Sentences with phrase «such high morbidity»

The main reason behind such high morbidity is poor early detection capabilities as well as inability of currently employed drugs to alleviate cancer progression.

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There are 12 high quality studies since 1995 (1 - 12) from Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Holland, US, UK, New Zealand and Israel, which all show planned attended homebirth to have either lower or similar rates of perinatal mortality and very significantly lower rates of maternal morbidity, such as cesareans, hemorrhage, and third and fourth degree tears compared to matched groups of low risk women who plan to deliver in hospital.

For example, the pituitary is known to significantly concentrate toxic metals; brain, kidney, liver, lung, thyroid, and thymus tissue tested far higher levels than blood; and the adverse effects may only be revealed by long - term morbidity and mortality studies, such as the one published in Archives of Internal Medicine.

Functional expectations of caregivers are often huge with multiple responsibilities such as household chores, emotional support, providing transportation and symptom management.4 As cancer survivorship grows, from 50 % in the 70s, to 54 % between 1983 and 1985, to 65 % in 2009, the illness may become a chronic disease, further stressing caregivers with a cumulative and unrelenting burden of care and responsibility.5 Psychological morbidity or psychiatric symptomatology among cancer caregivers is high.6, 7 Levels of distress have also been shown to be higher than those reported by patients themselves.8