Sentences with phrase «among affected populations»

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«Retired persons are a population of interest, particularly because one mechanism by which Internet use may affect depression is to counter the effects of isolation and loneliness, which are more common among older adults,» the authors stated.

«West Nile may have been here long before they recognized it — it could have been transmitted among the bird populations for some time, perhaps a year or more, before it reached the infection threshold to spill over and begin affecting humans.»

If it appears safe, Inovio plans to test its efficacy in field trials among Zika - affected populations in the Caribbean later this year, says Inovio CEO Joseph Kim.

Hay fever is the most common chronic disorder among Norway's younger population, and it is well documented that the condition significantly reduces the quality of life, general health, sleep patterns and cognitive functions of those affected.

«Higher stress among minority and low - income populations can lead to health disparities, says report: Recommends steps to address stress that significantly affect health differences, life expectancy.»

Mutations affecting adult haemoglobin production are among the most common of all genetic variations, with about 5 per cent of the world's population carrying a defective gene.

This proportion is likely to rise as the population ages, warn the researchers, who add that chronic pain is a major cause of disability and distress among those affected by it.

In Finland alone, it affects around 1,000,000 people of the general population and has an occurrence of 90 % among obese individuals.

The team also compared the response of flies in cages (which experienced the local temperature and humidity, but not interactions with other species) with the abundance of D. birchii in wild populations at the same sites along mountain gradients (where other species were also present), to test whether interactions among species affect responses to climate change.

While prostate cancer affects about ten percent of men in Asian nations, that rate climbs to about 40 percent when they immigrate to the U.S., mirroring the rates among the native born U.S. population.

As a student in the biology laboratory of Lilach Hadany, he took part in research on how cooperation among members of a population can affect the evolution of new traits.

«If you showed in a similar study with a gold standard outcome [like spirometry], among smokers and nonsmokers, that you could affect the incidence of COPD, I would imagine the committees that meet on this would take a serious look at increasing daily recommended intake [of vitamin E] for the general population,» he says.

It affects both men and women, though it has higher prevalence among the female population.

PCOS is the most common endocrine disorder among women of childbearing ages, affecting an average of 10 % of the female population.

The negative effects seem to lie in the capacity of some foods / nutrients to stimulate proliferative pathways that in turn stimulate development of acne — suspect foods include those with a high glycaemic load and milk.11, 43, 44 Other evidence comes from several studies reporting that the prevalence of acne varies significantly between different populations and is substantially lower in non-Westernized populations that follow traditional diets, 45 a common factor among these traditional diets being a low glycaemic load.46 Various studies have provided evidence that high - glycaemic - load diets are implicated in the aetiology of acne through their capacity to stimulate insulin, androgen bioavailability and insulin - like growth factor - 1 (IGF - 1) activity, whereas the beneficial effects of low - glycaemic - load diets, apart from weight and blood glucose levels, also include improved skin quality.44 The clinical and experimental evidence does in fact suggest ways in which insulin can increase androgen production and affect via induction of steroidogenic enzymes, 47 the secretion by the pituitary gland of gonadotropin - releasing hormone and the production of sex hormone - binding globulin.48 Insulin is also able to reduce serum levels of IGF - binding protein - 1 increasing the effect of IGF - 1.49 These insulin - mediated actions can therefore influence diverse factors that underlie the development of acne such as:

And although there have been considerably fewer «traditional» conflicts among states in recent years, today's are extremely violent and are increasingly affecting civil populations and the weaker regions of the world.

Moreover, these economic struggles have not affected all populations equally, contributing to large gaps among black, white, and Hispanic youth.

Rachel is caught between two immeasurably powerful forces and will soon make a series of choices that will affect her future and Sage's and will begin to tip the scales between good and evil.There is a war going on between the Adversaries and the Healers and the general population is mercifully unaware.There are those walking among us whose destiny will affect the fate of us all.

They are currently undertaking a study that aims to explore differences in intestinal bacterial populations among epileptic dogs and healthy housemates, and evaluate how antiepileptic drugs affect the growth rates of intestinal bacteria.

In the same way that inbreeding among human populations can increase the frequency of normally rare genes that cause diseases, the selective breeding that created the hundreds of modern dog breeds has put purebred dogs at risk for a large number of health problems, affecting both body and behavior.

Dental disease is among the most common health complaints among cats, affecting about 70 % of the feline population aged 3 and over.

How much do you think that 25 % drop among conservatives (only) affects the degree of trust when you consider the entire world population?

The phenomenon started by four San Francisco women beat out «upcycling» (the big brother of «recycling») and «colony collapse disorder» (affecting bee populations worldwide this year), among others, to take the top prize and win inclusion in our cultural lexicon.

Premium rates on car insurance are affected not only by a driver's on - road behavior, but also by the driver's zip code demographics, such as population density, unemployment rates, the median resident age, median income levels, poverty stats, crime rates, and the percentage of uninsured drivers on the roads, among other things.

Rates are affected by variables such as population density, median annual income, median resident age, and neighborhood crime rates, among other factors that change from one zip code to another, even within the same state.

There is the perception that this is but one «small problem among many», affecting (it is assumed) a diminishing proportion of the Australian Indigenous population.

This campaign, which offers an online media kit, supports local health departments in their efforts to address health inequities among populations disproportionately affected by poor birth outcomes.

Deficits in facial affect recognition among antisocial populations: a meta - analysis.

Since the early 1990s, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2003a) has documented both racial and gender shifts in the populations affected by the HIV epidemic, and the shifts are most marked among adolescents.