morbidity the rate
of occurrence of disease or other health disorder within a population, taking account of the age - specific morbidity rates; health outcomes include, for example, chronic disease incidence or prevalence, rates of hospitalization, primary care consultations, disability - days (e.g., of lost work), and prevalence of symptoms
Not exact matches
How the healthcare and medical research industries respond to threats like the escalating
occurrence of unique viral infections, deadly cancers, and neurodegenerative
diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, which have vexed scientists for generations.
Although we are quite in the dark about the why
of human
disease and suffering, ordinary observation can show us that the result
of their
occurrence is by no means necessarily evil.
If the
occurrence in Egypt
of hail and locusts in catastrophic severity is rare, plagues
of frogs, insects, and always related
diseases are a repeated phenomenon
of Egypt's history.
The second most common
occurrence of those sentiments comes, I think, at times
of crisis in the
disease, at times
of reversals.
Another staple
of diets associated with a low
occurrence of cardiovascular
disease amongst the population, olives contain hydroxytyrosol and oleuropein which give olive oil its pungent taste and aroma.
The market is well developed in the U.S. and Europe due to significant awareness about the need to limit gluten - intake in diets and control the risks in the
occurrence of celiac
disease.
Antibodies passed from mother to child help reduce the
occurrence of diseases and improve the infants immune system.
having other family members with a «history
of premature death (sudden or otherwise), or significant disability from cardiovascular
disease in close relative (s) younger than 50 years old or specific knowledge
of the
occurrence of certain conditions (eg, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, long QT syndrome, Marfan syndrome, or clinically important arrhythmias)».
Other benefits presumably linked to this are the decrease in
occurrence of coeliac
disease, ulcerative colitis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, as there is in general less inflammation created in the digestive system.
From animal
disease outbreaks, to accidental contamination, food - borne illnesses, and concerns over the provenance or ingredients
of foodstuffs, food crises
of one form or another are seemingly a regular
occurrence.
This unified approach will help in this effort, and I want to thank the City for working hand - in - hand on these emergency regulations to prevent the
occurrence of Legionnaires»
disease in the future.»
«This move is in line with the vision
of the state government to curb the
occurrence and spread
of water borne
diseases in the state, as well as improve the standard
of living and promote safety culture at all times.
Professor Fitt continued: «We know that the weather plays a big part in the development
of the
disease on the wheat crops — the incidence
of the
disease is determined by temperature and the
occurrence of wet weather at the flowering or anthesis
of the wheat crops.»
They have used these to predict the
occurrence of more resistant trees in parts
of the UK not yet affected by the
disease, which is spreading rapidly.
Such claims have linked the rise in
occurrence of corn
diseases like Goss's wilt, which causes leaf blight and systemic wilt, to the adoption
of transgenic corn across the U.S.. However, a new study from the USDA - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) provides empirical evidence showing no increase in
disease susceptibility in transgenic sweet corn treated with glyphosate.
The factors that may differ between the groups, such as older age, obesity, smoking and diabetes, are known and can be controlled for, providing for comparison groups that may provide more information on the impact
of heart failure on subsequent cancer
occurrence than other heart
disease groups.
Under pressure to name several possible future perspectives, Bente Vilsen mentions that the discovery
of the electroneutral sodium - potassium pump also makes it possible to explore what an inability to produce current means for the development
of the cells and the
occurrence of diseases in e.g. the brain and kidneys, where the sodium - potassium pump plays a crucial role.
BSE isn't contagious at all, but it always kills the animals that get it as well as humans too — a rare
occurrence — in the form
of new variant Creutzfeldt - Jakob
disease.
Vitamin D deficiency was associated with higher prevalence
of coronary artery
disease, with a 32 percent higher
occurrence in patients with the lowest vitamin D levels and a near 20 percent higher frequency
of severe
disease affecting multiple vessels.
«This may help prevent the growing
occurrence of metastatic prostate cancer and potential deaths associated with the
disease.
Gulati says a study looking at Lupus
occurrence in identical twins found that clinical manifestation
of the
disease occurred in both siblings only 24 percent
of cases.
«This report provides evidence for the relevance
of ALDH inhibition in Parkinson's
disease pathogenesis, identifies pesticides that should be avoided to reduce the risk
of developing Parkinson's
disease and suggests that therapies modulating ALDH enzyme activity or otherwise eliminating toxic aldehydes should be developed and tested to potentially reduce Parkinson's
disease occurrence or slow its progression particularly for patients exposed to pesticides,» the study states.
The Kuopio Ischaemic Heart
Disease Risk Factor Study, KIHD, analysed the serum vitamin D levels and
occurrence of headache in approximately 2,600 men aged between 42 and 60 years in 1984 - 1989.
