Sentences with phrase «overall disease burden»

Widespread use of a vaccine that protects against three serotypes might result in fewer cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever and reduce the overall disease burden; modeling could be used to investigate this scenario.

Summary: Maternal and child undernutrition is highly prevalent in low - income and middle - income countries, resulting in substantial increases in mortality and overall disease burden.

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Globally, the burden of disease from TB in 2010 ranked 13th overall, ahead of drug use, suicide, diabetes or any kind of cancer.

«Preventing uptake and eliminating tobacco use in this demographic is central to addressing the disproportionate burden of smoking - related death and disease, while also improving overall health and life expectancy.»

Dr. Jadcherla and his collaborators at Nationwide Children's are now working to develop methods to optimize the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease, dysphagia and feeding intolerance in order to improve overall growth and development in premature infants while also lowering the economic burden of care.

However, although people are living longer, they are not necessarily healthier than before — nearly a quarter (23 %) of the overall global burden of death and illness is in people aged over 60, and much of this burden is attributable to long - term illness caused by diseases such as cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, heart disease, musculoskeletal diseases (such as arthritis and osteoporosis), and mental and neurological disorders.

The GBD 2013 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators analysed 35,620 sources of information on disease and injury from 188 countries between 1990 and 2013 to reveal the substantial toll of disabling disorders and the overall burden on health systems from 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries, as well as 2337 health consequences (sequelae) that result from one or more of these disDisease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators analysed 35,620 sources of information on disease and injury from 188 countries between 1990 and 2013 to reveal the substantial toll of disabling disorders and the overall burden on health systems from 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries, as well as 2337 health consequences (sequelae) that result from one or more of these disdisease and injury from 188 countries between 1990 and 2013 to reveal the substantial toll of disabling disorders and the overall burden on health systems from 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries, as well as 2337 health consequences (sequelae) that result from one or more of these disorders.

Although CRC affects all racial and ethnic groups, African Americans carry an excessive burden of disease with the highest overall incidence, highest incidence of advanced stage at presentation, highest mortality, and lowest survival rates compared to any other ethnic or racial group.

Based on other research that examined the economic burden of dengue on low - and middle - income countries elsewhere in the world, the study researchers determined that the direct medical costs of the disease represent only 49 percent of the disease's overall costs.

The paper, published in The Lancet Global Health, also finds that chronic diseases, such as ischemic heart disease and diabetes, cause a greater burden to health in the region overall than communicable diseases like diarrheal diseases and tuberculosis.

The TTUHSC El Paso research team now plans to test pharmacological compounds that can inhibit JNK3 in mice to identify drug compounds that will slow the progression of the disease and reduce the overall burden of this illness in patients.

Using these figures the researchers estimated that the overall burden of disease in terms of QALYs lost in England during this period was 44.2 QALYs.

By treating sooner and more aggressively, U.S. physicians may actually save money by reducing the overall economic burden of cardiovascular disease associated with hypertension, the authors suggest.

The cardiovascular and metabolic consequences of sleep apnoea are now recognised to be significant and will add to the overall burden of diseases within the EU in the next decade.

These groups also have less access overall to healthcare services which can further increase their chronic disease burden.

Specifically, according to the most recent Burden of Disease Study (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2016) 24 % of the non-fatal burden of disease is caused by mental and substance use disorders in Australia, and almost 12 % of the overall burden which includes premature death by suicide or self - inflicted injBurden of Disease Study (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2016) 24 % of the non-fatal burden of disease is caused by mental and substance use disorders in Australia, and almost 12 % of the overall burden which includes premature death by suicide or self - inflicted inDisease Study (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2016) 24 % of the non-fatal burden of disease is caused by mental and substance use disorders in Australia, and almost 12 % of the overall burden which includes premature death by suicide or self - inflicted injburden of disease is caused by mental and substance use disorders in Australia, and almost 12 % of the overall burden which includes premature death by suicide or self - inflicted indisease is caused by mental and substance use disorders in Australia, and almost 12 % of the overall burden which includes premature death by suicide or self - inflicted injburden which includes premature death by suicide or self - inflicted injuries.