Sentences with phrase «for other chronic diseases»

Through conscious lifestyle choices, you can reduce your risk for breast cancer, while reducing your risk for other chronic diseases as well.

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She is currently going through long - term treatment for Chronic Lyme Disease, other tick - borne diseases, and heavy metal toxicity.

Adele SaklerShe is currently going through long - term treatment for Chronic Lyme Disease, other tick - borne diseases, and heavy metal toxicity..

Curcumin contains over 150 therapeutic agents for viruses, bacterium, diseases and other chronic conditions.

Given the fact that oxidative stress and chronic inflammation are risks factors for cancer, the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory richness of cabbage in a healthy and balanced diet help to keep you at a lower risk for cancer and other chronic diseases.

Dietary strategies for managing weight and other risk factors of obesity - related chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and depression.

These are useful for the treatment of anemia, arthritis, hepatitis A, chronic fatigue syndrome and various other diseases.

Potential subjects were accepted into the study if they had none of the following conditions: severe or symptomatic cardiac disease or hypertension; history of bleeding disorders; chronic history of gastric, intestinal, liver, pancreatic, or renal disease; any portion of the stomach or the intestine removed (other than an appendectomy); history of intestinal obstruction, malabsorption, or use of antacid drugs; cancer (active or use of medications for a history of cancer treatment within the past 5 y); history of chronic alcoholism; a convulsive disorder; or abnormal results in screening blood or urine samples.

From the file of Rather Obvious News, this study from the University of Michigan Medical School: children who consume foods purchased from school vending machines, school stores, snack bars and other sales that compete with the federal school lunch program are «more likely to develop poor diet quality — and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease.»

Compression socks are specialized bandages or garments used in compression therapy for the management of lymphedema, chronic venous disease or other blood pressure related conditions.

That's why parents choose the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy at Floating Hospital for Children for the management of respiratory diseases, allergic disorders and other acute and chronic conditions in babies, kids and teens.

Breast - fed babies have fewer allergies, fewer cavities and may be at lower risk for obesity, diabetes or other chronic diseases.

During the committee's public hearing at the Southold Recreation Center in Peconic last Wednesday, task force members got an earful from people who have suffered for years from chronic Lyme Disease, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other serious illnesses.

At 9:30 a.m., Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Peter King, Jerry Nadler and Lee Zeldin join comedian Jon Stewart and hundreds of firefighters to urge Congress for an extension of healthcare benefits for all first responders affected by cancer and other chronic diseases from exposure at Ground Zero on Sept. 11, House Triangle (Capitol East Front), Washington, D.C.

Shannon Farley, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Chronic Disease and Tobacco Control at the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said the program uses unconventional spaces such as libraries, faith - based organizations and other community sites in order to reach New Yorkers who might not frequent fitness centers.

The health department reminds everyone that those most at risk for complications from influenza include people with asthma, emphysema or other chronic diseases; those over 65 years, under 5 years, and pregnant women.

He outlined his vision for the University, which includes facilitating a vibrant intellectual climate that stimulates innovative research and community engagement, promotion of multidisciplinary research in infectious diseases, chronic diseases, maternal and child health policy, among others.

In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is looking at expanding readmission penalties to include other diagnoses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and knee and hip replacements.

Usage started increasing rapidly in the mid-1990s, partly as a result of allowing family doctors to prescribe short - acting opioids such as oxycodone for chronic pain and other relatively common diseases.

In 2012, the NHMRC provided almost A$ 3 million in research funding for clinical trials for people with chronic diseases, among many other projects.

By not smoking and staying physically active, such as walking briskly for 30 minutes a day, Hispanics can reduce their risk for these chronic diseases and others such as diabetes,» said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. «Health professionals can help Hispanics protect their health by learning about their specific risk factors and addressing barriers to care.»

Four of them show a strong correlation with known loci for not only atopic dermatitis and asthma, but also for other chronic inflammatory diseases like Crohn's disease and psoriasis as well as autoimmune disorders.

The analyses were adjusted for other medication increasing the risk of fall, osteoporosis, socioeconomic status, long - term hospital care, history of psychiatric diseases, and chronic diseases increasing the risk of fall or fracture.

«Aging is an underlying timing mechanism for all chronic diseases,» says David Harrison, a collaborator with Sharp and other rapamycin researchers at the Jackson Laboratory in Maine.

These types of changes may potentially also help improve outcomes for other health initiatives, including preventive care, disease screening, and chronic disease management.»

Chronic back pain co-existed for the President with diagnosed Addison's Disease, «spastic colitis,» which is now called irritable bowel syndrome, allergies and other medical problems.

Notably, research groups might be able to apply the approach described in this study to develop treatments for other blood diseases such as β - thalassemia, severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), chronic granulomatous disease, rare disorders like Wiskott - Aldrich syndrome and Fanconi anemia, and even HIV infection.

