Sentences with phrase «effects on health outcomes»

NFP showed a favorable effect on the number of child behavioral / parental coping problems in the physician's record35 but an unfavorable / ambiguous effect on the child's resistance to eating.49 HFA did not show any effects on health outcomes such as whether the child was anxious or withdrawn, 50 and EHS did not show an effect on 2 outcomes: child's health status and percentage of parents reporting children with fair or poor health.51, 52 Outcomes on health behaviors or other health outcomes were not reported in the research on the remaining programs.

Across a series of 14 randomized trials with available outcome data, general health checks did not have systematic beneficial effects on health outcomes.

These results need to be interpreted with caution, say the authors, but overall, the financial crisis in Europe seems to have had mixed effects on health outcomes, with the evidence being most consistent for suicides and mental health.

Childhood obesity can have negative effects on health outcomes, including putting kids at risk for Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have determined that psychological resilience has a positive effect on health outcomes for people living with schizophrenia.

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The other potential outcome — again, unknowable, really — was that the House would pass the Senate's Skinny as written, shoving Obamacare off the mountainside without a viable replacement plan and without the slightest hint of its effects on the health of a nation.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

This inequitable situation translates into less opportunity and social mobility for everyone, and is having a corrosive effect on everything from health outcomes to social cohesion and the functioning of our democracy.

We do not have enough information about Living Goods» effects on other health outcomes to confidently include them in our analysis.

We aim to shift the digital health dialogue from one focused primarily on the degree of investment and future expectations to one about digital health's effect on patients and healthcare outcomes.

Non-linear effects of soda taxes on consumption and weight outcomes [i], published in the US publication Health Economics casts serious doubt on the effectiveness of imposing a tax on sugar - sweetened beverages to curb obesity.

Non-linear effects of soda taxes on consumption and weight outcome [1], published in the US publication Health Economics casts serious doubt on the effectiveness of imposing a tax on sugar - sweetened beverages to curb obesity.

This unsubstantiated finding is that «increased breastfeeding duration has had no effect on overall physical or pscychological health outcomes of either children or mothers.»

It is a reliable and practical tool that can be used to rate the quality of research that examines the effects of birth place on health outcomes.

The resulting 9 Common Ground Statements describe a maternity care environment that respects a woman's autonomy, reduces health disparities, supports cross-professional collaboration and communication, promotes physiologic birth, expands research that includes the woman in defining the elements of «safety», and accurately assesses the effects of birth place on outcomes and experience.

Links Breastfeeding and maternal and infant health outcomes in developed countries.Ip S, Chung M, Raman G, Chew P, Magula N, DeVine D, Trikalinos T, Lau J. OBJECTIVES: We reviewed the evidence on the effects of breastfeeding on short - and long - term infant and maternal health outcomes in developed countries.

The EPIIC hypothesis: Intrapartum effects on the neonatal epigenome and consequent health outcomes.

Correlational trends show detrimental effects of formula on all sorts of health outcomes that have been measured.

Our use of observational data reflects the existing literature on lactation and maternal health; apart from a single randomized trial examining the effect of exclusive lactation duration on maternal weight loss, 48 there are no published studies of maternal health outcomes in randomized trials of breastfeeding.

Of note, our models may underestimate the true maternal costs of suboptimal breastfeeding; we modeled the effects of lactation on only five maternal health conditions despite data linking lactation with other maternal health outcomes.46 In addition, women in our model could not develop type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or MI before age 35 years, although these conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent among young adults.47 Although some studies have found an association between lactation and rates of postmenopausal diabetes22, 23 and cardiovascular disease, 10 we conservatively limited the duration of lactation's effect on both diabetes and MI.

Another strength is that our results provide a more complete assessment of socioeconomic inequalities in breastfeeding rates, by estimating both relative and absolute inequalities, than common practice in inequality assessments.23 Finally, our study analysed effects of the intervention not only on an immediate, direct outcome (breastfeeding) but also on a long - term consequence of breastfeeding (child cognitive ability) that is associated with important health and behavioural outcomes in later life.27

Our study illustrates that a randomized intervention trial with good socioeconomic information can help assess interventions designed to improve population health not only by examining the intervention effects on primary outcomes but also by evaluating the intervention's impact on socioeconomic inequalities.

Recommendations include the need to monitor and examine the effects of formula advertising on child health outcomes.

While father absence has been associated with a host of negative children's outcomes, including increased risk of dropping out of school and lower educational attainment, poorer physical and mental health, and behavioural problems,36 - 40 higher levels of involvement by nonresident fathers may assuage the negative effects of father absence on children's outcomes.41, 42 Quality of the parents» relationship before divorce, or of the pre-divorce father / child relationship, can also be an important factor: children fare worse following divorce when pre-divorce relationships were good and fare better when pre-divorce relationships were poor, 43,44 suggesting children are sometimes better off without a father if the father's relationship to the child or the mother was not good.

The third and last part of the presentation will be dedicated to the proven beneficial effects of donor human milk on health outcomes in preterm infants.

These findings are all consistent with the growing body of literature on the impact of adverse childhood experiences on neurological, cognitive, emotional and social development, as well as physical health.38 Although some studies have found no relation between physical punishment and negative outcomes, 35 and others have found the relation to be moderated by other factors, 12 no study has found physical punishment to have a long - term positive effect, and most studies have found negative effects.17

The effects of breastfeeding on children's development have important implications for both public - health policies and for the design of targeted early intervention strategies to improve the developmental outcomes of children at risk as a result of biological (e.g., prematurity) or social adversity (e.g., poverty).

