Sentences with phrase «prevent other diseases»

For people with celiac disease, living gluten free is a requirement of the disease in order to remain healthy and to prevent other diseases from developing.
Nuts may also help prevent other diseases.
Because many kids don't eat these kinds of fish, and some parents believe that fish oil may also promote brain development and help prevent other diseases, many give their kids a high omega - 3 fish oil supplement with DHA and EPA.
«Part of what is most fascinating about this study is that the association between fruit and vegetables and mortality is greater than one would expect only on the basis of the relationships we find with cardiovascular disease and cancer, so it is conceivable that fruit and vegetables are beneficial in preventing other diseases and causes of death as well,» Aune said.
Spaying also prevents other diseases of the reproductive tract such as infection of the uterus (pyometra).

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It will not just help you reduce body fat and look fitter, but will also help to prevent other cardiovascular diseases, and increase your stamina and general energy level.
«Lying in a makeshift hospital bed in conditions that would make most of us queesy, and thinking it's the bite of a mosquito that brings me to my knees, I thought that I could do something to help prevent this disease and other diseases,» Tifft said.
(For example, Optiva ads that ran in national consumer magazines claimed that using the competing Braun product wouldn't prevent the growth of bacteria that might contribute to heart disease, stroke, low birth weight, and other life - threatening conditions.)
The Food and Drug Administration is deliberately preventing the public from getting natural cures for cancer and other diseases because of pressure from drug companies.
In wanting to license physicians to kill, McKhann and other advocates of euthanasia / PAS are calling into question the expectation that physicians will be healers committed to preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases and to promoting wholeness.
Dr. Stephen Keener, Mecklenburg County medical director, said the quarantine is just a preventative measure: «Quarantine is a public health measure to protect the public that requires healthy people who were exposed to a disease to be prevented from contact with others until it is certain that they are not infected».
What do you bet that if the same meds that prevent polycystic ovary disease and other maladies didn't also prevent pregnancy, every one of these misogynistic dolts would be all for insurance companies being forced to cover the costs of such drugs?
Unlike other animals, however, we have a God - given intellect that enables us to use our scientific understanding of these laws to prevent, alleviate and sometimes cure disease.
The high - level of antioxidants and other phytochemicals found in nuts and seeds help prevent chronic and inflammatory diseases by protecting the body against cell oxidation.
Pumpkin's bright orange colour is from its high concentration of carotenoids, which repel free radicals in the body and help prevent cardiovascular disease and other infections.
They contain more antioxidants than most other fruits or vegetables and may help prevent damage caused by cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's.
The other message is perhaps less obvious, but no less important: chronic, latent magnesium deficiency is something you can probably fix pretty easily, assuming there's no hidden disease process that prevents absorption.
The other side of the argument (the one were are more familiar with) claims that eating breakfast boosts brain power, prevents less snacking during the day, provides you with the nutrition you need after fasting all night, and reduces risk of heart disease and kick - starts your metabolism.
Pioneers like Dr Dean Ornish and Dr Caldwell Esselstyn where among the first to show that if you combined a low fat, plant based diet, with walking and stress management, not only could you prevent and reverse heart disease (and many other chronic conditions), but you could also increase telomerase activity.
Ketones help you burn fat for energy, powerfully reduce inflammation and show promise in preventing and eradicating diabetes, cancer, autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and many, many other health concerns.
There are other ways that the chile helps prevent heart disease.
Dietary fiber does more than contribute to what we delicately refer to as «regularity» — it also aids in digestion and can play a role in preventing heart disease and colon cancer, among other conditions.
Some children that have a poor or restricted diet, liver disease or other chronic medical problems, especially those that lead to fat malabsorption, such as cystic fibrosis, may need vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent deficiencies.
The National Athletic Trainers» Association has re-released a set of recommendations for precautions that should be followed by parents, coaches, athletic trainers, other health care professionals and participants in secondary school athletics, in order to prevent the spread of communicable and infectious diseases.
Treating and preventing other sexually transmitted diseases can also help decrease the risk of HIV transmission.
