The next step, he says, is to broaden the sample pool to determine what factors in the environment and in the microbiome might be making Finns — who are at exceptionally high risk of T1D — more predisposed to
the disease than other populations.
Not exact matches
Today the two horrors are becoming antibiotic - resistant, and AIDS, herpes, chlamydia, genital warts, human papilloma virus, and more
than a dozen
other sexually transmitted
diseases, most of them formerly rare, are ravaging the
population.
One study assessed incident
disease in a
population without data on dietary intake
other than alcohol (4), and 2 studies measured prevalent hypertension, adjusting only for concurrent health behaviors (5, 11).
Not to worry though, because what chance is there that our scientific study results could even be related to foreign relations,
other than, you know, research on global warming or acid rain or fish
populations or avian - flu transmission or mad - cow -
disease transmission, or ozone depletion or....
The ease of transport and the global
population mean that humans are more at risk of
disease than at any
other time in our evolutionary history, Jones says.
Also, the VA patient
population was almost all male, and tended to have more chronic
disease than the groups looked at in
other studies.
These estimates are orders of magnitude higher
than those for the so - called general
population in Britain, but comparable with figures for certain
other groups at high risk of infection, such as gay men attending clinics for sexually transmitted
disease.
Meanwhile, rates of Type 2 diabetes in older adults are higher
than other populations, as about 20 percent of Americans over the age of 65 suffer from the
disease.
«Some
populations are more at risk of certain
diseases than others, and drug efficacy is also known to vary significantly.
But patients who had neurological infections had a higher risk of dying of some
other diseases than the general
population.
Tay - Sachs
disease, for example, is more common among the Ashkenazi Jewish
population than any
other.
Dr. Romy Quijano, a medical doctor who heads the Philippine Action Network, also believes that the sensible approach to preventing vitamin A deficiency is to see that the vulnerable sectors of the
population are empowered enough to access natural sources of vitamin A. «Effective nutrition education is much better
than adding yet another source of vitamin A which most likely will not be equitably distributed anyway; improving livelihood; providing better health care system; addressing malnutrition, communicable
diseases and
other illnesses that make children more vulnerable to vitamin A deficiency.
He has often conducted research on genetic variation within Africa, especially as it relates to
diseases that affect people of African descent more frequently
than other populations.
It was also observed that in the 1960s the prevalence of coronary heart
disease among the nomadic pastoralists in Xinjiang in northern China who consumed large quantities of animal fat from grass - fed, free - ranging animals was more
than seven times higher
than that of
other populations both within Xinjiang and throughout China which consumed significantly less animal fat.33 These observations support the suggestion that cardiovascular
disease was common among the Mongols of the 13th century who subsisted almost exclusively on a diet based on grass - fed, free - ranging animals.»
What is very well known is that those that suffer from schizophrenia and
other mental illnesses are at higher risk
than the general
population for cardiometabolic
diseases, such as high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, heart
disease, etc..
As with most
other medical and behavioral challenges we manage in animal
populations, prevention of feline heartworm
disease is easier, cheaper and more humane
than awaiting the development of
disease and trying to create a treatment plan in a resource - scarce environment.
Often in
other breeds, the incidence of one or more
diseases can be greater
than 50 % in the
population and presents a real problem to long term breed vitality.
The present study illustrated that certain subpopulations of the purebred dog
population were more likely to display certain conditions while
other subpopulations were not statistically different
than mixed - breed dogs in terms of
disease prevalence.
Whenever a
population of birds, insects, rodents etc... becomes endangered, city officials always choose to make the feral cats the scapegoat, in spite of the fact that it is usually human encroachment, various predatory species
other than cats, hunters, climate change,
disease or various
other non - cat related causes that are to blame.
For ten
other inherited conditions, the purebred dog
population had greater prevalence
than that seen in mixed - breeds: aortic stenosis, atopy / allergic dermatitis, gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV), early onset cataracts, dilated cardiomyopathy, elbow dysplasia, epilepsy, hypothyroidism, intervertebral disk
disease (IVDD), and portosystemic shunt.
Other aspects of global warming's broad footprint on the world's ecosystems include changes in the abundance of more
than 80 percent of the thousands of species included in
population studies; major poleward shifts in living ranges as warm regions become hot, and cold regions become warmer; major increases (in the south) and decreases (in the north) of the abundance of plankton, which forms the critical base of the ocean's food chain; the transformation of previously innocuous insect species like the Aspen leaf miner into pests that have damaged millions of acres of forest; and an increase in the range and abundance of human pathogens like the cholera - causing bacteria Vibrio, the mosquito - borne dengue virus, and the ticks that carry Lyme
disease - causing bacteria.
Also, heart
diseases among Indians occur five to ten years earlier
than in any
other population around the world.
Graduate Practical Nurse — Duties & Responsibilities Accumulate 678 clinical hours in medical / surgical, cardio vascular, neurology, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, pediatric oncology, and outpatient care at the Veteran's Administration Obtain and maintain federal clearance to work with VA staff and patients Assist more
than 200 RN's, Charge RN's, CNA's, and physicians Perform intake, preoperative clearance, history and physical, EKGs, lab tests, discharge, and follow - up Assess, diagnose, and treat sprains, strains, lacerations, and
other physical injuries Responsible for IV line insertion, blood product administration, and medication Determine severity of patient condition and promptly refer to specialists when appropriate Develop and administer
disease management plan ensuring high quality, comprehensive care Provide acute episodic and chronic care to adult and pediatric
populations Facilitate case management, consultation, and interdisciplinary patient care Educate patients in healthy diets, exercise, smoking cessation, and overall positive lifestyles Maintain working knowledge of current medical technology, procedures, and standards of care Proven ability to remain calm and levelheaded in high pressure, emergency care situations Perform administrative functions including phones, data entry, and
other tasks as needed Perform all duties in a positive, professional, and courteous manner