Sentences with phrase «incidence of a number of diseases»

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Globally, over 220 million people suffer from food allergies and most countries report an increase in incidence.26 It is predicted that by 2050 the number of patients affected by allergic diseases in Australia will increase by 70 % to 7.7 million.27 By 2021, the markets for naturally healthy (US$ 291 billion), food intolerance (US$ 42 billion) and organic products (US$ 45 billion) are expected to have grown at up to 4.5 % compound annual growth rate (CAGR).28

Research in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other developed countries, among predominantly middle - class populations, provides strong evidence that human milk feeding decreases the incidence and / or severity of diarrhea,1 - 5 lower respiratory infection,6 - 9 otitis media,3,10 - 14bacteremia, 15,16 bacterial meningitis, 15,17 botulism, 18 urinary tract infection, 19 and necrotizing enterocolitis.20, 21 There are a number of studies that show a possible protective effect of human milk feeding against sudden infant death syndrome,22 - 24insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus,25 - 27 Crohn's disease, 28,29 ulcerative colitis, 29 lymphoma, 30,31 allergic diseases,32 - 34 and other chronic digestive diseases.35 - 37 Breastfeeding has also been related to possible enhancement of cognitive development.38, 39

They found that breast cancer incidence rose 25 percent from the early 1980s to the early 1990s — a period when an increasing number of women were getting mammograms and also undergoing hormone therapy to control menopause symptoms and prevent chronic disease.

Although incidence of HIV among infants is decreasing in South Africa due to improved prevention of the mother - to - child HIV transmission and the use of anti-retrovirals, a large number of HIV - exposed yet uninfected children remain, for whom vaccination against pneumococcal disease may be of particular importance to ensuring reduced risk of life - threatening infections in childhood.

Disease incidence (i.e., the number of new cases per year) world - wide has consistently increased for the last five decades.

«Additional research is needed to evaluate if periodontal disease prevention and treatment could help alleviate the incidence of cancer and reduce the number of deaths due to certain types of cancer.»

While the incidence of highly drug - resistant tuberculosis in the United States is still negligible, the disease is gaining ground in countries where large numbers of people have immune systems weakened by HIV.

Since 1980, the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer, has nearly tripled, and obesity related liver disease is one of the driving forces behind the increasing number of cases.

The Foundation has actively participated to develop a large number of National / Ethnic Genetic databases and related software that record the incidence of genetic diseases and the corresponding genome variation spectrum, with clinical relevance in various populations and ethnic groups worldwide.

They examined 17 cancer types in 69 countries and found a strong correlation between the number of stem - cell divisions and the incidence of the disease, regardless of the countries» environment or state of economic development.

The number of adults over the age of 65 is predicted to triple in the next 40 years, and with that the incidence of age - related diseases is expected to increase sharply worldwide.

Publishing in JAMA Internal Medicine a group of researchers have reported that the incidence of coeliac disease has not changed in recent years, but the number of people in the USA who follow a gluten - free diet has increased significantly.

A study carried out by the National Institute on Aging, found that a reduced calorie diet slowed aging in monkeys and lowered their incidence for a number of age - related diseases including heart disease, cancer, type 2 - diabetes and brain aging.

Incidence refers to the number of new cases of a particular disease or condition in a given year.

In addition, a large number of studies showing the benefits of alkaline water (mineral water) have revealed that people consuming water with a high level of total dissolved solids (TDS)(ie, with a high mineral content) have shown a lower incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer and lower total mortality rates.

The incidence is common: there are four times as many Americans with celiac disease as the number of people who have heart attacks.

Over twenty years later, the number of dogs presenting with this disease prompted the Swedish Kennel Club to become one of the first to develop a program to reduce the incidence of hip dysplasia.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted a 28 percent increase in the U.S. human incidence rate between 2005 — 2013,5 with 30,000 cases reported annually6 while the number of actual cases is projected at 288,000.7

Julie Rawlings reported in her research on the incidence of the lyme disease organism in ticks in Texas State Parks for the Texas Department of Health that the Borrelia burgdorferi organism is not present in sufficient numbers or in the suitable tick vector for dogs for Lyme disease to be endemic in Texas.

With a few simple changes, she was able to decrease the average length - of - stay for cats in her care by 18 days, triple the number of cat adoptions, and significantly decrease incidence of feline upper respiratory disease!

The underlying cause of this disease, the genetic basis of this disease as well as defining an appropriate approach to decreasing the incidence of this disease, commonly called Cerebellar Degeneration or Cerebellar Abiotrophy (CA), is ongoing at a number of centers.

The reduction in the number of these homeless cats moderates the incidence of starvation and disease among them and eases community concerns and neighborhood tensions brought on by large colonies.

Wilmingon, DE (April 17, 2017)-- While the hotbeds of heartworm disease haven't changed dramatically in the past three years, the incidence numbers reported by participants in the 2016 American Heartworm Society (AHS) Incidence Survey indicate that the average number of positive cases per veterinary clinic has been inchingincidence numbers reported by participants in the 2016 American Heartworm Society (AHS) Incidence Survey indicate that the average number of positive cases per veterinary clinic has been inchingIncidence Survey indicate that the average number of positive cases per veterinary clinic has been inching upwards.

This will significantly reduce the number of purebreds available in California and limit the gene pool, increasing the incidence of heritable diseases and disorders.

This laboratory has the advantage of screening large numbers of canine blood samples from which they can monitor disease trends, breed incidences, etc..

incidence the number of cases of a disease commencing, or of persons falling ill, during a given period of time within a specified population