Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. This is the case in the U.S. and worldwide. More than half of all people who die due to heart disease are men. Medical professionals use the term heart disease to describe several conditions.
The main types of NCD are cardiovascular diseases (such as heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.
dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. advanced lung, heart, kidney and liver disease. stroke and other neurological diseases, including motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis. Huntington's disease.
Rabies. Rabies, one of the oldest known infectious diseases, is nearly 100% fatal and continues to cause tens of thousands of human deaths globally (1).
These diseases include: type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's, stroke, heart disease, cancer, chronic kidney disease and chronic lung disease. Why do so many Americans suffer from these? A combination of poor nutrition, excessive use of alcohol, insufficient exercise, tobacco use and lack of preventative care.
Prostate cancer, testicular cancer and other diseases of the male reproductive system occur in males. Diseases of X-linked recessive inheritance, such as colour blindness, occur more frequently in males, and haemophilia A and B occur almost exclusively in males.
See if you're at risk of diabetes and what you can do to prevent it. Coronary heart disease, lung cancer and musculoskeletal disorders are among the leading causes of poor health for midlife men. For example, men die from coronary heart disease and lung cancer at twice the rate of females.
Of great importance to public and child health are the vaccines against the so-called six killer diseases of childhood-measles, pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus, tuberculosis and poliomyelitis.
Scarlet fever, tuberculosis, mumps, measles: You may think these are deadly diseases of the past, wiped out with vaccines and antibiotics. The truth is that these diseases are still infecting people worldwide, and some have made resurgences in the U.S. Stay healthy and safe with the precautions outlined here.
Heart disease, hypertension and diabetes are major silent killer diseases. There are other lesser known silent diseases that include primary amyloidosis, renal cell cancer, pancreatic cancer, hepatitis B or C infection to name a few.
Life threatening diseases are chronic, usually incurable diseases, which have the effect of considerably limiting a person's life expectancy. These include, cancer, diabetes, neurological conditions, coronary heart disease and HIV/Aids.
