Sentences with phrase «concern than the risk»

Blood - pressure medication If you have high blood pressure, the risk it poses to your health is more of an immediate concern than your risk of developing diabetes, says William Elliott, MD, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and the study's author.

Thus, it would seem money laundering is less of a concern than the risk of large - scale theft.

Not exact matches

Kramer is concerned that creeping gamification will cause investors to take on more risk than they should.

Despite early signs that a fast - food diet is no healthier in Beijing than it is in Boston, consumers who are new to middle - class dining seem less concerned about the health risks of the high - fat, high - sodium fare that many Americans now seek to avoid.

For risks on the domestic front, look no further than the country's condominium market, where oversupply is fast becoming a concern.

While the concern over a major earthquake is a day - to - day affair for Californians, residents of West Hollywood might be a little more nervous than usual after the city has cited more than 800 buildings that could be at risk of damage or collapse and may need to be retrofitted.

Just 5 % cited foreign - exchange fluctuations as a risk inherent in operating outside Canada, he notes, yet among the 500 companies engaged with foreign customers and suppliers, this was the largest single concern, mentioned by more than a third of respondents.

Moreover, the possibility that the Company might sell Wynn Boston Harbor for less than its full long - term value in an attempt to «mitigate risk» by limiting the investigation is of even greater concern.

While regional differences reveal a mix of threats that concern CEOs, they share a common increasing worry about broader societal developments — geopolitical uncertainty, terrorism, and climate change — rather than direct business risks such as changing consumer behaviour or new market entrants.

This form of lending is concerning for three main reasons: Like storefront payday lending, auto - title lending carries a triple digit APR, has a short payback schedule, and relies on few underwriting standards; the loans are often for larger amounts than traditional storefront payday loans; and auto - title lending is inherently problematic because borrowers are using the titles to their automobiles as collateral, risking repossession in the case of default.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Currently, the VIX is trading at about 13, but the 20 - year average is just above 20 or 21, so sitting at lower - than - average levels, it means many investors have become less concerned about risk and maybe a bit too complacent.

VICTORIA — The New Democrats are raising concerns that more than 1200 seniors living in care homes with inadequate sprinkler systems are at serious risk in the event of a fire.

Given that some of these names are down more than 50 percent in the past month — Linn Energy has gone from roughly $ 22 to $ 10 — there is clearly a concern that these payouts are at risk.

While the surge in oil prices was largely the result of heightened geopolitical risk in Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq, the pullback can be attributed to ongoing concerns that more crude could be produced than the market can absorb.

«If we do not remain related somehow with the fundamental biological orientation to the future brought reproduction, we run the risk that our other choices will become more concerned with gratification and exploitation and comfort than with responsibility.»

Its members are concerned more with maintaining it as it is than with risking experiment or modification.

This risk must be taken if our concern is the maximum probable human benefit rather than the certainty of keeping our own consciences spotless.

For if God is concerned, as Hartshorne says, to provide a world in which there is an optimum mix of opportunities and risks (LP 231), then surely that might include more specific influences than just the provision of laws of nature.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

Following the resignation of more board members this week, it is becoming an increasingly difficult job at Villa Park for all concerned as the threat of spiralling down the divisions could become a real risk if big decisions aren't made sooner rather than later.

Not sure I'd want him earlier than R6 given character concerns, but at some point risk / reward says take him.

The concerning thing here, amid all the celebrations that one of the WWE universe's favorites is back, is that Bryan is at risk for another injury, one that will make the rest of his life worse than if he hadn't come back to wrestle.

I think anyone that is willing to put that concern aside because they love their animals oh so very much as to risk their kids rather than putting their own children first, is being very judgmental of people who OBVIOUSLY are NOT YOU.

However, it was clear that fathers face a number of barriers to being involved meaningfully, including practical (e.g. timing of antenatal provision), attitudinal (e.g. concerns that fathers pose more of a «risk» than a «resource») and political (e.g. allocation of resources).

Because they still have poor head control and often experience flexion of the head while in a sitting position, infants younger than 1 month in sitting devices might be at increased risk of upper airway obstruction and oxygen desaturation.128, — , 132 In addition, there is increasing concern about injuries from falls resulting from car seats being placed on elevated surfaces.133, — , 137 An analysis of CPSC data revealed 15 suffocation deaths between 1990 and 1997 resulting from car seats overturning after being placed on a bed, mattress, or couch.136 The CPSC also warns about the suffocation hazard to infants, particularly those who are younger than 4 months, who are carried in infant sling carriers.138 When infant slings are used for carrying, it is important to ensure that the infant's head is up and above the fabric, the face is visible, and that the nose and mouth are clear of obstructions.

