Sunset Song may wish this new film's spritely barrage of bon mots — and Nixon's radiant delight, dimmed by one too many losses — didn't give way to strokes and seizures and private anguish.

This rider is critical, particularly if you are considering life insurance for children or young adults, because if the insured develops a disease or become uninsurable during the policy period, the insurance company allows the insured to increase his or her total life insurance coverage and death benefit at specific times.

Less common signs of heartworm infection include vomiting, neurologic signs, collapse and sudden death.9 Many cats are able to overcome this phase of the disease process — and in some cases completely clear the heartworm infection — but not without damaging the small blood vessels in the lungs during the process.6, 7

«The Monterey sea otters are bigger, live longer, and have a higher population growth rate,» Lafferty summarized, while «contrary to past results» reported by others, «infectious disease was not a particularly common source of death in the small sample of 17 tagged sea otters that were found dead during the study.»

Sadly, many cats are too sick to undergo all the various tests and often, the disease is only confirmed after the death during autopsy.

Contributed by Jonathan Stevenson / During and after the AIDS epidemic, gay artists like Carlos Alfonzo, Ross Bleckner, Robert Gober, and Keith Haring used visual art to convey the tragedy of mass premature death that gutted the art world, as well as the political injustice of the U.S. government's refusal to recognize the gravity of the disease.

Emerging as a prominent artist in New York during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, Bleckner's paintings, like memento mori, often suggest meditations on the body, health, disease, and especially AIDS - related death.

H Zinsser's book, «Rats, lice and History» refers to epidemics of dancing mania in the Middle Ages, known as St John's dance or St Vitas» dance, that became common during and after the Black Death and presenting none of the characteristics of epidemic infectious diseases of the nervous system.

This rider is critical, particularly if you are considering life insurance for children or young adults, because if the insured develops a disease or become uninsurable during the policy period, the insurance company allows the insured to increase his or her total life insurance coverage and death benefit at specific times.

There have also been improvements in other key areas contributing to Aboriginal health, such as a decrease in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women smoking during pregnancy, fewer low birth weight babies, and a 26 % decline in age - standardised death rates for respiratory disease in NSW, Queensland, WA, SA and NT between 1998 and 2012.

Women who smoke during pregnancy are at a higher risk for miscarriage and complications during pregnancy and delivery.45 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smoking during pregnancy leads to more than 1,000 infant deaths each year.46 After giving birth, health risks continue through infancy, childhood, and adolescence.