Whereas certain fats, such as the omega - 3 fatty acids found in fish, are deemed beneficial, others are blamed for chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension.

Using a pig model may help other scientists more effectively test treatments for colon cancer, type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases.

«Additionally, the genetically - engineered mouse model will allow us to test potential treatments aimed at correcting achlorhydria, not just for gastric NETS, but also for other diseases of the gastrointestinal system such as Barrett's esophagus (chronic inflammation of the lower part of the esophagus), or hiatus hernia,» says Dr Calvete.

His current research portfolio focuses on the investigation of novel approaches for the regenerative medicine of the kidney, including the study and characterization of human nephrogenic progenitors and the investigation of approaches for the treatment of Alport syndrome and other chronic kidney diseases.

«After adjusting for other demographic and lifestyle factors, and chronic diseases, we found that those who consumed the highest fat intake were more likely to experience excessive daytime sleepiness,» says study author and University of Adelaide PhD student Yingting Cao, who is also based at SAHMRI (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute).

The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, a complement to the government's diet guidelines, recommend that people do at least 75 minutes of high - intensity aerobic physical activity (such as running, swimming or biking), or 150 minutes of moderate - intensity activity (such as brisk walking) every week to reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases.

Secondary AML typically follows a chronic pre-malignant disease or treatment for other cancers.

However, this disease seems to be more troublesome for older patients and those with liver disease or other chronic conditions.

Although a goal of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act was to provide Medicaid patients with a source of nonemergency care outside of hospital emergency departments (EDs), researchers suggest that these newly enrolled patients will likely continue to look to EDs for treatment of chronic diseases and other nonemergency issues, despite state attempts to impose fees on ED visits.

«Although we are currently looking at neurodegenerative disease, there is potential for the technology to be expanded to psychiatric diseases, chronic pain, seizure disorders and many other conditions affecting the brain and nervous system down the road.»

Second, fibrosis is a marker of progression to chronic kidney disease, suggesting that the paracrine effects could act as preventative therapy for other serious ailments.

«It's well established that psoriasis is associated with an increased risk for other comorbidities like chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, but we don't yet understand how the severity of psoriasis impacts future risk of major health problems,» said the study's senior author Joel M. Gelfand, MD MSCE, a professor of Dermatology and Epidemiology at Penn..

The understanding of other groups may indicate new directions for research such as the identification of change in body fat distribution, which seems to apply cross-culturally, and its relationship with the local understanding of menopause and its population - specific chronic disease risk.

«Diabetes, perhaps more so than any other chronic disease, requires people to significantly modify their behaviors — sometimes in ways that are contrary to their cultural norms and backgrounds — even when they don't «feel» sick or experience symptoms of the disease,» said John G. Ryan, Dr.PH., Topic Editor for Endocrinology and Diabetes, and guest editor for the April 2014 Diabetes Update, entitled Race, Risk and Behaviors.

Calling their compound a new therapeutic candidate for people with severe asthma and other chronic airway diseases, researchers say with additional research and development their discovery could lead to future clinical trials for asthma, Cystic Fibrosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease chronic airway diseases, researchers say with additional research and development their discovery could lead to future clinical trials for asthma, Cystic Fibrosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

The disease is characterized by profound fatigue and disability lasting for at least 6 mo, episodes of cognitive dysfunction, sleep disturbance, autonomic abnormalities, chronic or intermittent pain syndromes, microbiome abnormalities (1), cerebral cytokine dysregulation (2), natural killer cell dysfunction (3), and other symptoms that are made worse by exertion of any kind (4).

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implicdisease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implicatother long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implicDisease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implicatOther high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

His passionate commitment to advancing biotechnology innovations has resulted in game - changing treatments for orthopedic conditions, cardiovascular diseases, neurological disorders, cancer, diabetes and other chronic conditions.

Other humanized mice have no spontaneous phenotype and can be combined with either genetic spontaneous or inducible models of chronic inflammatory diseases yielding preclinical efficacy evaluation platforms for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Intestinal Inflammation, Psoriasis and Multiple Sclerosis.

In particular, common neurological conditions such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other chronic neurodegenerative diseases, age - related cognitive impairment, epilepsy, mood disorders and schizophrenia call for new therapeutic strategies.

For some people, changes in the hormone levels over time can lead to weight gain, high blood sugar, insomnia, chronic fatigue, autoimmune disease symptoms, and many other ailments.

The costs for treating mental diseases are higher than those of other chronic diseases.

Dr. Vilcek's contributions to the understanding of proteins that control the body's defenses were instrumental in the development of the anti-inflammatory drug Remicade ®, the first member of a new class of therapeutics called TNF blockers that are now widely used for the treatment of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, and other chronic inflammatory disorders.