«Most of the scientific research and legislation efforts have focused on graywater's health risks, while less attention has been given to its environmental outcomes, including its effect on soil properties,» says Prof. Amit Gross, head of the Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology in the Zuckerberg Institute.

Researchers at the Veterans Health Administration conducted a systematic review of 67 published studies to determine the effectiveness of strategies to reduce or discontinue long - term opioid therapy prescribed for chronic pain and the effect of dose reduction or discontinuation on important patient outcomes.

However, the author of the study — Dr. Harri Hemilä of the University of Helsinki, Finland — found that the effect of vitamin E on health outcomes may depend on various characteristics of people and their lifestyles.

«The results strongly point to the notion that the effects of poor neonatal health on adult outcomes are largely determined early — in early childhood and the first years of elementary school,» the researchers wrote in the study.

The USPSTF found no studies that evaluated the effect of screening for OSA on health outcomes.

DeCamp says previous studies have linked poor child and adult health outcomes to poverty and ACEs — broadly defined as abuse, exposure to violence and family dysfunction — which can contribute to lifelong negative effects on health and health care disparities.

The Women's Health Initiative Study in 2003 examined the effect of HRT on healthy postmenopausal women with a particular interest in cardiovascular outcomes.

Further research incorporating patient outcomes and data from actual clinical interactions is warranted to clarify the effect of clinician implicit bias on the provision of health care and outcomes,» the study concludes.

Michelle Hladunewich, MD (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, in Toronto) and her colleagues assessed the effects of such intensive dialysis on pregnancy outcomes by comparing patients from Toronto with that from the United States.

Lee is studying the effect of health supporters» communication styles on patients» health outcomes, and Lee and Rosland are leading studies in the VA to examine the best ways to design and provide training in effective communication to patients and their health supporters.

The researchers note that the most likely response from industry will involve a combination of the approaches outlined in the study, and although there is a high level of uncertainty in the estimates, the findings provide much needed evidence on the relative effects of different industry responses, and the possible magnitude of health outcomes.

Further analysis was conducted on two variants for effects on additional health - care related outcomes.

«Researcher examines effect of exercise on breast cancer survivors: Study confirms resistance, aerobic exercise mitigates side - effects of AIs, improves health outcomes.»

Depression, even when undiagnosed, can have many negative effects on cardiovascular patients, including poor healthcare experiences, more use of healthcare resources and higher health costs, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policOutcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policoutcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke for researchers, healthcare professionals and policymakers.

While previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of medications in treating the core symptoms of ADHD, little has been known about the effects of treatment on health, behavioral and educational outcomes in the long run.

Much of her work has examined this environmental justice question in the context of ambient air pollution and indoor chemical exposures, prenatal exposures and effects on birth outcomes and children's health, often using community - based participatory research approaches for data collection and risk communication.

Rapid and accurate disease risk profiling predicts health outcomes and allows responsive feedback on the effect of drug and lifestyle intervention strategies.

«Abnormalities in thyroid function can have an adverse effect on reproductive health and result in reduced rates of conception, increased miscarriage risk and adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes,» said study co-author Amanda Jefferys in a journal news release.

27 Studies cited by the 2010 DGAC Report demonstrate varied metabolic responses to lowered dietary saturated fat, with certain subpopulations exhibiting adverse rather than improved health outcomes.3 Two recent comprehensive meta - analyses indicate that saturated fat is not linked to heart disease.28, 29 In fact, in a definitive review of forty - eight clinical trials, with over sixty - five thousand participants, the reduction or modification of dietary fat had no effect on mortality, cardiovascular mortality, heart attacks, stroke, cancer, or diabetes.30 Yet, avoiding saturated fat remains a cornerstone of national dietary guidance.

The USPSTF commissioned «2 systematic evidence reviews and a meta - analysis on vitamin D supplementation with or without calcium to assess the effects of supplementation on bone health outcomes in community - dwelling adults, the association of vitamin D...

While inositol can certainly improve your fertility, reduce unwanted hair and acne, have positive effects on your metabolic health, and even help with anxiety and depression, all of these outcomes simply reflect the predictable benefits of restoring a healthy hormone balance.

Several studies have been done with phosphatidylcholine to investigate its effects on brain health with successful outcomes.

For those suffering from lead or other heavy metal poisoning, a protective diet that avoids processed foods and emphasizes the central components of a nutrient - dense and antioxidant - rich WAPF - style diet is essential (see sidebar).21 Nutritional status shapes susceptibility to lead toxicity in important ways, affecting lead's intestinal absorption; its mobilization, distribution and retention in the body; and excretion.22 Because oxidative stress is a likely mechanism explaining some of lead's toxic actions, some investigators have begun to explore whether natural antioxidants and trace minerals may help mitigate lead - induced cell damage.17 Specifically, researchers in Spain found that administration of vitamins A, B6, C and E along with zinc modulated some of the negative effects of lead exposure in rat pups, confirming the influence of nutritional factors on health outcomes following lead exposure.17 Vitamin D also should be a major component of a protective diet.