enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Non-communicable disease - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-communicable_disease

    A non-communicable disease (NCD) is a disease that is not transmissible directly from one person to another. NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.

  3. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_infectious_diseases

    Typical treatment of severe disease first involves treatment with amphotericin B, followed by oral itraconazole. No Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus: Hookworm infection Under research [18] Human bocavirus (HBoV) Human bocavirus infection No Ehrlichia ewingii: Human ewingii ehrlichiosis: The diagnosis can be confirmed by using PCR. A ...

  4. United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Interagency...

    Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), often known as chronic diseases, include cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and mental health conditions. The Task Force consists of a World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat (currently led by Nick Banatvala from the United Kingdom) and 46 United Nations (UN) and inter ...

  5. Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_diseases

    Category:Lists of diseases; List of disorders; List of syndromes; List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders; List of fictional diseases, diseases found only in works of fiction. Airborne disease, a disease that spreads through the air. Contagious disease, a subset of infectious diseases. Cryptogenic disease, a disease whose cause is ...

  6. List of human disease case fatality rates - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_disease_case...

    Human infectious diseases may be characterized by their case fatality rate (CFR), the proportion of people diagnosed with a disease who die from it (cf. mortality rate).It should not be confused with the infection fatality rate (IFR), the estimated proportion of people infected by a disease-causing agent, including asymptomatic and undiagnosed infections, who die from the disease.

  7. Disease - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease

    Non-communicable A non-communicable disease is a medical condition or disease that is non-transmissible. [34] Non-communicable diseases cannot be spread directly from one person to another. Heart disease and cancer are examples of non-communicable diseases in humans. [35]

  8. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_abbreviations_for...

    GBS disease Group B Streptococcal disease: GCE Glycine encephalopathy: GD Gestational diabetes: GERD Gastroesophageal reflux disease: GI Gastrointestinal: GIB Gastrointestinal bleeding: GN Glossopharyngeal neuralgia: GORD Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: GSS disease Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker disease: GT/LD Gifted and learning ...

  9. Neglected tropical diseases - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neglected_tropical_diseases

    Scabies (also sometimes known as the seven-year itch) is a contagious human skin infestation by the tiny (0.2–0.45 mm) mite Sarcoptes scabiei, variety hominis. The word is from Latin: scabere, lit. 'to scratch'. The most common symptoms are severe itchiness and a pimple -like rash. Occasionally, tiny burrows may appear on the skin. In a first-ever infection, the infected person usually ...