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Lifestyle diseases (also called diseases of longevity or diseases of civilization) are diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer. They include Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, cancer, chronic liver disease or cirrhosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, nephritis or chronic renal failure, osteoporosis, stroke, and obesity. Causes Factors in diet, lifestyle, and the environment are ...
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- Assumption Of 'Down-Low' Lifestyle Can Distort HIV/AIDS Research; Researchers Should Look At Other Reasons For Disparity, Commentary Says
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Limelight On "Down Low" Lifestyle May Hinder HIV Prevention
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Diet, exercise help overall cholesterol
The Earth Times - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:14 EST
- Heart attack risk factors identified in Latinos
Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:11 EST
- Motherhood sparks healthier lifestyle
The Earth Times - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:11 EST
- Many hide autoimmune diseases like lupus
The Earth Times - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:26 EST
- Claims Of Smith's Lupus Not Surprising Says Autoimmune Diseases Association
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- More Than 300 Medicines Now In Development To Treat Rare Diseases
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Strength For Caring Reminds Caregivers To Eat Healthy During National Nutrition Month
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Active Lifestyle Reduces Risk Of Invasive Breast Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- STD's More Common than Thought
ABC News - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:55 EST
- Model For Predicting Survival In Liver Patients Has Many Applications But Refining Will Continue
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
- Review of 1918 Pandemic Flu Studies Offers More Questions than Answers - February 28, 2007
National Institutes of Health - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:18 EST
- Cells In The Lung Clear The Air To Prevent Lung Damage
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- New Insight Into Brain Disorders
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Cells In The Lung Clear The Air To Prevent Lung Damage
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Use Of Some Antioxidant Supplements May Increase Mortality Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:00 EST
- National Foundation For Infectious Diseases Urges Increased Influenza Vaccination Rates For Persons With Diabetes
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Enzyme Finding Sheds Light On How Memories Are Made And What Goes Wrong In Brain Disorders
ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- New Procedure To Differentiate Human Embryonic Stem Cells Developped By UT-Houston Scientists
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
- Researching The Genetic And Environmental Causes Behind Deadly And Disabling Diseases
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Life expectancy rises even higher in Japan
MSNBC - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:30 EST
- Why Do Humans And Primates Get More Stress-related Diseases Than Other Animals?
ScienceDaily - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Many with lupus, arthritis feel unattractive
The Earth Times - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:44 EST
- Cases: A Mystery Ailment, but Not for the Right Doctor
New York Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:05 EST
- Doctors have no time for lifestyle counsel
The Earth Times - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:50 EST
- Discovery Of Chemical Profiles For Infectious Diarrhea
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Yale Researchers Named Ellison Foundation Senior Scholars In Aging
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
- FDA May Approve Cattle Drug Which Could Lead To Drug Resistant Superbugs
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Further Study Of Past Pandemics Key To Preparedness, Experts Say
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Anti-oxidants of no benefit in prolonging life: Study
The Earth Times - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:32 EST
- Discovery Of Chemical Profiles For Infectious Diarrhea
ScienceDaily - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- One billion poor suffer from neglected diseases: WHO
Reuters - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:36 EST
- One billion poor suffer from neglected diseases: WHO
Reuters - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:36 EST
- Medicalizing People -- and Mongering Diseases
ABC News - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:32 EST
- Windows effective to reduce TB germs
The Earth Times - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:27 EST
- Healthy lifestyle battles diabetes
The Earth Times - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:55 EST
- Device aids older men with leaky bladder
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:34 EST
- What Prevents Doctors From Counseling Their Patients To Lose Weight, Exercise And Quit Smoking?
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Model For Predicting Survival In Liver Patients Has Many Applications But Could Be Refined Further
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- To Prevent Transmission Of TB Just Opoen Windows
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Self-management In Bronchiectasis
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- New Light on the Fight against T.B.
