Cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic pulmonary disease, and diabetes are conditions that, to a large extent, do not result directly from infection. The toll from these noncommunicable diseases is the subject of this review in the Global Health series.
More: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1109345?query=featured_home
More: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1109345?query=featured_home