Sentences with phrase «leading disease burdens»

Heart disease, diabetes, and depression represent three of the leading disease burdens in Australia with all three conditions being identified as National Health Priority Areas.

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This leads to a selection of inappropriate and expensive medical facilities, which can increase disease complexity and financial burden,» the company stated on its website.

Not breastfeeding not only leads to a greater burden of disease for both mother and child, but also to high economic costs, which have to be paid for by society.

«The cost of asthma is one of the most important measures of the burden of the disease,» said Tursynbek Nurmagambetov, PhD, lead study author and health economist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevdisease,» said Tursynbek Nurmagambetov, PhD, lead study author and health economist at the Centers for Disease Control and PrevDisease Control and Prevention.

«In the most recent global burden - of - disease study, diarrheal disease accounts for the loss of more disability - adjusted life years than any other infectious disease, and cryptosporidiosis is the second leading cause of diarrheal illness.»

«The high disease burden, particularly amongst young and elderly populations in poor to middle income countries, could potentially be addressed by further investment in research,» says Dr Stuart Clarke from the University of Southampton's Faculty of Medicine, who is leading the study.

Researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new computational method to study the function of disease - causing genes, starting with an important new discovery about a gene associated with malaria — one of the biggest global health burdens.

The authors say «We have provided the first evidence that two brief psychological therapies targeting the two leading mental health related causes of the global burden of disease, delivered by the same lay counsellor in routine primary care, to patients who had never received such therapies before, can lead to sustained improvements in health over one year, and that the investments made in providing this intervention is excellent value for money.

At some point, nearly 10 % of the world's population experience back pain, which is the leading cause of disability according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease report (2010).

The disease will likely lead to extinction of several remnant species of honeycreepers unless something is done to decrease the burden of the parasite to native birds.

An early and leading priority to do this is to strengthen AMR surveillance, particularly in low - income countries where the burden of infectious diseases is highest and where data are most limited.

Under pressure from the international community and new scientific knowledge, such as preventing dialysis for a minimum of two years by repeated intravenous lead detoxification [87], the realization that low doses of toxic metals leading to an increased body burden [88] are a significant contributing cause of many disease states is finally becoming recognized.

According to Global Burden of Disease Report, Heart Disease is the leading cause of death in India claiming around 1.7 million lives in 2016 alone.

It also points out that mental health disorders are the second leading contributor to the disease burden in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and that people who experience discrimination are more likely to report serious psychological stress and to be in fair or poor health.

Depression is the leading cause of disability and is a major contributor to the disease burden worldwide.

The task is urgent to sort out the nature of that disadvantage, how it leads to such an increased burden of non-communicable disease in adults, and what to do about it.

Mental health problems are now ranked as a leading cause of the burden of disease worldwide.

Tobacco smoking was the leading cause of the burden of disease and injury for Indigenous Australians in 2003, accounting for 12.1 % of the total burden and 20 % of all deaths.

High body mass and obesity was the second leading cause of the burden of illness and injury among Indigenous Australians in 2003, accounting for 11 % of the total burden of disease and 13 % of all deaths.