Sentences with phrase «doing to the health of»

The studies of this Californian research team puts further pressure on those who continue to smoke in homes to realize what they are doing to the health of others, as well as mandating a search for methods to remove such products from furnishings and materials used in homes.

Tourists are shamelessly scammed, not to mention what a lifetime of steroids could do to the health of these poor little creatures.

I am partly of Irish heritage, and stories still come down through my family of the ravages that «all potato diets» did to the health of our family's forebears.

The basic quality a scientist or an engineer of industrial hygiene must possess is to assess the potential of such hazards and prevent them before any significant harm is done to the health of the working community.

Not exact matches

Mental health problems don't need to rise to the level of clinical significance to detract from high quality leadership, but the negative effects would likely be worse if we were considering clinical diagnoses of depression, anxiety, sleep problems or narcissism.

«Major tax increases or policy changes such as big hikes in the minimum wage will probably do more harm than good,» says Dahlby of the sort of programs necessary to satisfy vocal public - health boards.

Indeed, so little attention is paid to leaders» mental health, and so little known, that we would be forgiven for assuming that perhaps all leaders enjoy perfect mental health; and that even if they do not, it is of no concern either because it is of no consequence for themselves, their employees, or their organizations, or because there is simply nothing we can do about it.

There's also the matter of whether mobile medical care will ultimately reduce national health spending: At least one recent report suggests that the technology may well cause people to pursue care they don't need precisely because it makes it so convenient to get.

Pursuing a career as a freelancer also offers many of the same «lifestyle benefits» that people normally associate with entrepreneurs — from the ability to control the type of work you do and time spent working to the potential for higher earnings and improved mental and physical health.

While finding a comfortable bed that allows you to get enough sleep comes with obvious health benefits, don't neglect the rest of the furniture you use every day.

And while true reform will require all the relevant parties — government, industry, and health care consumers themselves — to make major adjustments, an insurgent group of digital health companies is doing its best to drag American medicine into the 21st century kicking and screaming.

Instead of downplaying her femininity in an attempt to be taken more seriously as the CEO of a women's sexual health company, Whitehead did the opposite.

The Brazil Ministry of Health was reportedly going to be passed out to pregnant women at the beginning of the Zika outbreak in December, but that didn't happen because the labs couldn't ramp up production enough.

Turner and Weinberg decided to create the software that would do that, and more, which led to the creation of Flatiron Health in 2012.

HSA's allow individuals to divert a portion of their income into a savings account, providing a cushion of pre-tax dollars for when health costs do come up.

Yes, this will raise concerns about rights to privacy, but given the high stakes involved, the time has come to both support and scrutinize the mental health of organizational leaders in the same way we do the people they are expected to lead.

Levi's had provided them a «needs survey» to get started, but after circulating it in Nazareno, González Franch and Bello Garza realized it presumed a level of development (like access to financial services and health care) that didn't exist in the community.

It's called the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and funding for it technically expired at the end of September (although states do have enough money to keep it going for a couple of months).

Those looking for a deep dive into what Laszewski thinks will actually work can check out the complete post, but for non-wonks, his bottom line seems to be this: To fix health care we need to control costs overall, and to do that, the industry as a whole must be forced to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's moneto be this: To fix health care we need to control costs overall, and to do that, the industry as a whole must be forced to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's moneTo fix health care we need to control costs overall, and to do that, the industry as a whole must be forced to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's moneto control costs overall, and to do that, the industry as a whole must be forced to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's moneto do that, the industry as a whole must be forced to stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's moneto stay within a set budget rather than gobbling up more and more of the nation's money.

These assumptions are wrong, and it's time we pay as much attention to the mental health of organizational leaders as we do their employees — if not more.

«This is an extremely generous benefit, and while it's fantastic for the women who work there, I don't know how feasible it is going to be for the majority of industries to do something to this extent,» said Alina Salganicoff, vice-president and director of women's health policy for Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit that researches health care issues.

The three conservatives didn't believe the Senate health bill dismantled enough of Obamacare; Collins expressed concerns about its cuts to Medicaid and other provisions that could potentially roil insurance markets.

«I don't believe sustainability of the current OAS program is a major issue since the growing OAS expenditures will be minor relative to the rising cost of health care,» he said.

The problem is that we don't often actually see those friends face to face, as the Boston Globe's Billy Baker discovered when his editor asked him to write about the health effects of loneliness recently.

Topol pointed out that currently there's a ton of «information blocking» going on by health providers that don't» want to share data with others for fear of losing their patients (i.e. business).

The CDC, says Wintemute, has incorrectly «interpreted that as a mandate not to do research» on the public health dangers of guns and the epidemiology of gun violence.

