Osteoarthritis (OA) is caused by aging joints, injury, and obesity. OA symptoms include joint pain and stiffness. Treatment depends on the affected joint, including the hand, wrist, neck, back, knee, and hip, and involves medication and exercise. If you are overweight, weight loss may improve OA symptoms.
Food poisoning (also known as foodborne illness or foodborne disease) is any illness that results from eating contaminated food. Harmful bacteria are the most common cause of food poisoning, but there are many other causes, including the following:
More than 9 million of these illnesses are caused by major pathogens [1 page] CDC tracks. The paper focuses on known causes of illness and uses data from nearly 4600 outbreaks to estimate the number of illnesses attributed to each of 17 food categories (called âcommoditiesâ in the paper). This is the first time CDC has attempted such a comprehensive set of estimates.