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Name any four non-infectious diseases and their causes

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1. Diabetes is a disease which occurs due to the loss of insulin production from the pancreas
2. Sickle-cell anemia is a genetic disease which occurs due to a mutation in the gene carrying hemoglobin
3. Hypothyroidism is caused due to loss of thyroid hormone production from the thyroid gland
4. Atherosclerosis is a cardiovascular disease caused due to fat deposition in arteries

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