ANA, a Japanese airline, reported that passenger traffic between Tokyo and Hong Kong fell by a fifth after the disease was identified.

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Her chances of dying before her fifth birthday of disease or warfare or malnutrition are even far greater here than in most of the rest of Africa.

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Liver disease, the fifth biggest cause of death in England and Wales behind heart disease, cancer, stroke and respiratory disease, comes in more than 100 forms but is most commonly associated with alcohol abuse, obesity and viral hepatitis.

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The County Durham-born, former England and Newcastle manager is battling the disease for the fifth time.

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The former England manager, who is battling the disease for the fifth time, has helped set up a research unit at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital.

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More enticingly, the eight patients with 5q- syndrome, which is caused by a deletion of DNA on the fifth chromosome, saw all signs of their disease disappear after eight months of treatment.

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It said only a fifth of patients thought to have the version of the disease had actually been diagnosed.

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The 40-year-old American, who will attempt to win his fifth major at this week's USPGA Championship, said treatment for the disease is working.

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Ten people die every day from unintentional drowning in the United States, making it the fifth-leading cause of unintentional injury death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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