However, just like humans, they can suffer from
a great number of diseases that can affect their quality of life directly.
«If we want to treat
the greatest number of diseases, we need to figure out how to get these molecules inside the cells of patients — not just increasing the number of target cells but also hitting tissues other than the liver,» says Anderson, who co-founded a company called CRISPR Therapeutics to pursue those goals.
With life expectancies stretching, many of us have come to see prevention as a sensible route to living
a greater number of disease - free years (see graph).
Not exact matches
Data from a
number of other studies, including the Nurses» Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow - up Study also report
greater risk
of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart
disease and metabolic syndrome, which is related to diabetes and cardiovascular problems, for consumers
of artificially sweetened beverages.
It's estimated that by 2050, the
number of people over the age
of 65 with Alzheimers will triple, making the
disease's casualties a
great concern for the future.
Behind that statistic is a far higher
number of babies who became sick with diarrhoea, respiratory and other
diseases because
of the
greater risks associated with feeding on formula or other substances, rather than breastfeeding.
«New York State has made
great strides in reducing tobacco use, which is the
number one preventable cause
of death and
disease in the state,» said state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.
«We used it as an indirect measure
of fat quality and found that lower
numbers were linked to
greater heart
disease risk.»
Nanodrugs, drugs attached to tiny biocompatible particles, show
great promise in treatment
of a
number of diseases, including cancer.
Said Dr. Martin Gilbert, Wildlife Health Cornell Carnivore Specialist with Cornell University's College
of Veterinary Medicine: «As carnivore
numbers decline, they face a
greater risk from chance events like outbreaks
of disease.
The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism in support
of: developing a better understand the environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent
of people with the
disease in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the
number is far
greater in developing nations; advocating for increases in research funding for the
disease; and lowering the cost
of treatments — many patients in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality
of life.
This Dutch cross-sectional study
of 8,904 people assessed how the
number of diseases an individual has impacts on their total health care cost, and which combinations
of diseases have the
greater impact on cost.
Understanding the function
of non-kidney calcitriol production and its connection to inflammatory
diseases, ranging from multiple sclerosis to arthritis, is
of great interest to a
number of biomedical researchers, who would like to know whether and how vitamin D could potentially be used to treat these
diseases.
However, this study could not tell whether the unhealthy reaction to mental stress in these participants eventually translated into
greater numbers of heart attacks or other indicators
of worsening heart
disease.
The map at the left depicts the
number of months where there is a
greater than 97.5 percent chance
of disease transmission by the mosquito Aedes albopictus, based on the model.
«A
number of studies have shown that having few teeth, possibly as a consequence
of earlier gum
disease, is associated with a
greater risk
of developing dementia.
Even though cancers account for a relatively small share
of all
disease in developing countries, the actual
number of cases is
greater than in the industrialised world because
of the larger populations, says Indraneel Mittra, an oncologist at the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) in Bombay.
A 2016 report by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows that while the
number of teenage tobacco users has declined, the
number of teenagers who use electronic cigarettes is
greater than those who use conventional cigarettes.
Vaccines are used to offer protection against a
number of diseases and so ensuring their effectiveness is important, and a study published in the journal Vaccine has reported that flu vaccines given in the morning brought about a
greater immune (measured by antibody levels) response than those given in the afternoon.
Aware that malaria is the
disease that causes most harm to the
greater number of nations
of the Continent,
This approach may also be applicable to a
number of rare genetic
diseases caused by splicing defects, including ataxia telangiectasia, congenital disorder
of glycosylation, and Niemann - Pick
disease type C. Although the three DMD studies referenced here represent a
great step forward for CRISPR gene therapy, it's important to realize that DMD is a simpler case than other genetic
diseases we'd like to treat with CRISPR.
The groundbreaking and far - reaching educational recommendations for climate change and health curricula aim to expand the
numbers of health professionals equipped to recognize and respond to the health challenges
of a warming climate, including deadly heat waves, flooding, air pollution, and wildfires;
greater spread
of disease vectors like ticks and mosquitos; and growing food and drinking water insecurity.
Although
great strides have been made against smoking, «there are still 40 million smokers in the U.S., so we can continue to expect large
numbers of cancer deaths and heart
disease as a result,» he pointed out.
While it is true that smoking is the
greatest risk factor for lung cancer, there are a
number of other ways that you can contract this
disease.
And so, no surprise, this recent study found that «High dietary [saturated fat intake] was significantly associated with a
greater number of periodontal
disease events.»
This condition is a combination
of medical disorders that increase the risk
of developing cardiovascular
disease and diabetes.It affects a
great number of people, and prevalence increases with age.
