LONDON (Reuters) - Chronic illnesses like cancer, heart disease and diabetes cause more deaths than all other diseases combined, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
In a global report on so-called non-communicable diseases, or NCDs, the United Nations health body said such diseases had reached epidemic proportions and now pose a greater threat than infectious diseases like malaria, HIV and tuberculosis (TB).
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