Sentences with phrase «number of disease states»

It is a frustrating condition for dogs and their owners due to the large number of disease states that can cause chronic vomiting.

In addition, the mucous membrane color and capillary refill time along the gums can help identify anemia (a low red blood cell count) which can be caused by a number of disease states.

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Screening isn't completely effective in preventing genetic diseases in children, though a 2008 report showed that the state of Massachusetts was able to reduce the number of babies born with CF by 50 % over four years, compared to the previous four - year period.

The commercial starts with the message stating that «too many kids lose their mothers to heart disease and stroke,» followed by a number of children reading genuinely sweet love letters to their moms.

Andrew Batholomaeus, a consultant toxicologist at Australia's University of Canberra and the University of Queensland, states that «the potential human health consequences of discouraging the use of pyriproxyfen in drinking water storage and other mosquito - reduction programs is catastrophic with potential deaths and serious disease from otherwise avoidable malaria, dengue and other mosquito - borne diseases numbered in at least the hundreds of thousands.»

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported last week that the rate and number of abortions performed in the United States fell by 5 percent in 2009, the most recent year for which data is available.

«In late November 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention found a 4.2 percent drop in the number of abortions for the 2012 reporting year [from 2011],» stated NRLC president Carol Tobias.

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

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the number of maternal deaths in the United States is probably up to three times as high as the number reported in our national statistics because not all maternal deaths are classified as pregnancy - related on the death certificate.

The number of people who get diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States in recent years, federal health officials reported.

Reducing the number of deer can reduce the instances of Lyme disease, a Connecticut state study found last year.

«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 ZuState 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 Zustate,» said state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zustate Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.

Immunization Action Plan Grant: The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (herein referred to as «CDC») provides a number of grants to NYSDOH and DOH for various health related issues through the Public Health Fund.

«One in 11 Americans has diabetes, and in the last 20 years, the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than tripled,» said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. «Making small, healthy changes to our diets and lifestyle as we age can go a long way toward preventing the onset of this terrible disease, which is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.»

A coalition including cooling industry representatives and environmental activist Erin Brockovich called on the state to enforce federal water regulations, regularly test the water supply and improve New York's water infrastructure, as data show the state has the highest number of Legionnaire's disease cases in the nation.

WASHINGTON - A recently - released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the number of people getting diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States between 2004 and... [Read more...]

«Because the number one leading cause of death, not only in Westchester County but in the United States, is heart disease.»

At a recent forum sponsored by the New York State Department of Health and state Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse), experts hope more information about prevention of the bacterial disease can reduce the number of people that are infeState Department of Health and state Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse), experts hope more information about prevention of the bacterial disease can reduce the number of people that are infestate Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse), experts hope more information about prevention of the bacterial disease can reduce the number of people that are infected.

And tobacco use, the number one preventable cause of death in the United States, claims more than 400,000 lives and $ 50 billion in direct medical costs each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In August the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc) announced negative progress: The number of states reporting a 30 percent obesity rate has jumped from zero to nine.

The number of cases diagnosed around the world continues to grow incredibly quickly: according to the United States Center Disease Control, cases in that country grew on average by 82 % between 1995 and 2010.

TICKED: The Battle Over Lyme in the South is the result of a three - year investigation of the controversy over Lyme disease diagnosis in the Southern United States, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) do not recognize the disease — but a growing number of scientists and physicidisease diagnosis in the Southern United States, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) do not recognize the disease — but a growing number of scientists and physiciDisease Control and Prevention (CDC) do not recognize the disease — but a growing number of scientists and physicidisease — but a growing number of scientists and physicians do.

And the dynamics of mosquito - borne disease in the United States are so different from those in Latin America that the number of confirmed cases probably will be in the hundreds, if that, before autochthonous spread sputters out.

Today New York State and California still rank among the highest in the number of cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with more than 150,000 people living with AIDS (the later stages of HIV infection) between them.

The number of missing teeth could be a useful additional indicator for general medical practitioners, when individual risk factors for chronic diseases are assessed, researcher John Liljestrand states.

