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What disease was rare 50 years ago but is a common killer today?
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∙ 11y ago
That depends on how developed a country is. Rickets, once common in the USA is virtually unheard of now, but is still a severe problem in certain places. Two diseaases that have just about been totally eradicated are smallpox and polio, but polio seems to be on the rise, again, in underdeveloped areas.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoI think Diabetes which was uncommon 50 years ago, has become a 'Silent Killer' today. With more and more people succumbing to this deadly disease, this might turned out in epidemic proportion in India by 2020,as per WHO's prediction. As Diabetes affects lung,eye,kidney and foot,people are falling prey due to liftstyle change, stress and other factors and more and more people carrying this disease without their knowing it.
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