Cancer is the second leading cause of death by disease in the U.S., surpassed only by heart disease.
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But TB remains the leading cause of death by infectious disease in the country's adults.
In the study researchers from Harvard School of Public Health found that even just eating 1 to 2 servings of fish a week reduced the risk of death from heart disease by 36 percent, and overall death by 17 percent.
They said that during the study period, adding an extra portion of unprocessed red meat to someone's daily diet would increase the risk of death by 13%, of fatal cardiovascular disease by 18% and of cancer mortality by 10%.
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This pattern held when the researchers broke out the data by specific causes of death, including heart disease, lung disease, pneumonia, stroke, diabetes, infections, and even injuries and accidents.
Currently there aren't any treatments for the disease, which usually results in death by the age of 20.
There was every reason to expect that Tricor, a pill sold by Abbott Laboratories, would reduce heart attack or death from heart disease.
They suffer from chronic diseases, such as heart or lung disease or dementia, and death is often not unexpected (by them or their physicians).
The death of a patient with Legionnaires' disease at an Essex hospital is being investigated by the police and Health and Safety Executive.
The more prevalent causes of death for male and female smokers were lung cancer and other respiratory diseases followed by heart disease, stroke, and vascular disease.
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Cause of death was available for 2, 762 patients, with infection being the leading cause, followed by cardiovascular disease.
This bill, and a similar one that North Carolina's Richard Burr plans to introduce in the Senate, is more likely to improve public health--by creating a realistic regulatory framework that would lead to a reduction of tobacco-related death and disease.
Lack of exercise and poor diet are poised to replace smoking as a leading cause of death in the United States, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control presented by Tommy Thompson, director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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