Our cancer outcomes still lag behind the best performing countries, and at a time when we have an NHS in transition and a difficult financial climate, we also face
an increasing cancer burden and an ageing population.
Not exact matches
Breastfeeding is also associated with maternal health outcomes.5 Shorter duration of lactation is associated with
increased maternal breast
cancer, 6 ovarian
cancer, 7,8 hypertension, 9 — 11 type 2 diabetes mellitus, 9,12 and myocardial infarction (MI).9, 13 We estimate the
burden of maternal disease that might be averted if more mothers were able to adhere to infant feeding recommendations, assuming a causal association between breastfeeding and maternal health.
Basal cell carcinoma is one of the most common
cancers and its incidence is
increasing worldwide, putting a significant
burden on health services.
Obesity puts a large
burden on the health care system and
increases an individual's risk for a number of diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and
cancer.
«
Cancer constitutes an enormous burden to society, and both cancer and heart failure are well - known causes of increased mortality,» said Veronique Roger, M.D., senior author of the study and director of the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery in Rochester, Minn
Cancer constitutes an enormous
burden to society, and both
cancer and heart failure are well - known causes of increased mortality,» said Veronique Roger, M.D., senior author of the study and director of the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery in Rochester, Minn
cancer and heart failure are well - known causes of
increased mortality,» said Veronique Roger, M.D., senior author of the study and director of the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery in Rochester, Minnesota.
«We are missing opportunities to diagnose these
cancers early enough and it's
increasing the treatment
burden and mortality for women.
The intent of our research into metastatic breast
cancer is to improve the treatments available to patients with this disease, to
increase their chance of long - term survival and, ultimately, to reduce the
burden of metastatic disease by preventing its occurrence.
As a result, these two factors were linked and for a while we were
burdened with an incorrect assumption: that coffee consumption
increases the risk of
cancer.
Farm workers have higher rates of many
cancers, and
increasing numbers of studies are starting to link a higher body
burden of pesticides (from all sources) with Parkinson's disease.
Moreover, is it fair for shelters to
burden adoptive families with the
increased risk of
cancer and joint disease?
Poor air quality
increases respiratory ailments like asthma and bronchitis, heightens the risk of life - threatening conditions like
cancer, and
burdens our health care system with substantial medical costs.
Evidence also exists of associations with low birth weight,
increased infant and perinatal mortality, pulmonary tuberculosis, nasopharyngeal and laryngeal
cancer, cataract, and, specifically in respect of the use of coal, with lung
cancer... Exposure to indoor air pollution may be responsible for nearly 2 million excess deaths in developing countries and for some 4 % of the global
burden of disease.