non-infectious disease

Many important non-infectious diseases are thought to result from a mix of environmental, personal habits and genetic factors.

Non-infectious diseases aren't caused by pathogens and can't be spread person-to-person.

The diseases of affluence are non-infectious diseases with environmental causes.

Some diseases, such as most (but not all) forms of cancer, heart disease and mental disorders, are non-infectious diseases.

'Non-infectious diseases' are all other diseases, including most forms of cancer, heart disease, and genetic disease.

Many non-infectious diseases have a partly or completely genetic basis (see genetic disorder) and may thus be transmitted from one generation to another.

They also reaffirmed that the patients in St Luke's will be warded for non-infectious diseases like high blood pressure, stroke or rheumatism.

The CDC also combats non-infectious diseases, including obesity.

Today Britain is notorious as the country with the worst food in the world - and therefore the worst record of suffering and premature death from non-infectious diseases.

The early clinical presentation of Rocky Mountain spotted fever is nonspecific and may resemble a variety of other infectious and non-infectious diseases.

These organisms are biologically immortal but not immortal in the traditional sense as they are nonetheless susceptible to trauma and infectious and non-infectious disease.

Dr. Latham's subsequent Guardian article "Failure of the Genome" resulted in further debate over the value of human genetics research in the prevention and treatment of common non-infectious disease.

In addition, the CDC researches and provides information on non-infectious diseases such as obesity and diabetes and is a founding member of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes.

Even problems with non-infectious diseases has been raised in the world - innovations in the technology in the western world, by the 1900th spread of sedentary lifestyle where TV, computers, fast food and elevator has caused obesity become a global challenge.

Non-infectious diseases that can be confused with EVD are acute promyelocytic leukemia, hemolytic uremic syndrome, snake envenomation, clotting factor deficiencies/platelet disorders, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, Kawasaki disease, and even warfarin intoxication.

Together with the age-related thymic involution, and the consequent age-related decrease of thymic output of new T cells, this situation leaves the body practically devoid of virgin T cells, which makes the body more prone to a variety of infectious and non-infectious diseases.