Greater disease burden

Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a major health burden in Sub-Saharan Africa, and novel chemotherapies are urgently required to combat this disease. The heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibitor 17-N-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG) has previously been proposed as a possible candidate drug.

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Older people have a greater disease burden and are more likely than younger to be prescribed medications. They are also more sensitive to adverse effects. With this in mind, a range of medications have been suggested inappropriate in this population.

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Obesity, weight dysregulation and various degenerative diseases which are present at a huge scale are repercussions of low physical activity and unhealthy eating habits. Dietary risks, which include diets low in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, but high in salt and fat, were found to be India’s third leading risk factor for causing disease burden, after child and maternal malnutrition and air pollution; followed closely by high blood pressure and high blood sugar.

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Today, tens of millions of Americans – including those with and without health insurance – struggle to pay their health care bills. A study released last year by CredAbility, a nonprofit credit counseling agency, estimated that 20% of their clients listed medical debt as the primary reason for seeking bankruptcy protection. The burden of being unable to afford care often has a greater impact on women than men. In one study, more than 50% of women delayed seeking medical care because they couldn't afford it, compared to 39% of men. Women are also less likely to...

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Now is the time to align CHWs with broader health system strengthening efforts at the primary care level, improve CHW financing, and broadly disseminate recent advances in technology, diagnostics and treatment to support community-based health workers. The MDGs have provided the impetus for a new generation of investments accompanied by international progress monitoring of progress through the Countdown to 2015 initiative and the UN Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health.

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In order to provide comparable estimates of exposure to outdoor air pollution for all 14 WHO regions, models developed by the World Bank were used to estimate concentrations of inhalable particles (PM10) (Pandey et al., 2004). Specifically, economic, meteorologic, and demographic data and available PM measurements in 304 cities were used to estimate PM10 levels in all 3211 cities worldwide with populations greater than 100,000 and capital cities.

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The first set of factors lower the cost of default. Default propensity is exaggerated by state laws providing for a greater amount of homestead protection or for less-than-full recourse on the defaulting borrowers by lenders. This is because they shield a greater proportion of the borrower’s wealth and income from capture by the lender post-default and, (if applicable), a subsequent bankruptcy.

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Cancer, this complex group of diseases with serious implications not just for individuals and their families, but also for society in general and health systems in particular, remains an important health challenge in Slovenia, in Europe and world-wide. At present, with more than 3 million new cases and 1.7 million deaths each year, cancer represents the second most important cause of death and morbidity in Europe.

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Yet, despite all these problems, the harmful use of alcohol remains a low priority in public policy, including in health policy. Many lesser health risks have higher priority. The harmful use of alcohol is a particularly grave threat to men. It is the leading risk factor for death in males ages 15–59, mainly due to injuries, violence and cardiovascular diseases. Globally, 6.2% of all male deaths are attributable to alcohol, compared to 1.1% of female deaths. Men also have far greater rates of total burden attributed to alcohol than women – 7.4% for men compared to 1.4% for women. Men.

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