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Hospitalizations for non-infectious complications were also higher in men who underwent biopsy, although they did not increase over time, according to the study.
Prostate biopsies can raise risk of hospitalization in older men 2011
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This is modern, non-infectious, chronic disease epidemiology.
Archive 2009-03-01 Gordon McCabe 2009
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Not to the exclusion of infectious disease, but with the inclusion of non-infectious disease.
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Think about all the people you know who died – I bet the majority of them were killed in accidents or died from chronic non-infectious diseases such as heart attack, stroke, or some form of cancer.
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Fifth, where mutations have larger qualitative effects, they can predispose us to non-infectious diseases and we know a lot about the genetics of cancer.
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As analyzed in a report issued last week by the World Health Organization, non-infectious diseases are responsible for roughly 36 million fatalities worldwide every year.
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"The focus of international and even public health services in many of our countries have always been primarily on infectious diseases and there has not been in way of resources moving internationally into non-infectious diseases like cancer or heart disease," said Miller.
Obama Global Health Initiative Targets Maternal, Child Health, Disease 2010
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"The focus of international and even public health services in many of our countries have always been primarily on infectious diseases and there has not been in way of resources moving internationally into non-infectious diseases like cancer or heart disease," said Miller.
Obama Global Health Initiative Targets Maternal, Child Health, Disease 2010
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"The focus of international and even public health services in many of our countries have always been primarily on infectious diseases and there has not been in way of resources moving internationally into non-infectious diseases like cancer or heart disease," said Miller.
Obama Global Health Initiative Targets Maternal, Child Health, Disease 2010
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"The focus of international and even public health services in many of our countries have always been primarily on infectious diseases and there has not been in way of resources moving internationally into non-infectious diseases like cancer or heart disease," said Miller.
Obama Global Health Initiative Targets Maternal, Child Health, Disease 2010
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