Sentences with phrase «prevention of a number of diseases»

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Regulators also took issue with a number of claims used to market the technology, particularly calling it a «first step in prevention» against diseases like diabetes, heart disease and breast cancer.

«We welcome the opportunity to lend our support to charitable organizations, and we are pleased to sponsor a large number of community events,» Kolache Factory says, noting that it also supports events that help schools, children, disease prevention organizations and the elderly.

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 infected.

With life expectancies stretching, many of us have come to see prevention as a sensible route to living a greater number of disease - free years (see graph).

Although incidence of HIV among infants is decreasing in South Africa due to improved prevention of the mother - to - child HIV transmission and the use of anti-retrovirals, a large number of HIV - exposed yet uninfected children remain, for whom vaccination against pneumococcal disease may be of particular importance to ensuring reduced risk of life - threatening infections in childhood.

«Additional research is needed to evaluate if periodontal disease prevention and treatment could help alleviate the incidence of cancer and reduce the number of deaths due to certain types of cancer.»

«Experts claim number of people with dementia in some Western European countries could be stabilizing: Risk of dementia may be falling due to improved education, living conditions, and better prevention, treatment of vascular diseases.»

A number of frameworks have been developed for identifying and responding to important issues in the prevention and control of infectious disease [109][111].

This study lays out a list of parts responsible for the key processes and opens new doors to design prevention strategies to reduce the number of deaths and illnesses associated with human African trypanosomiasis and other diseases spread by the tsetse fly.

We also performed subgroup meta - analyses by type of prevention (primary v secondary: in this study, trials involving healthy populations or patients with any specific disease except for cardiovascular disease were classified as primary prevention trials, and trials involving patients with cardiovascular disease were classified as secondary prevention trials), type of supplement by quality and dose (each supplement, vitamins only, antioxidants only, or antioxidants excluding vitamins), type of outcome (cardiovascular death, angina, fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction, stroke, or transient ischaemic attack), type of outcome in each supplement, type of study design (randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial v open label, randomised controlled trial), methodological quality (high v low), duration of treatment (< 5 years v ≥ 5 years), funding source (pharmaceutical industry v independent organisation), provider of supplements (pharmaceutical industry v not pharmaceutical industry), type of control (placebo v no placebo), number of participants (≥ 10000 v < 10000), and supplements given singly or in combination with other vitamin or antioxidant supplements by quality.

Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., director of the Cleveland Clinic's cardiovascular prevention and reversal program is quoted as saying heart disease is a «completely preventable foodborne illness,» arguing that an optimal diet could eliminate our number one killer.

Sulfur - containing chemicals within cruciferous vegetables, such as cabbage, are believed to play a role in the prevention of a number of degenerative diseases.

Melatonin has roles in cancer prevention, strengthening your immune system, and may even slow down cellular aging; in fact, it has been the subject of preclinical research on over 100 different disease applications.1 It's your body's «Superhero of the Night,» and light is his number one nemesis.

With so many excellent books about cardiac prevention already available, why is heart disease still the number one killer of men and women?

A number of charities on our list are working on the ground in West Africa including the Canadian Red Cross (education, clinical case management, contact tracing, burials, support), Doctors Without Borders (medical care), Plan Canada (prevention information, support for the infected and affected, containing the spread of the disease), Samaritan's Purse (patient care) and World Vision (medical supplies / equipment, children's education and outbreak training), with Red Cross and Samaritan's Purse earning top marks with «A +» grades respectively.

This includes development of new therapies to help dogs that develop the disease today, as well as new methods for prevention and control that will reduce the number of dogs that will develop hemangiosarcoma in the future.

Flea and tick prevention is important because these pests not only cause problems with the skin, but they also possess the ability to transmit a number of diseases to the cat.

Flea and tick prevention is important because these pests not only cause problems with the skin, but they also possess the ability to transmit a number of diseases to the dog.

Little went on to say that because «disease severity is linked, in part, to the number of worms present in a dog,» if one or two worms escape a preventive rather than the 25 to 30 worms that may infest an un-medicated dog, «that may be a success in terms of disease prevention.»

Perhaps the biggest contribution of the discovery of avermectins in veterinary medicine is the prevention of heartworm disease, which is nearly 100 % preventable with monthly micro-doses of these compounds available in any number of commercial products.

In the body of the cover letter, the job seeker includes a number of relevant qualifications including: nursing, patient care planning, health education, disease prevention and health improvement programs.

Healthy child development is the foundation for human capital and the basis for future community and economic development.1 A significant body of convergent research emphasises the importance of the prenatal and early years for health and developmental outcomes throughout the life course.2 For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4, 5

Partners The Youth Violence Prevention team works with a number of key teen dating violence prevention partners, including: • Futures Without Violence • Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Minneapolis Public Schools