First, any examination of "multi-morbidity" to date has been restricted to exploring the impact of simple disease counts on falls, and has not examined the influence of particular combinations of disease.
There is much better knowledge about the genetic basis of many simple diseases — those caused by a single genetic variant — but most of those diseases are rare and account for a small fraction of the overall burden of disease.
Under Insel's leadership, the NIMH took the stance that mental disorders and psychological problems could be understood as simple diseases of the brain.
In general, the sudden onset of complete small bowel obstruction with adhesion band formation in patients without a surgical history must be carefully investigated to identify the underlying problems of this simple disease.
In the present study, additional explanations for self-medication were cited by the students, including "There is no need to see a doctor because of a simple disease" and "Quick relief," among others.
If anything, the phenotypic diversity of within each complex disease tends to be wider than that of simple Mendelian diseases, so our challenge will be even greater.
He launched Feed the Future, Power Africa, led the global fight against Ebola, and accelerated efforts to save children who die of simple, preventable diseases such as diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria.
As for the labour peculiarity, the health care sector must count on broad competences, ranging from the treatment of simple verminous diseases to modern techniques of emergency treatment.
To assess and compare the ability of two measures of multimorbidity and a simple disease count (DC) to predict health outcomes in a population of patients aged ≥80 years.
