Sentences with phrase «knowing the health risks associated»

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At last year's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego, Bergh found himself sitting at dinner with Othman Laraki, the cofounder and CEO of Color Genomics — a company that extracts the DNA from a customer's submitted saliva sample and then looks for a set number of gene mutations known to be associated with increased risk for developing certain hereditary cancers or heart conditions (depending on the test).

«The city's highest obligation is to protect its children; therefore, it is important that parents know the risks associated with the practice,» said Dr. Thomas A. Farley, commissioner of the city's health department, in a news release.

For so long they thought that they were eating salmon to be healthy, without knowing about the health risks associated with food from the sea.

«We know that high - fat diets are tied to increased risk for metabolic syndrome and obesity, which in turn are associated with decreased brain function,» said TOS spokesperson Kelly Allison, PhD, Director of Education, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders and Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

«Many young people who are at risk for hepatitis C may acquire the infection and then not know it, and then through drug injection practices may transmit it to others,» said Brandon Marshall, associate professor of epidemiology in the Brown University School of Public Health and corresponding author of the new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

«We've known for a while that shift workers are associated with increased health risks, and shift workers have extreme variability in their sleep timing between workdays and non-workdays,» Knutson says.

«We've always known that electronic dance music party attendees are at high risk for use of club drugs such as ecstasy or Molly, but we wanted to know the extent of opioid use in this population,» said CDUHR researcher Joseph Palamar, PhD, MPH, the study's lead author and an associate professor of population health at NYU School of Medicine.

NEW ORLEANS — Researchers have known for years that poor oral health, including bleeding gums and lots of missing teeth, is associated with a higher risk of getting pancreatic cancer.

«The increase in genetic risk was independent of other known risk factors, suggesting that testing for multiple genetic differences is clinically useful to evaluate risk and guide management,» senior author Dr. Guillaume Paré, an associate professor of medicine at McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences in Hamilton, Canada, and the director of the Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, said in a statement.

The researchers found that long naps and excessive daytime sleepiness were associated with an increased risk for a combination of health problems that are collectively known as metabolic syndrome.

The research, which was funded by the Food and Drug Administration and other federal health agencies, contradicts numerous earlier studies that did find an increased risk of infection associated with the drugs, known as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors.

It's because they contain trans fatty acids which are known to have negative consequences for the health of the heart — they are associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease, and also diabetes type 2.

«We know from some very good epidemiological studies,» said Dr. Thompson, «that 150 minutes of moderate exercise each week is clearly associated with improved health outcomes,» including longevity and reduced risk of many diseases.

However, did you know that it has health risks associated with it?

The following is some basic information you need to know to keep yourself and your family safe from modern mold toxins and the many health risks associated with them, including diseases like breast cancer.

High glycemic load from refined carbohydrates was shown to be associated with an increased CHD risk independently of known risk factors in the Nurses» Health Study (51) and was more recently shown to be associated with an increased risk of CHD in a prospective cohort study of > 15,000 middle - aged women (50).

But hormone therapy is no longer recommended for long - term use because of the risk of heart disease, breast cancer, and other health problems associated with the combination of estrogen and progestin.

«Everything You Should Know About Ergonomics and Youths, But Were Afraid to Ask,» an article I co-authored that was published by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), described actions that teachers and parents can take to minimize health risks associated with kids» computer use.

The only known health effect associated with exposure to elevated levels of radon is an increased risk of developing lung cancer.

As veterinarians and pet owners, we think it's important to know if there are certain health risks associated with owning a particular breed of dog.

Smoke exposure increases respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and medication dispensations for asthma, bronchitis, chest pain, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (commonly known by its acronym, COPD), respiratory infections, and medical visits for lung illnesses.38, 43,160 It has been associated with hundreds of thousands of deaths annually, in an assessment of the global health risks from landscape fire smoke.38, 43,44,141,45 Future climate change is projected to increase wildfire risks and associated emissions, with harmful impacts on health.18, 161,162,10,163,164,36

Health risks associated with urban farming can be reduced substantially if farmers are made well aware of these risks and know how to prevent them.

The health risks associated with smoking are widely known, so it is no wonder life insurance companies consider smokers to be of a higher risk than non-smokers.

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Membership in a single - parent family or stepfamily is associated with increased levels of significant behavioral, emotional, and academic problems in children.1, 2 The mechanisms underlying this connection are likely to involve, among other factors, financial adversity, increased stress directly related to family transitions, and increased exposure to additional psychosocial risks.3, 4 Compared with the extensive research base connecting family type (ie, membership in a 2 - parent biological family, stepfamily, or single - parent family) and children's psychological adjustment, little is known about the physical health consequences of membership in diverse family types.

Although we know that some temperament styles are associated with increased risk of mental health difficulties later on, we know very little about the predictive validity of early symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Antenatal depression may not only alter development of stress - related biological systems in the fetus, but may also increase risk of obstetrical complications.6 Postnatal depression may also be an early life stressor given known associations with lower levels of sensitive, responsive care needed for infants» development of health attachment relationships, emotional regulation skills, interpersonal skills and stress response mechanisms.7 Early life stressors, such as those that might be associated with maternal depression, can influence brain development, which continues at a rapid pace at least for several years after birth.8 Problems in any of these aspects of development may disrupt the earliest stages of socio - emotional and cognitive development, predisposing to the later development of depression or other disorders.

Based on these mixed results and limitations in generalizability, more studies are needed with (a) adequate controls for key socioeconomic and family composition factors known to be associated with behavior problems in children, (b) early assessment of temperament, (c) samples that include higher risk children (e.g., low - income families, children with health problems, etc.), and (d) controls for behavior problems that predate the exposure to recent family conflict.

The potential presence of known hazardous, toxic and flammable substances associated with clandestine labs presents an immediate and continuing risk to anyone exposed to these substances, says Toronto Public Health.