Sentences with phrase «even health assessments»

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Even more large firms — 51 percent of those with 200 workers or more — offer incentives for employees to complete health risk assessments, intended to identify health issues.

Even the World Health Organization agrees, noting that while it is not possible to guarantee the safety of all GM foods, those which are on the international market have all passed safety assessments and are likely to have no ill - effects on humans.

Now we know that erroneous assessment may have put thousands of people at risk for serious chronic health problems, and even death.

«Even a simple assessment of the quality of the mother - infant interaction at such an early age captures something very important in terms of the future psychological health of that infant,» says Joanna Maselko, PhD, the lead author of the study and an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical School, in Durham, N.C.

In addition, a 24 - Hour Urine test captures metabolites that are not measurable in saliva and can not be reliably measured by a single, or even multiple, blood draws, e.g., 16α - OH estrone, an estrogen metabolite shown to impact bone loss in men, and a number of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid metabolites (discussed in Part II of this review) that provide greater insight into long - term adrenal health, short term stress response, the cortisol / cortisone balance, and other measures of adrenal health and function than assessment of cortisol alone.

One evening I was reading the Merck Manual, the most popular medical reference book used by health - care professionals to look up basic facts about assessment and treatment procedures.

It can work well even in large breed dogs but a careful assessment of the overall health status and of the ability of the other legs to bear more weight is best prior to considering this option.

So far this year, American Veterinarian ® has reported on immunotherapies that may slow growth or even shrink gliomas in dogs and humans, a liquid biopsy assessment tool to detect tumor cell mutation, and a shared study between the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation and the V Foundation for Cancer Research on the treatment of bladder cancer.

Even though AAFCO and CVM are currently the best governing bodies for pet food label evaluations as well as pet food health and safety testing, their protocols are limited and their assessment alone can not be taken as the ultimate say for a specific dog food brand's quality [9].

However, the judge found that even if the defendant had completed an assessment, it could not have foreseen or avoided the claimant's initial breakdown, given the claimant's reticence to alert her employers to her ill health.

If the mental health is at issue in a hearing, Canada Post Corp. and Canadian Union of Postal Workers (Ms. X Grievance)(1998), 69 L.A.C. (4th) 393 and Pharma Plus Drugmarts Ltd. and U.S.W. (Retail Wholesale Canada Division)(1998), 49 L.A.C. (4th) 360 suggest that an employer can even compel a grievor to undergo a pscyhiatric assessment.

A single program described as a «case management» effort may include both health care operations activities (e.g., records analysis, protocol development, general risk assessment) and treatment activities (e.g., particular services provided to or coordinated for an individual, even if applying a standardized treatment protocol).

Gary Srebrolow, chairman of the health law group and partner at Blaney McMurtry LLP, said «proper assessment of the case in a timely manner, especially in a complicated medical malpractice matter, may have prevented the need to even bring such a motion.»

It doesn't even consider your waist - to - hip ratio, which is thought to be a more accurate assessment of health risk.

Management allows them to do all the same duties as the RN; interpreting labs, educating patients about health issues, and even has them doing admission assessments and care plans.

«Most traumatized children now do not even receive a proper mental health assessment.

Notwithstanding these gender - specific risk and protective factors, in most cases, the same factors — ADHD, negative temperament, impulsivity, compromised intelligence — predict antisocial behavior in both males and females, as suggested by the substantial overlap shown in figure 4.99 Although some analysts have argued the need to concentrate on the commonalities in predictors of male and female offending, it is also important to note the areas in which risk factors differ by gender.100 Even if the differences between male and female offenders are confined to only a few key areas, the differences in these areas — for example, sensitivity to victimization, timing of onset of persistent offending, prevalence of mental health problems — can be substantial and can profoundly influence the effectiveness of risk assessments and treatment programs.

Most adoptions require a home study of prospective adoptive parents — an evaluation by a court - appointed social worker to provide an assessment of your home, your family, your finances and even your health.

There have been a number of economic assessments of general health promotion and wellness programmes (Pelletier, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2009; Chapman, 2005), but few have specifically mentioned mental well - being orientated components, and even when they do include these components they may not report mental health or even stress - specific outcomes.