Peaks in cases of the highly contagious disease cycle every two to five years.

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Go Red for Women is specifically about increasing awareness among women, particularly in at-risk minority communities about the risks and prevention of heart disease, but The Fit Cycle, as Winslow calls her project, is relevant to everyone.

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The hope is that arming rural communities with certain skill sets will help break a cycle of poverty, disease and malnutrition.

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"We believe it is definitely possible that we can eliminate the disease before it enters into a cycle and becomes endemic, " he said.

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As a disease or disorder, obesity is a vicious cycle with multiple contributing factors.

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If we can stop this cycle, we could slow or stop the progression of the neuronal component of this disease.

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The curious life cycle of the parasite, called plasmodium, is one of the reasons why the disease has proved so difficult to control.

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Ms Cooper said government schemes encouraging children to walk or cycle to school would help to keep children active and cut the risks of heart disease and obesity in later life.

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