PHAR2822 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Migraine, Iron-Deficiency Anemia, Magnesium
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Medicinal or biologically based complementary medicine use over a 12 month period by 3015. Vitamin and mineral supplements 52. 8% (excluded were calcium, iron or vitamins prescribed by a medical practitioner. World health organisation (cid:494)facts about non-communicable diseases(cid:495) Non-communicable diseases (ncds) kill 38 million people each year. Almost three quarters of ncd deaths - 28 million - occur in low- and middle-income countries. Sixteen million ncd deaths occur before the age of 70; 82% of these premature deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries. Cardiovascular diseases account for most ncd deaths, or 17. 5 million people annually, followed by cancers (8. 2 million), respiratory diseases (4 million), and diabetes (1. 5 million). These 4 groups of diseases account for 82% of all ncd deaths. Tobacco use, physical inactivity, the harmful use of alcohol and unhealthy diets all increase the risk of dying from an ncd.
