Sentences with phrase «death risk greater»

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It found that the more time they spent sitting, the greater their risk of death from heart disease — regardless of age, sex, smoking status, alcohol consumption and how much the subjects exercised.

European researchers found that people who work 11 hours or more every day have 60 % greater risk of heart attack, angina and death from cardiovascular disease than those who just work 7 or 8 hours, according to Bloomberg.

In it, Ward contends with the deaths of five young men dear to her, and explores the still great risk of being a black man in the rural South.

These folks cost the rest of us not just money but a greater risk of death for each person who actually is willing to serve.

Eating red meat is associated with a dramatically increased risk of death from cancer and heart disease, and the more you eat, the greater the risk.

In conditions of poverty, the greater risk of sickness too often leads to death.

Babies die all the time at homebirth, and the biggest risk factors lead to the greatest number of deaths.

They are also at greater risk for rare but serious conditions such as severe lower respiratory infections, leukemia, necrotizing enterocolitis, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).5 Breastfeeding is also good for moms, lowering the risk for breast cancer, ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.6, 7

In addition, babies who sleep in traditional, Western - style adult beds may be at greater risk of accidental injury or death.

Why is the risk of death (even though it may be small if done correctly, it is MUCH greater than crib sleeping) acceptable when a completely safe alternative exists?

A 2001 study in Kenya comparing breastfeeding with artifical feeding reported that HIV - positive mothers who breastfed were at greater risk of death than those who used infant formula.

The risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) becomes greater when a mother smokes or when the baby is around second - hand (or passive) smoke.

Riding unrestrained is the greatest risk factor for death and injury among child occupants of motor vehicles.

Attempting a home birth also is not advised for women who are post-term (greater than 42 weeks gestation), carrying twins, or have a breech presentation because all carry a greater risk of perinatal death.

Enabling women to breastfeed is also a public health priority because, on a population level, interruption of lactation is associated with adverse health outcomes for the woman and her child, including higher maternal risks of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, and greater infant risks of infectious disease, sudden infant death syndrome, and metabolic disease (2, 4).

She will have no other choice but to have a c - section, which has well - documented risks including greater risk of death to herself as well as to future babies.

While great progress has been achieved in recent years in preventing child occupant deaths and injuries, and increasing the correct use of child safety seats, booster seats and safety belts — thanks in no small measure to the tireless dedication of NHTSA and its many partners in the child passenger safety community — more work needs to be done to protect child occupants who remain at heightened risk.»

And it carries with it a risk of maternal death that is five to seven times greater than a normal birth.

Unfortunately, misinformation about vaccines could make some parents decide not to immunize their children, putting them and others at a greater risk for illness — or even death.

Babies who are used to sleeping on their back but are suddenly made to sleep on their tummy are posed to a greater risk of death and this phenomenon is called unaccustomed tummy sleeping.

The supine sleep position does not increase the risk of choking and aspiration in infants, even those with gastroesophageal reflux, because they have protective airway mechanisms.8, 9 Infants with gastroesophageal reflux should be placed for sleep in the supine position for every sleep, with the rare exception of infants for whom the risk of death from complications of gastroesophageal reflux is greater than the risk of SIDS (ie, those with upper airway disorders, for whom airway protective mechanisms are impaired), 10 including infants with anatomic abnormalities such as type 3 or 4 laryngeal clefts who have not undergone antireflux surgery.

In turn, they are put at greater risk for serious problems including low birthweight, preterm birth, and even death.

The AAP supports the recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, which state that infants with gastroesophageal reflux should be placed for sleep in the supine position, with the rare exception of infants for whom the risk of death from gastroesophageal reflux is greater than the risk of SIDS84 — specifically, infants with upper airway disorders for whom airway protective mechanisms are impaired, which may include infants with anatomic abnormalities, such as type 3 or 4 laryngeal clefts, who have not undergone antireflux surgery.

Women are sleeping with their babies on sofas (one of the largest contributors to infant sleeping deaths in one UK study [20]-RRB-, sleeping while overtired, drinking, smoking, etc. and these are all putting their infants at greater risk for death.

