Illnesses

Tracking the number of reported illnesses is a good measure of a state's investment in public health surveillance, says Craig Hedberg, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Where there is an underlying medical problem, schools and the local authority should work with parents to minimise the impact of the long term illnesses on a pupil's education. ❋ Unknown (2011)

For example, certain illnesses (like cancer and Alzheimer's) are also associated with intensive financial and emotional costs and time constraints on a patient's family. ❋ Tomas J. Philipson (2010)

More people will have coverage, but huge medical bills associated with serious illnesses is what puts people under the bus. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Alright, but I trained hard, I'm battlin 'illnesses, sinus infections left and right, but I came in and I got my bread and that's what I wanted to do. ❋ Tyler (2009)

From the LA Times "Cost of food-borne illnesses is deemed much higher than earlier estimates": ❋ Unknown (2010)

State and local reporting of foodborne illnesses is the first line of defense against national outbreaks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to this theory, children from homes that are spacious and clean are moer likely to develop certain illnesses, including EE. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Insurers no longer allowed to deny care to a patient who becomes sick (currently private companies are able to suspend coverage of individuals who develop certain illnesses, despite having paid their premiums) ❋ Unknown (2010)

Did you know they actually raided strawberry growers for claiming that strawberries can prevent certain illnesses? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The first thing Club Reglo has decided to take on against malaria and water-borne illnesses is neighborhood clean-ups. ❋ Anna (2009)

"We're trying to avoid the long-term illnesses," says Harry Smith , a South Carolina veterinarian and a medical director for Banfield. ❋ Gwendolyn Bounds (2011)

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Top Obama administration officials outlined several new initiatives to safeguard the country's food supply Tuesday, saying the recent spate of food-borne illnesses is unacceptable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The fundamental conflict between making money off of sick people and curing people of their illnesses is what has led most industrialized nations to go with a national health care service, not a for-profit private medical service. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Camp Simcha, a kosher camp for children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, is located on 125 acres in Glen Spey, New York. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Immunization against many childhood illnesses is now available. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Anti-biotics treat certain illnesses, but can also cause new more resistant diseases to terrify us. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The onset age for most serious mental illnesses is between 16-28 (or there abouts), and with the exception of depression (which is unlikely to result in incarceration alone), it strikes males and females in roughly the same proportions. ❋ Unknown (2009)