«Given that every newborn in the United States is screened for a number of inherited metabolic disorders, including MMA, there is a critical need for better understanding of the disease mechanisms and therapies to treat them.»

Since its emergence, the disease spread all over the United States and last year, California suffered a record number of infections (ClimateWire, Oct. 9, 2014).

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.

Currently, Alzheimer's disease falls sixth on the list of leading causes of death in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whereas heart disease and cancer are numbers one and two, respecdisease falls sixth on the list of leading causes of death in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whereas heart disease and cancer are numbers one and two, respecDisease Control and Prevention (CDC), whereas heart disease and cancer are numbers one and two, respecdisease and cancer are numbers one and two, respectively.

The number of chicken - pox cases in the United States has declined since a vaccine became available in 1995, and health officials are intent on eradicating the disease altogether.

As a result, experts in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University say that a huge number of Americans may be chronically deficient in vitamin E, which could compound the wide range of diseases known to be associated with metabolic syndrome, including heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and cancer.

International and regional organizations collect the numbers of transplants annually by disease, donor type, and stem cell source from countries known to perform HSCT in World Health Organization (WHO) member states.

The number of seniors with Alzheimer's disease is projected to triple by 2050, afflicting as many as 14 million in the United States.

In a Policy View published in The Lancet Neurology journal, a group of leading experts on the epidemiology of dementia state that the number of people with dementia — both new cases and total numbers with the disease — in some Western European countries is stabilising despite population aging, in direct contrast to the «dementia epidemic» reported in some recent studies.

The number of schoolchildren not vaccinated against childhood diseases in Texas is growing rapidly, which means that the state may see its first measles outbreaks in the winter or spring of 2018, Hotez predicted in a recent article in PLOS Medicine.

After all, «heart disease is the number one cause of death and disability in the United States.»

UNC - Chapel Hill researcher Jessica Y. Islam, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reported findings Wednesday at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting that the total number of HIV - positive cancer patients in the United States is projected to decrease through 2030.

UNC researcher Jessica Y. Islam, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reported findings today at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting that the total number of HIV - positive cancer patients in the United States is projected to decrease through 2030.

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.

«In the clinic, a large number of (Alzheimer's disease) patients have diabetes and chronic inflammatory states going on at the same time,» said Jefferson Kinney, a UNLV neuroscience researcher and professor in the psychology department.

The study was funded by Florida State University; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (grant numbers AI119530 and AI111250), the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (grant numbers NS048271, NS095348, NS047344, NS051630 and NS079625); and the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund.

UNITY is developing a number of therapies intended to selectively eliminate senescent cells and restore tissue to a more functionally healthy state, thereby addressing the underlying causes of age - associated diseases.

Estimates indicate that the number of those who suffer from Alzheimer's disease around the world will double to 34 million by 2025, and the number of people in the United States alone who have Alzheimer's disease is expected to nearly triple to 16 million by 2050.

A number of research groups have begun to investigate the use of resting - state functional magnetic resonance imaging in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders including Alzheimer's disease, depression, and schizophrenia.

He is best known for his discovery that copy - number variation — a state in which cells have an abnormal number of DNA sections, sometimes associated with susceptibility or resistance to disease — is widespread and significant in the human genome.

In babies younger than one year, falls are the number one cause of nonfatal injuries, making up half of all incidents, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The number of smokers in the United States has been declining for decades and is now at an all - time low, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Since the late 1990s, the number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States has tripled and the number of counties in the northeastern and upper Midwestern United States that are considered high - risk for Lyme disease has increased by more than 300 %.

But heart disease is the number one killer in the United States of both men and women.

Is it any wonder then that the United States is the fattest of 33 countries, with a whopping 70 percent of Americans crowding into the overweight category?No, there can be no doubt whatsoever that this is a direct result of excessive sugar consumption, and the fact that this sugar - rich diet also fuels a number of deadly diseases is another no - brainer.