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While no vaccine exists for hepatitis C, early detection and treatment can curb transmission, limit the disease's progression, and prevent life-threatening complications, including liver cancer.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- World Hepatitis Day, 2012
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Male circumcision seems to limit the disease's spread.
ECONOMIST: The pope in Africa
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Officials said they are taking steps to limit the outbreak of disease in the crowded shelters, whose residents could prove susceptible.
CNN: Officials: Chemicals bigger concern than cholera
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If you have a history of asthma or emphysema, (COPD) or other chronic lung disease, limit your exposure to the cold temperatures.
FORBES: Important Cold Weather Safety and Tips
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Patients with a history of coronary artery disease should limit any cold weather exercise or activities, since there is an increased risk of heart attacks in the colder temperatures.
FORBES: Important Cold Weather Safety and Tips
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The system would need to detect outbreaks early enough for action to be taken to limit the spread of the disease.
ECONOMIST: MONITOR
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East Sussex has one of the country's largest populations of mature elms after controls were set up in 1973 to limit the spread of Dutch elm disease.
BBC: Protesters spend night up Brighton city centre elm tree
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Caspase-blockers may limit collateral tissue damage from strokes, heart attacks or liver disease, and Vertex hopes to begin human trials of at least one compound next year.
FORBES: Machine Gunner
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The AHA says that the best way to maintain a healthy weight and to decrease the risk of heart disease is to eat a healthy diet and to limit added sugar to no more than 100 calories a day for women and 150 for men.
CNN: Sugary drinks linked to 180,000 deaths worldwide
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Merck is pouring tens of millions into an experimental treatment for a new type of Alzheimer's drug meant to limit the main ingredient in the brain-damaging plaques believed to cause the disease.
WSJ: CEO: Risks key for Merck to succeed, help patients
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That could limit the toxic side effects of some treatments, while simultaneously being more effective at fighting disease.
FORBES: Scientists Target Cancer With DNA Robots
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Canada is well aware of the legacy of disease asbestos has left in rich countries, but the knowledge has done nothing to limit its exports to developing countries.
BBC: News Online