But if even a small number
of mutant mitochondria are retained after the transfer — a common
occurrence — they can outcompete healthy mitochondria in a child's cells and potentially cause the
disease the therapy was designed to avoid, experiments suggest.
This hypothesis well explains the
occurrence of metastatic
disease that is occasionally observed in early - stage patients.
In 2012, the most recent year with available data, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) placed the Garden State in the third
of four ascending intervals for rates
of melanoma
occurrence in the United States.
Widespread Elevational
Occurrence of Antifungal Bacteria in Andean Amphibians Decimated by
Disease: A Complex Role for Skin Symbionts in Defense Against Chytridiomycosis — Alessandro Catenazzi — Frontiers in Microbiology
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.
Reykjavik, ICELAND, and Basel, SWITZERLAND, August 18, 2000 — deCODE genetics (Nasdaq / Easdaq: DCGN) and F.Hoffmann - La Roche announced today that scientists at deCODE have successfully mapped a novel gene that contributes to the
occurrence of the common form
of Alzheimer's
disease (often referred to as late - onset Alzheimer's).
The emergence
of the
disease SARS and the rapid identification
of its severity and high risk for death prompted a rapid mobilization for control at the major sites
of occurrence and at the international level.
Melorheostosis is one
of the most notorious
diseases as the reason for its
occurrence was a mystery.
Acquire tissue samples and clinical information from as many cases
of human prion
disease occurring in the United States as possible in order to help monitor the possible
occurrence of variant CJD (vCJD) in the USA.
MIT's Li - Huei Tsai, Ed Boyden, and their colleagues have shown that stimulating neurons to produce gamma waves at a frequency
of 40 Hz reduces the
occurrence and severity
of several Alzheimer's - associated symptoms in a mouse model
of the
disease.
The frequent
occurrence of disease outbreaks in humans caused by group A Streptococcus (GAS) is an on - going public health threat.
Hence, defining the mechanisms that control their
occurrence is crucial to our basic understanding
of genome biology, evolution, and
disease mechanisms.
A small study on mice in 2014 showed that CBD oil prevented the development
of social recognition deficit, which is a common
occurrence in Alzheimer's
disease.
It may be surprising to learn that the
occurrence of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Encephalomyelitis (CFS / ME) and Fibromyalgia (FM) are comparable to heart
disease.
By their own admission: «health expenditure showed by far the highest correlation coefficients» (i.e. high health expenditures correlated well with low
occurrence of cardiovascular
disease).
Pepper's antioxidants and alkaloids help with improving digestion and preventing the
occurrence of chronic
diseases.
According to UCLA Health System, «The
occurrence of allergic
disease is skyrocketing, and some estimates are that as many as one - in - five Americans have an allergic condition.»
The standard approach to autoimmune
disease, the
occurrence rate
of which far surpasses that
of cancer and heart
disease combined, is to wait until its advanced enough to either surgically remove the affected tissue or administer severe immune - suppressing drugs.
This explains why the Inuits only started developing regular
occurrences of cancer and heart
disease when they adopted western diets, despite living on diets consisting almost exclusively
of fatty animal meat and organs beforehand.
Numerous subsequent studies have confirmed that a calorie restriction
of 30 to 60 percent
of ad libitum intake increases the life span by similar amounts in a range
of organisms including yeast, roundworms and rodents, while simultaneously decreasing or delaying the
occurrence of age related
diseases such as numerous cancers (including lymphomas, breast and prostate cancers), hypertension, stroke, diabetes, nephropathy, autoimmune disorders and other risks factors for cardiovascular
disease (3,4).
Truth: A recent study found that women with the highest levels
of estrogen in their blood had the lowest levels
of cognitive function; in Japanese Americans, tofu consumption in midlife is associated with the
occurrence of Alzheimer's
disease in later life.
The majority
of studies observe that habitual tea drinkers, whether it be green or black, who consumed two cups or more a day, have less stroke incidences, less heart
disease occurrences and, lower overall and LDL («bad») cholesterol.
Bornet, F.R.J et al; Nutritional Aspects
of Short - Chain Fructooligosaccharides Natural
Occurrence, Chemistry, Physiology and Health implications; Digestive and Liver
Disease; 2002:34:111:120
The researchers only looked at length
of life and not
occurrence of disease.
A key ingredient in the leaf called oleuropein, decreases the symptoms and
occurrence of neurological age - related conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer's
disease.
8 They go on to report, «A clinical study has shown that giving L. rhamnosus GG [a strain
of probiotic] to pregnant women for 4 weeks before delivery, and then to the newborn infant, caused a significant reduction in the
occurrence of early atopic
disease.»