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non-communicable diseases
Some of these illnesses are inter-related, for example obesity is thought to be a partial cause of many other illnesses.
Non-communicable diseases include cancer, cardiovascular, kidney, respiratory, liver, diabetes, and other diseases. Infectious diseases include HIV, influenza, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases.
Even so, osteoporosis was not precisely defined as a disease until 1994. The World Health Organization (WHO) has since identified osteoporosis as a priority health issue along with other major non-communicable diseases.
 See also: Communicable Diseases, Diabetes, Cancer, Prevention, Kidney
  
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