In any case, no study has ever offered direct proof that soy can prevent heart
disease and in most
of the major studies in which cholesterol levels were lowered through either diet or drugs, a
greater number of deaths occurred in the treatment groups than in controls, deaths from stroke, cancer, intestinal disorders, accidents and suicide.
Cardiovascular
diseases affect a
great number of people.
Heart
disease is the
number one killer
of women and women with PCOS are at a much
greater risk for developing atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
Then, from about 1985 to 2005, a
great number of clinical trials were conducted on the theory that vitamin supplements prevent chronic degenerative
diseases, like cancer.
From the latest and
greatest predictor
of heart
disease to the connection between the sunshine vitamin and chronic ailments, we've given you the tools to interpret your personal
numbers even beyond the consultation that comes with Baseline.
Even more surprising: The
number of people with gluten intolerance is 6 times
greater than the
number of Americans who have celiac
disease, making non-celiac gluten sensitivity a serious health problem — largely mishandled by conventional medicine.
A few good places to start are his articles on why low carb diets aren't a
great plan if you're training a lot, using caffeine to boost athletic performance, the optimal
number of sets for muscle growth, and why cholesterol does not cause heart
disease.
This will ensure that you will substantially increase the
number of antioxidants and other protective factors in your diet which provides
greater protection from free radical damage; considered by many to be one
of the leading causes
of aging and degenerative
diseases.
The
Great Cholesterol Myth explains that cholesterol
numbers are actually very poor indicators
of heart
disease.
Women with higher density have a
greater risk
of developing cancer because they have more glandular tissue, which involves a larger
number of cells that can fall victim to the
disease.
In addition to causing appetite craziness, sleep deprivation has been tied to a
number of health problems, including weakened immunity, and a
greater risk
of type 2 diabetes, depression, and heart
disease.
Patterson explains, «Having sex with strangers does not put people in the sex trade at any
greater risk
of contracting a sexually transmitted
disease or infection than the general population» — although having a
greater number of partners in general does increase the associated STI risk — and she notes that prostitutes are often very familiar with safer sex practices as their jobs depend on it.
The requirements for a CHIC
number have been tailored to meet the needs for Swedish Vallhunds based on inherited
diseases that are
of the
greatest concern and for which some screening test is available.
This can potentially result in higher parasite
numbers in the horse, with a
greater likelihood
of disease.
These conditions are different depending on the breed and although some
of the
diseases can not be controlled, a
great number of them can be.
Behavioural problems are the
greatest threat to the owner - dog bond... Behavioural issues, not infectious
diseases, are the
number one cause
of death for dogs under three years
of age.»
There are a
number of studies and findings in the attachment that illustrate problems with mandatory spay / neuter laws: Â Fewer people license their pets, resulting in fewer animal control dollars and
greater risk and even incidents
of rabies and other
diseases from animals whose owners fail to comply with licensing and vaccination requirements. The burden
of a mandatory law like this falls on low and moderate income pet owners, and many will opt to surrender their pets rather than comply.
Protocols may be written for
disease treatment, milking, calving, newborn calf handling, feeding, breeding and
great number of other tasks that need to be performed on farms every day.
Forests with a
greater number of species grow at a faster rate, store more carbon, and are more resistant to pests and
diseases, according to a six - nation study
of European woodlands.
He argues convincingly that their
numbers were far higher than previously thought; that, contrary to the Rousseauian picture
of the isolated «noble savage» roaming the virgin forests with bow and arrow, the Indians practiced a
great deal
of intensive land and forest management, both in the temperate forests
of North America, and in the tropical ones
of Central America and Amazonia; and that, the genetic homogeneity
of the Indians made them almost universally vulnerable to European
diseases, particularly those that originated with the livestock that the Europeans brought with them (and to which the Europeans had relative immunity).
Even though certain degenerative
diseases, such as cancer, osteoporosis, and arthritis, may exacerbate a spinal cord injury, and a quarter
of individuals involved are inebriated at the time
of the accident, a
great number of such events are the result
of negligence, recklessness, or even malice.
Second, as the severity
of childhood socioeconomic disadvantage, maltreatment, and social isolation increased, the
number of age - related -
disease risks at age 32 years also increased; that is, each adverse childhood experience independently predicted a
greater number of age - related -
disease risks at age 32 years in a dose - response fashion (Table 3, panel 2).
First, all
of the established developmental risk factors — namely, family history (both depression and heart
disease), low birth weight, and high childhood BMI — predicted a
greater number of age - related -
disease risks at age 32 years (Table 3, panel 1).
Third, even after taking into account the effects
of (1) established developmental risk factors and (2) concurrent circumstances and behaviors such as low SES, smoking, physical inactivity, and poor diet at 32 years
of age, each adverse childhood experience still predicted a
greater number of age - related -
disease risks at that age (Table 3, panels 3 and 4).