Diagnosis of Disease Improved methods of disease diagnosis that are minimally invasive and permit earlier identification of disease are needed to enable more effective interventions to prevent or minimize the adverse effects of disease. Treatment of Disease Improved methods of treatment are needed to ensure continued progress towards reducing the disability and mortality burden imposed by cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases. Maintenance of Health through Prevention of Disease Successful disease prevention efforts are invariably preferable to interventions to ameliorate or mitigate the adverse effects of established disease. In order for research to have practical value for improving diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, basic research findings must be tested in clinical studies, and recommendations for preventive and therapeutic interventions must be adopted by physicians and the public. They experience higher rates of disability and death from cardiovascular disease, asthma, and sleep disorders.
Some diseases develop differently in women than in men.
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