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  2. Lifestyle disease - Wikipedia

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    Lifestyle diseases can be defined as the diseases linked to the manner in which a person lives their life. These diseases are non-communicable , and can be caused by lack of physical activity , unhealthy eating , alcohol , substance use disorders and smoking tobacco , which can lead to heart disease , stroke , obesity , type II diabetes and ...

  3. Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    Environmental disease; Lifestyle disease, a disease caused largely by lifestyle choices. Localized disease, a disease affecting one body part or area. Non-communicable disease, a disease that can not be spread between people. Organic disease; Progressive disease, a disease that gets worse over time. Rare disease, a disease that affects very few ...

  4. Non-communicable disease - Wikipedia

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    NCDs include many environmental diseases covering a broad category of avoidable and unavoidable human health conditions caused by external factors, such as sunlight, nutrition, pollution, and lifestyle choices. The diseases of affluence are non-infectious diseases with environmental causes. Examples include: Many types of cardiovascular disease ...

  5. Americans Spend More Than 12 Years of Their Lives ... - AOL

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    Examples of musculoskeletal disease, as defined by WHO, include arthritis, tendonitis and osteoporosis. ... In the U.S., life expectancy increased from 79.2 to 80.7 years in women, and from 74.1 ...

  6. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...

  7. Chronic condition - Wikipedia

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    For example, high blood pressure or hypertension is considered to be not only a chronic condition itself but also correlated with diseases such as heart attack or stroke. Additionally, some socioeconomic factors may be considered as a chronic condition as they lead to disability in daily life.

  8. 11 Diseases Coffee Can Prevent - AOL

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    Add another type of cancer to the list: Studies from Harvard Public School of Health show that men who drank more than six cups of coffee per day (talk about a caffeine jolt) had a lower risk of ...

  9. List of autoimmune diseases - Wikipedia

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    This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed with the primary organ or body part that it affects and the associated autoantibodies that are typically found in people diagnosed ...