«Battling over Birth is a critical and timely resource for understanding black women's birthing experiences in the United States, a country where black women's lives — and the lives they create — are at much greater risk of death and injury than those of non-black women... By distilling the common and diverse threads from over 100 black women, the BWBJ researchers have woven a multi-faceted tapestry that reflects what black women view as important and central to optimal birth experiences.

«Trooper Davis served as a member of the New York State Police for four years and his death is yet another sad reminder of the risks law enforcement officers face each day in order to protect our communities and serve the residents of this great state,» Cuomo said in a statement.

The nature of their work and everyday exposure to death and other mortality cues put them at greater risk of developing this debilitating psychopathology, the authors claim.

The findings suggest a link between long - term exposure to road traffic noise and deaths, as well as a greater risk of stroke, particularly in the elderly.

But a major study by a Danish team, to be published this Saturday in The Lancet should help allay those fears: It found the risk of death among more than 5000 breast cancer survivors was no greater for those women who became pregnant.

The authors conclude: «The findings from this large prospective study show that the association between body size and prostate cancer is complex and varies by disease aggressiveness; men who have greater adiposity have an elevated risk of high grade prostate cancer and prostate cancer death.»

Patients with 2 or 3 of the predictors had a sudden cardiac death risk that was 145 times greater than patients with normal levels on all 3 measures.

The authors explain that this difference is due to the fact that age has a much greater effect than age at diagnosis on the risk of cardiovascular events and death.

The analysis found that statins were more likely to reduce the risk of death when LDL cholesterol levels were 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg / dl) or greater, whether or not they were used with other LDL - lowering drugs.

«Men face greater risk of death following osteoporosis - related fractures.»

«If this trial is successful, it could change the way postpartum hemorrhage is treated around the world and potentially save many lives, especially in developing countries where the risk of death is greater,» Gross said.

These antibiotic resistant infections are in turn linked to longer hospital stays and potentially greater risk of death.

Greater right ventricular mass is also associated with increased risk for heart failure and cardiovascular death.»

Additionally, there was a greater — but not statistically significant — risk of death among pediatric patients infected with the resistant bacterial strains.

Infants younger than 6 months are at greatest risk of disease, hospitalization, and death and account for more than 90 percent of all pertussis - associated deaths in the United States.

Veterans prescribed higher doses of benzodiazepines while concurrently receiving opioids were at greater risk of overdose death than those on lower doses of benzodiazepines.

A waist circumference (WC) greater than 88 cm (almost 35 inches) also was associated with a higher risk of early death, incident disease and mobility disability.

Theoretically you can live on dialysis for decades; in reality, though, risks are so great that without a new kidney, premature death is the frequent result.

Cardiovascular disease, not cancer, is the greatest mortality risk for smoking, causing about 48 % of smoking - related premature deaths.

The study finds that overwhelmingly the greatest risk of canine rabies is in the poorest countries; the death rate (deaths / 100,000 people) is highest in countries in sub-Saharan Africa, while India has the highest number of fatalities, with over 20,000 human deaths annually.

For black men, there is a greater risk that the first indication of heart disease will be sudden death.

The treatment can also eliminate the need for a bone marrow transplant, which carries a far greater risk of death.

Because the amount of fibrosis in the liver is associated with a greater risk of death from NASH, Xiaobo Wang, PhD, associate research scientist in the Department of Medicine at CUMC working in the lab of Ira Tabas, MD, PhD, looked for ways to stop fibrosis in a mouse model of NASH.

However, a pre-specified examination of the study's secondary endpoints, which included the rate of heart attacks, revealed that patients who received the methylprednisolone faced a 15 percent greater risk of death or heart attack and a 21 percent greater risk of heart attack alone, a pattern that was consistent across all subgroups.

«No woman, child or adolescent should face a greater risk of preventable death just because of where they live,» says Dr Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director - General of the World Health Organization.

Restoring blood flow to the heart following a heart attack can leave patients with ventricular fibrillation, a dangerous heart rhythm which puts people at greater risk of sudden cardiac death.