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"With the adoption of our technologies by the Centers for Disease Control, Group 1 Software continues its leadership in applications where location accuracy is critical," said Steve Walden, vice president & general manager, Group 1 Software. "The field of public health is yet one more critical domain where the benefits of Group 1's technology can make a vital impact. By helping to improve location accuracy across multiple disease monitoring programs, this alliance will enable health agencies throughout the country to deliver critical public health information in an exceptional manner."
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A slight decline in short-term memory (as opposed to long-term memories of childhood and the like) is typical even in healthy elderly adults, but the memory loss seen in Alzheimer's disease is much more severe. As years pass, memory loss becomes greater, and personality and behavioral changes occur. Later symptoms include disorientation, confusion, speech impairment, restlessness, irritability, and the inability to care for oneself. Although victims may remain physically healthy for years, the progressive decline of their mental faculties is ultimately fatal: eventually, the brain loses the ability to control basic physical functions, such as swallowing. Persons with Alzheimer's disease typically live between five and ten years after diagnosis, although improvements in health care in recent years have enabled some victims to survive for 15 years or even longer.
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Heredity (including Race) — Children of parents with heart disease are more likely to develop it themselves. African Americans have more severe high blood pressure than Caucasians and a higher risk of heart disease. Heart disease risk is ... higher among Mexican Americans, American Indians, native Hawaiians and some Asian Americans. This is partly due to higher rates of obesity and diabetes. Most people with a strong family history of heart disease have one or more other risk factors. Just as you can't control your age, sex and race, you can't control your family history.
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Lyme disease is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the United States. Since 1991, over 115,000 cases have been reported, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of unreported cases could magnify that number dramatically. In terms of prevention, medical care and treatment, and absenteeism from work or school, the cost of Lyme disease to society may be $2.5 billion per year.
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Diabetes mellitus — Diabetes seriously increases your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Even when glucose levels are under control, diabetes increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, but the risks are even greater if blood sugar is not well controlled. From two-thirds to three-quarters of people with diabetes die of some form of heart or blood vessel disease. If you have diabetes, it's extremely important to work with your healthcare provider to manage it and control any other risk factors you can.
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Parkinson's disease is a progressive movement disorder that affects at least one million people in the United States. It is caused by a reduction in dopamine containing nerve cells of the midbrain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter involved in controlling movement and coordination, so Parkinson's patients experiencing a reduction of dopamine-producing nerve cells exhibit the progressive inability to initiate and control physical movements. There is currently no cure for Parkinson's disease.
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