Our concern (and we believe the motivation of the USDA rule) is that when schools that charge less than the government reimbursement are under pricing themselves, increasing their dependence on a la carte foods, and risking having their food service to operate in the red.

If you read the scientific and medical literature, the controversy about bed sharing safety primarily concerns babies less than 20 weeks old, and the most recent meta - analysis of published studies found no evidence of increased risk for babies over 3 months of age (Carpenter et al 2013).

Weaknesses: Wi - Fi needs to be working, More expensive than other monitors, Controversy and concern over radiation risks from wireless networks to babies (see link above).

In addition to being concerned with premature labor and / or birth, a woman with gestational diabetes is also at a greater risk of having a large baby who weighs more than 9 pounds.

But — if you're still concerned about nitrate levels in spinach — you can further minimize the risk by discarding any water in which you cook the leaves and preparing spinach as needed, rather than cooking it and storing it for future use.

Using a breastpump for any reason other than milk removal should be done with caution, especially in the early days of nursing when there is concern for increasing the risk of engorgement.

The birth defects is the most concerning to me (as it harms someone else rather than yourself) but I can't find much on the exact risks here.

The triumphant result is that the drinks colossus Diageo, as an example, could go on meeting junior ministers and special advisers to argue against, say, minimum pricing for alcohol, while Alcohol Concern (annual income, less than # 1m) would have to jump through a chilling series of hoops in order to take part in any kind of campaigning, with the risk of criminal charges if it were found in breach of a law that the Electoral Commission says is so opaque it can not confidently predict how it will police it.

But I'm also very concerned about the way that we are locking up more prisoners than any other country but there's a greater risk of re-offending.

But it assesses only three of the more than 1,000 known BRCA1 / 2 mutations, raising concerns that women who are told they do not have any of those variants will be lulled into believing that, as a result, they do not have an elevated risk for breast and ovarian cancer.

`... What a dreadful misprint... What a moment to discover this... I'm going to take this off... My friends are going to dine out on this for ages... It was actually concerned with earthquake risks rather than any other inference you might have drawn...»

However, the agency is less concerned about outdoor air concentrations than it is about the risks to water - dwelling creatures, an EPA spokesperson said in an email.

Americans consume more fructose than ever before, yet concerns remain that the sugar, used to sweeten beverages and processed foods, poses health risks.

Loeb points out that much of the concern over cancer risk is that, as part of standard therapy for advanced prostate cancer, tumor growth is decreased by drugs that drastically reduce rather than increase male hormones.

«Historically, society has been more concerned about the risk of patients committing violence than the vulnerability of patients to violent acts,» explains study leader Professor Louis Appleby from The University of Manchester in the UK.

Earlier Friday, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the tone was one of mitigating environmental risks to preserve financial opportunities, rather than studying ecological concerns outright.

In Japan, which unlike the United States has had several outbreaks of H5N1 in birds, «not much» controversy has surrounded this study, he said, as «the public has concerns about a genuine risk that exists in nature rather than a potential risk by bioterrorism.»

Amid all the findings of concern, including the overall trend and disparities of income, education, insurance and ethnicity, the researchers did find one bright spot: Black men, who are known to be at higher risk for prostate cancer incidence and death, were more likely to report having discussed advantages and disadvantages than men on average.

Women who reported continuous or remote past HT use had less pronounced kyphosis by the time they were in their mid-80s than never - users, supporting the argument for HT as a possible early postmenopause treatment for women concerned about their posture and fracture risk.

EPA officials said new research shows that the health risks to workers who apply endosulfan to crops «are greater than previously known, in many instances exceeding the agency's levels of concern.»

He added that multidrug resistant strains frequently are not high risk strains, as they are less able to spread than their drug - susceptible counterparts, making this discovery particularly concerning.

My stance is that I'm trying to raise responsible, problem - solving adults and I consider the risk of psychologically dwarfing them by protecting them from even minor problems to be a much bigger concern than the statistically almost nonexistent risk that they'll be kidnapped if they aren't supervised at all times.

If you're concerned about the radiation, although it's far less exposure than a nuclear stress test or heart catheterization, take an antioxidant vitamin pack 45 minutes before the CT to reduce the DNA risk by 50 %.

Side effects are generally slight and temporary, although there is some concern that the risk of cardiovascular problems associated with stimulant use may be greater in adults than in children.