Sentences with phrase «killer diseases such»

High blood pressure is responsible for many killer diseases such as heart attacks and strokes.

Other laboratories have set their sights on transforming the flu virus into prototype vaccines for other killer diseases such as HIV and malaria.

Not exact matches

According to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, in 1990 — the last year for which reliable figures are available — AIDS was responsible for 17 per cent of all deaths in men aged between 25 and 44, compared with 11.5 per cent in 1988, when it ranked as the number three killer after heart disease and «unintentional deaths», from accidents such as car crashes for eDisease Control in Atlanta, in 1990 — the last year for which reliable figures are available — AIDS was responsible for 17 per cent of all deaths in men aged between 25 and 44, compared with 11.5 per cent in 1988, when it ranked as the number three killer after heart disease and «unintentional deaths», from accidents such as car crashes for edisease and «unintentional deaths», from accidents such as car crashes for example.

But scientific and economic obstacles have stymied the development of effective vaccines against many of the developing world's most deadly diseases, such as malaria and HIV as well as pneumococcus, the leading vaccine - preventable killer of children under the age of five.

The New York Times recently pointed out that 10 years after the first draft of the human genome was announced, the hoped - for ability to identify the genetic causes of our major killers such as cancer and heart disease has been mostly a bust.

In the previous years, leading bacteriologists, virologists, and infectious disease experts identified known killers such as the Lassa fever and Ebola, the hemorrhagic disease that killed over 11,000 people in West Africa between the years 2013 and 2016.

One such disease is spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, the leading genetic killer of infants and toddlers.

They found that these killer T - cells are highly «cross-reactive», and respond to a variety of pathogen - derived antigens, which could lead to the breaking of self - tolerance and to the development of autoimmune disease, such as type 1 diabetes.

We've known for years that not all cases of heart disease, the # 1 killer in the Western world, are explained by the traditional risk factors such as smoking, elevated blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol, and a family history of premature heart disease.

Some of the biggest offenders are allergy and asthma drugs, antidepressants, opiate pain killers such as codeine, and the calcium channel blocker drugs used to treat heart disease.

We all know that heart disease is one of the leading killers of people around the world, particularly highest in countries such as the US and Australia.

While most of the attention on the benefits of plant - based eating have focused on reduced rates of many of the top killers, such as heart disease, cancer, strokes, diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure, the Adventist Health Study — started back in 1974 — offered insight into how broadly the potential health benefits may extend.

Our two leading killers are to a large extent preventable by appropriate diet and lifestyle modifications, such as eating these vegetables, which when consumed regularly, may lower the risk of premature degenerative diseases and improve public health.

Did you know there are diets proven to not only prevent and treat but reverse our # 1 killer, heart disease, along with other deadly diseases such as type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure?

It is not surprising that sugar consumption is strongly associated with some of today's leading killers such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer.

Cholesterol: The Natural Solution High cholesterol is a silent killer that puts you at risk for life - threatening diseases, such as heart attack and stroke.

These vaccinations protect your dog against such killers as rabies, parvovirus, and distemper and against other diseases such as viral hepatitis, leptospirosis, parainfluenza, coronavirus, and kennel cough.

• reducing the risk of major killers like heart disease, stroke and cancers while cutting exposure to food borne pathogens; • offering a viable answer to feeding the world's hungry, through more efficient use of grains and other crops; • saving animals from suffering in factory farm conditions and from painful slaughter; • conserving vital, but limited freshwater, fertile topsoil and other precious resources; • preserving irreplaceable ecosystems, such as rainforests and other wildlife habitats; • mitigating the ever - expanding environmental pollution of animal agriculture; and the list goes on.