The Earth Times - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:46 EST
- Expert Medical And Dental Panel Affirm Link Between Oral Health And Overall Well-Being
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Neutrophils Need Glucose-6-Phosphatase-Beta
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- New, Once-a-Day Fixed-Dose Combination Against Malaria Now Available
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:00 EST
- 2,000 Influenza Virus Genomes Now Completed And Publicly Accessible
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- New Pan-European Guidelines On The Treatment Of Diabetes, Cardiovascular And Valvular Heart Diseases Published
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Scientists Use Nanoparticle To Discover Disease-causing Proteins
ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Review Of 1918 Pandemic Flu Studies Offers More Questions Than Answers
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Two Studies Of Adult Male Circumcision To Prevent HIV
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Possible Relationship Between Myopathies And Coeliac Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- South Asian Immigrants At Higher Risk For Heart Disease, Researchers Say
ScienceDaily - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Lifestyle may prevent type 2 diabetes
The Earth Times - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:10 EST
- Conventional Wisdom On Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis May Be Overturned By New Research
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Heart Health Fun Facts And Tips
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Common Cold May Send Some Young Children To The Hospital
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
- African Scientists To Train In Latest Drug Discovery Techniques At Emory University
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- 'Project 3000,' A Recipe For Hope Through Genetic Research
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- Active Lifestyle Reduces Risk Of Invasive Breast Cancer
ScienceDaily - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- The diet scoop: 6 promising supplements, 6 to avoid
CNN - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:08 EST
- Lifestyle Changes Can Improve Male Sexual Function, According To New Study
ScienceDaily - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Wealthy Nations Launch Vaccine Purchase Plan For Diseases Such As HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Breakthrough Could Lead To Revolutionary Advances In The Fight Against Neurodegenerative Diseases
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Smart Enough To Make Ourselves Sick
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Common Cold May Send Some Young Children To The Hospital; Those With Asthma Most At Risk
ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Lifestyle Changes Effective In Protecting Against Type II Diabetes
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Research Reveals Tailored Sex Education, Interpersonal Skills Training And Parental Advice Are Solution To Teenage Pregnancy Crisis
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- FDA wants ADHD drugs to carry patient advisory guides on risks
The Earth Times - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:26 EST
- Molecular Testing Provides Useful Information In Caring For Those With Genetic Retinal Diseases
ScienceDaily - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Kaiser Permanente Study Hopes to Find Factors Behind a Range of Diseases
MedicineNet - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- G7 Nations Plan To Adopt Vaccine Purchase Plan For Diseases Such As HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Dengue fever outbreak in Paraguay
MSNBC - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:19 EST
- MUSC Helps Turn Guidelines Into Lifelines
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- 10-point Plan To Prevent Breast Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- ARVO Annual Meeting 2007 Draws Spotlight On Aging Eye
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Researchers Develop Resin Beads That Capture Mad Cow Disease Agent From Blood
ScienceDaily - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Controlling The No. 1 Cause Of Death: How Lifestyle Affects Heart Disease
ScienceDaily - Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- New PSA Campaign Encourages Three-Step Plan To Fight Flu
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Collaboration To Find Chlamydia Vaccine
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Health Expert Pioneers Project To Tackle UK Obesity Epidemic
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Possible Relationship Between Myopathies And Celiac Disease
ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Bringing The Curative Power Of Stem Cell Transplants To More Patients - How A New Mouse Model Shows The Way
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- 'Microsieve' Device Promises To Speed Up Separation, Sorting Of Proteins
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- 2,000 Influenza Virus Genomes Now Completed And Publicly Accessible
ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- SeqWright Selected By USDA For Sequencing Of Influenza Genomes
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Bacteria Research Offers Hope For New Vaccine Against Meningococci
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Genetic tests help eye disease diagnosis
The Earth Times - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:21 EST
- Lifestyle Changes Effective In Protecting Against Type II Diabetes
ScienceDaily - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- New Research May Overturn Conventional Wisdom On Drug-resistant Tuberculosis
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Could Ancient Mushroom Magic Banish A Modern Medical Scourge?
ScienceDaily - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- MIT 'microsieve' Could Aid Study Of Diseases
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Study Of Diabetes And Race Reveals The Imperfect Science Of Defining Ethnic Groups
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- 2,000 Influenza Virus Genomes Now Completed and Publicly Accessible - February 21, 2007
National Institutes of Health - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Lifestyle Changes Can Improve Male Sexual Function, According To New Study
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- H. Lee Moffitt Researchers Discover Potential Targets To Reduce Risk Of Stem Cell Transplants
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Genetic Testing Sheds Light On Degenerative Eye Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Eat Smart: Five important goals to improve your diet
CNN - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:16 EST
- Lux Biosciences Initiates LUMINATE Pivotal Clinical Trials Of Its Next-Generation Calcineurin Inhibitor, LX211, In Uveitis
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- NIDDK Welcomes Seven New Members to Advisory Council- February 20, 2007
National Institutes of Health - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:54 EST

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