Sentences with phrase «disease mortality decreased»

Overall and infectious disease mortality decreased from 1900 through 1950 (except for the 1918 spike) and then leveled off.

Not exact matches

The global health community and a coalition of public - private initiatives has successfully begun taming the scourge, with a 21 % decrease in its global incidence and 29 % drop in mortality rate between 2010 and 2015; still, there were 212 million malaria cases worldwide and nearly 430,000 deaths from the disease in 2015, according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) figures.

VAD can damage the immune system and decrease the body's ability to resist or fight infections, therefore increasing the risk of mortality from common diseases especially among young children.

In the last two decades, child mortality has decreased by about 40 %, but still almost 7 million children under five die each year, mainly from preventable diseases.

Most of the reduction in mortality came from a decrease in deaths due to diarrhoeal diseases and measles.

In 2012 in Lancet, a CTT meta - analysis of 27 randomized trials found that even among people with no previous vascular disease, those who had a 39 - point decrease in LDL had a 9 percent lower overall mortality risk over about five years.

«Recent research suggests that, fortunately, screening can increase early detection and decrease mortality from this disease.»

Large observational studies report that in severely obese individuals, bariatric surgery is associated with long - term reductions in all major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, CVD events such as heart attacks and strokes, cancer and all - cause mortality, including a 92 % decrease in diabetes - related deaths.

A new study appearing in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) found that these surgeries are generally safe with mortality rates decreasing for total hip (THR) and total knee (TKR) replacement and spinal fusion surgeries, and complication rates decreasing for total knee replacement and spinal fusion in patients with few or no comorbidities (other conditions or diseases).

While maternal mortality from sepsis is reported to be on the decrease with recommendations for improved sanitation, death from «sepsis» in tropical countries may be more complex than it first appears due to undiagnosed tropical disease.»

As a result, the decrease in salt intake would have played an important role in the reduction in stroke and ischaemic heart disease mortality during this period.»

«Our results show that, in an era in which high - resolution molecular typing for class I and class II HLA [human leukocyte antigen] loci has significantly improved the clinical outcome of unrelated donor HSCT by decreasing the risk of immunological complications, lowering the ATLG dose to 15 mg / kg did not affect the time to engraftment and, more importantly, the incidence of acute or chronic GVHD [graft - vs - host disease], and was associated with an improved probability of event - free survival, mainly due to a reduced risk of nonrelapse mortality,» wrote Franco Locatelli, MD, of the department of oncoematologia pediatrica, IRCCS Ospedale «Bambino Gesù» in Rome, and colleagues.

A similar decrease in time to mortality was seen following NP396 immunization (Fig. 1B), indicating that increased disease severity occurs with CD8 T cell memory against multiple epitope specificities.

A potential explanation for the secular trend may be that while improved treatment for cardiovascular risk factors or complicating diseases has reduced mortality in all weight classes, the effects may have been greater at higher BMI levels than at lower BMI levels.12 Because obesity is a causal risk factor for hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and dyslipidemia,15,19 - 22 obese individuals may have had a higher selective decrease in mortality.18 Indirect evidence of this effect is seen in the findings as the deaths occur at similar time periods in the 3 cohorts, but cohorts recruited at later periods have an increase in the BMI associated with the lowest mortality, possibly suggesting a period effect related to changes in clinical practice, such as improved treatments, or general public health status, such as decreased smoking or increased physical activity.

In 1996, Stephens published his study in Lancet which showed that tocopherol (vitamin E) given to patients with advanced coronary artery disease reduced the risk of non-fatal Myocardial Infarction (MI) by 77 %, (but did not decrease total mortality in this study).

EFFECT: Decreased circulating androgens Male and female infertility: Decreased sperm production in males; fetal loss in females Genital malformations Cleft palate and various birth defects Immune suppression Hyperkeratosis and other skin diseases Growth retardation Increased mortality

The few studies that indicate a correlation between fat reduction and a decrease in coronary heart disease mortality also document a concurrent increase in deaths from cancer, brain hemorrhage, suicide and violent death.6

The signs of growth hormone deficiency are significantly correlated to the signs of aging: body composition shifts from lean muscle mass and high energy levels to increased fat / body weight and low energy levels, decreased bone mineralization (bone growth slows), vitality ebbs, cardiovascular disease and mortality increase.

Some of the trials did show a slight decrease in coronary heart disease from replacing saturated fat with vegetable oils, but mortality from all other causes was higher when saturated fat was cut.

For example, while increased consumption of fruits and vegetables are related to decreases in mortality, cardiovascular diseases and cancers, supplementation with key factors found in fruits and vegetable, like antioxidants, vitamins, or minerals, do not help and some have been found to be harmful in some cases.

In male physicians participating in the Physicians» Health Study, use of vitamin C supplements for a mean of 5.5 years was not associated with a significant decrease in total cardiovascular disease mortality or coronary heart disease mortality [60].

Many studies have suggested that increasing the consumption of plant foods such as grapefruit decreases the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and overall mortality while.

The American Heart Association identified in a report that dog ownership «was strongly associated with decreased mortality» in individuals with established cardiovascular disease.

In conclusion, «Our findings, together with previous reports, suggest that a dietary pattern of high intake of vegetables and fruits and adequate intake of fish and meat can significantly decrease the risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease in East Asian populations, particularly from cerebrovascular disease.»

Under climate change, increased water stress, increased peak summer heat stress causing increased mortality, vulnerability to disease and subsequent fire, as well as decreased reproduction rates could lead to large - scale dieback of the boreal forests (77, 86), with transitions to open woodlands or grasslands.