Heat Stroke: Is Total Prevention Possible?

noise-induced hearing loss: prevention is possible

conclusions despite rising figures of reported occupational hearing loss, working nbii statistics show that the nihl problem in the danish work environment has, in fact, decreased. in our study, we found that roughly one third (around 100 cases) of the 272 screened persons presumably had nihl, taking into account 88 probable cases (column b) and 44 questionable ones (column c + 16 ski slopes). ...

Prevention of Diabetic Complications: Is It Possible?

Primary prevention aims at identifying persons with risk of developing DM, so that the complications of DM can be prevented. With regards to developing Type 2DM there are many modifiable risk factors viz. overweight, corpulence, consumption of high calorie diet, fried foods, carbonated drinks, smoking, alcohol and lack of physical activity. These risk factors can be changed to active daily rout...

Risk factors for asthma: is prevention possible?

Asthma is one of the most common diseases in the world, resulting in a substantial burden of disease. Although rates of deaths due to asthma worldwide have reduced greatly over the past 25 years, no available therapeutic regimens can cure asthma, and the burden of asthma will continue to be driven by increasing prevalence. The reasons for the increase in asthma prevalence have not been defined,...

Is asthma prevention possible with dietary manipulation?

What we know: Primary prevention of asthma should be possible because the recent increase in asthma is due to environmental factors. The major modifiable dietary environmental risk factors for childhood asthma are lack of breastfeeding and low intake of omega-3 fatty acids. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have shown that interventions using probiotics, hydrolysed milk formulas, and combined...

Prevention of pre-eclampsia--is it possible?