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• s  (of disease) not capable of being passed on

• Two hundred of the men did not have syphilis and served as a control group for comparison purposes; 425 had latent (and therefore noncommunicable) syphilis and received little .
• A new international alliance hopes to prevent chronic noncommunicable diseases from increasing the rate of early death in developing nations.

• noncontagious
• nontransmissible

News & Articles

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• MEDICC Review Journal Unveils New Issue on Chronic Diseases Revisited
  English-language journal on Cuban health and medicine puts focus on noncommunicable diseases. (PRWeb August 02, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/MEDICC/CubaChronicDisease/prweb10987032.htm
  Aug. 2, 2013 - PRWeb
• Grant Funds Smartphone Management of Noncommunicable Diseases in Resource-Limited Settings
  A grant from the Medtronic Foundation will fund the development of a secure, smartphone-based mobile platform to facilitate the treatment of noncommunicable diseases in resource-limited environments.
  July 31, 2013 - Newswise