It also didn't help that I brought in a new team to heavily focus on human elements such as the health and well - being of communities that depend upon nature.

The pace of change driven by startups seems to be accelerating as companies devoted to essential needs — from reducing procurement costs and improving operational efficiency, to delivering more efficient primary care or dialysis care — try to do something about the sorry state of health care.

For instance, legislators like Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and Jeff Merkley of Oregon recently warned that Cures amounts to a big pharma giveaway which will weaken regulatory standards on drugs, provide a mere pittance to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and do nothing to confront the rising tide of high drug prices.

While the Arkansas company says that de-identified data remains that way, such a fuller picture of consumers can enable health care companies to do a better job treating, insuring, or marketing to them, it says.

A lot of them don't make a great deal of different to our health outcomes, but we're certainly sold on the view that we need them all.

Unless you're really going to use that money to do something that is more transformative in terms of how we deliver, finance and run our health care system, then you're not going to see any real change.

People with jobs forcing them to remain in smoke environments often had no choice but to do so - and why should they be subject to the health risks of secondhand smoke?

AgileHealthInsurance.com, which sells short - term health insurance plans that are allowed to exclude benefits guaranteed under the ACA, expects the law to allow more choice so that insurers can design cheaper plans to hit a certain price point of $ 100 per month or $ 200 per month, as they did before the ACA, according to executive director Sam Gibbs.

«Contracting out simple day surgeries frees up capacity in our public hospitals to do the more complex surgeries,» explains Cindy MacDougall, a spokesperson for the B.C. Ministry of Health.

He said it was time to tackle the «difficult» issue of mental health in relation to shootings, but he did not mention guns.

Research has shown that medical patients who develop emotional health problems cost more to treat and respond less well to treatment; as a result, says Ahern, «it behooves the medical system to do a better job in detection and treatment of behavioral health because it drives outcomes and drives the costs.»

Contrary to what many might expect, for example, the Constitution does not explicitly require the federal government or the states to protect the health of citizens — and, in fact, does not mention the word «health» anywhere in its 4,543 words or in any of its amendments.

Add to that, the cost of health insurance premiums growing at four times inflation and workers changing employers far more often than they did 60 years ago, and you have a system that's going to break.

I don't really see the conservative government advancing further the kind of spirit of the Canada Health Act in terms of expanding access to services and goods at a national level.

But if you don't offer health insurance, you might need to pay more,» says Roberta Chinsky Matuson, president of the Massachusetts - based HR consulting firm Human Resource Solutions.

Unlike workplace flexible - spending accounts, HSAs don't have a «use - it - or - lose - it» rule and are «portable,» meaning workers who are no longer covered by HSA - eligible health plans because of job changes can continue to tap existing HSAs to pay for qualified medical expenses.

The marketing is edgy: October's «Touch Yourself» campaign in partnership with Women's Health and Men's Health magazines ditches traditional pink National Breast Cancer Awareness Month branding in favor of a naked woman holding her breasts, encouraging women to do self - exams for early detection.

Not only does physically getting up now and again protect you from the truly horrible health consequences of too much sitting, but taking quick «smoke breaks» (sans cigarette) when you feel your mental energy depleting (for most folks around every 90 minutes seems to be a good rule of thumb) ensures you'll get more done in the long run.

Health Care: «I don't think there is much doubt as to where Senator Clinton is on the issue of health care,» says Raymond J. Keating, chief economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a small - business advocacy group based in Vienna, VirHealth Care: «I don't think there is much doubt as to where Senator Clinton is on the issue of health care,» says Raymond J. Keating, chief economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a small - business advocacy group based in Vienna, Virhealth care,» says Raymond J. Keating, chief economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a small - business advocacy group based in Vienna, Virginia.

Doing something like this does also comes with risks for overdiagnosis, even if the research is successful; a regular test for cancer risks causing many people to receive potentially dangerous treatment for cancers that wouldn't have seriously impacted their health in the long run, according to José Baselga, Physician - in - Chief and Chief Medical Officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering.

On a visit to Fortune's office Wednesday, the health system executive painted a mostly rosy picture of the modern, efficient health system he sees in America's future — though he did note a few pain points that stand in the way.

«What it's meant to do is... just to make sure that the work stoppage is not going to affect the health and safety of the public....

Extreme politicians at every level of government are doing everything they can to block millions of people from coming to Planned Parenthood, deny access to affordable health care, and roll back women's rights over their own bodies.

Companies that understand how mission - critical conversation is to the health of their teams must first normalize and enculturate conversation, and do it deeply with their own actions.