Talk With Your Children These tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about preventing teen binge drinking can also help with preventing use of marijuana and other drugs.
If the baby is still failing to thrive other causes should be investigated — is the baby anemic, are there any gut infections or other diseases, or congenital problems that prevent proper absorption of food?
Prevent the spread of the disease by keeping your child away from other children and washing your hands often.
I understand that there is a big debate on whether or not to allow your baby to be vaccinated, but immunizations help prevent the illnesses that can lead to an ear infection, along with many other well - known illnesses and diseases.
Carrots have been shown to improve vision, promote healthier skin, help prevent infection, and can aid in preventing a bunch of other nasty diseases.
A 2008 study, and many studies done after, indicated that waiting to introduce fish (or other potentially allergenic foods) to your baby may not prevent any atopic (i.e. eczema) disease (s).
They don't know that most birth defects can be prevented, autism and other childhood diseases can be prevented, and that you can raise a disease free, happy, and content baby.
However, the World Health Organization (WHO; 2007), the Joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS; 2007) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; 2008) state that evidence indicates male circumcision significantly reduces the risk of HIV acquisition by men during penile - vaginal sex, but also state that circumcision only provides partial protection and should not replace other interventions to prevent transmission of HIV.
We count very on your highest professional conduct, maximum cooperation and support to prevent, early detect and respond to any emergence or re-emergence of Lassa fever and any other infectious diseases.
Any of the persons in that category with temperature above 38.5, according to Idris, would be isolated so as to prevent the spread of the disease, while they have also been advised on the need to maintain little or no contact with others, at least for now.
Dr. Rob Ostfeld, a cardiologist at Montefiore says eating more plants and eating less animal products is the best way to prevent heart disease and other diet - related illnesses.
Early education and intervention can prevent early life dental caries and other dental disease.
One has not yet been tested in humans and the other has not made it through all the mandatory stages of testing to ensure it is effective at preventing the disease.
«Gene - delivery system prevents vision loss from inherited eye disease: Initial testing in animal models holds promise for treating Leber congenital amauroisis and other congenital visual disorders.»
Such compounds might prevent overstimulation of the glutamate pathway, which appears to play a role in Alzheimer's and other brain diseases.
A report on the study, published in the September issue of Neurobiology of Disease, also suggest that finding ways to prevent the loss of serotonin or introducing a substitute neurotransmitter could slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer's disease and perhaps other demDisease, also suggest that finding ways to prevent the loss of serotonin or introducing a substitute neurotransmitter could slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer's disease and perhaps other demdisease and perhaps other dementias.
«After disease develops, we may not be able to prevent the development of other chronic diseases.
A new strategy — an injectable antibody — for lowering blood lipids and thereby potentially preventing coronary artery disease and other conditions caused by the build - up of fats, cholesterol, and other substances on the artery walls, is supported by findings from two new studies from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Treatment of knee osteoarthritis is shifting focus from end stage treatment to preventing the progression from early to the late stage of the disease, with the specific aim of decreasing the need for joint replacement and other costly treatments.
Studies of the lens of the eye not only could reveal ways to prevent cataracts but also might illuminate the biology of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases in which cells commit suicide
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists first used cyclophosphamide to prevent severe graft - versus - host disease (GVHD) after bone marrow transplant involving haploidentical or «half - matched» transplants, a treatment first used in 2000 at the Cancer Center to treat leukemias and other blood cancers.
Finding out why some synapses but not others are earmarked for elimination could point to ways of preventing degenerative brain diseases.
Elias Zerhouni, the director of NIH, which was funding the suspended trial as well as dozens of others aiming to prevent cancer or Alzheimer's disease with Celebrex, said in a press conference that he has ordered a review of all NIH - funded studies of COX - 2 inhibitors.
The researchers also found that exercise was significantly less effective than caloric restriction at preventing these changes, although work by others has shown that exercise is associated with reducing the risk of other diseases.
The study, which appears in the journal Lancet Neurology, may help researchers better understand, treat and prevent ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, and perhaps Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
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