Sentences with phrase «for early reductions»

«Based on our findings, clinicians should watch closely for early reductions in adherence and low initial weight loss,» continued Dr. Unick.

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An executive board member of the European Central Bank (ECB) has told CNBC that it is too early for the central bank to start discussing a reduction in its bond - buying program.

After some early, desultory efforts, Martin found his footing and reeled out a handful of budgets built around themes such as deficit fighting, education, innovation and tax reduction that set the country on sound fiscal footing and gave it political direction and policy focus for the better part of a decade.

Earlier this summer, President Obama made limiting tax breaks for the wealthy and closing corporate tax loopholes a part of his deficit - reduction plan, though he was unable to rally support from staunch no - tax Republicans as the deadline approached.

Past achievements include building the case for deficit reduction in the 1980s and early 1990s, for consolidation of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans in the late 1990s, a series of shadow federal budgets and fiscal accountability reports in that began in the 2000s, and work on marginal effective tax rates on personal incomes and business investment, which has laid the foundation for such key changes as sales tax reform, elimination of capital taxes, and corporate income tax rate reductions.

As we saw earlier, the share - reduction program is partially responsible for Grainger's debt load.

As he wrote earlier in this chapter, any use of the test as «a substitute for searching conversation» about world view / setting and the other dimensions of narrative explored later in the book was in his view more likely to yield a mechanist reduction than a deepened symbolic understanding.

His 2003 book, Rethinking AIDS Prevention, showed how abstinence and faithfulness, for the most part in its religiously ordered form, had contributed more to Uganda's striking reduction of its HIV infection rate in the late 1980s and early»90s than «safe sex» could hope to.

Mr Sims said Fonterra was more transparent about the risks and potential for a reduction in the farm-gate milk price from quite early in the season.

The technology enables a 15 percent weight reduction from an earlier Vitaminwater ® bottle with enhanced vacuum absorption capabilities compared to conventional bases used for hot - fill containers.

Medical conditions such as insufficient glandular tissue (tubular breasts); a history of breast surgery; decreased breast stimulation and / or lack of emptying of the breast in the early postpartum days; a NICU admission for your baby; or even tongue - tie can cause a reduction in your milk supply.

Tuition reduction in our Early Childhood program is available on a limited basis for families that qualify.

bmj.i553.full PRESS RELEASE European Parliament votes for big reductions in sugar in baby foods and prohibitions on labelling at too early an age.

Whileparticipation inseveral home visiting programs is effective at improving children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes (e.g., Early Head Start, The Nurse Family Partnership and The Infant Health and Developmental program), few home visiting programs have been able to significantly improve pregnancy outcomes and reductions in child maltreatment have been found for some models, but not for others.

A significant jump in the number of U.S. mothers who initially breastfed their newborns — from 52 % in the year prior to the beginning of GBS preventive antibiotics to 60 % only 6 years later, and to 70 % not long after that — surely accounts for some of the reduction reported in early infant infections.

After reduction, or if a mother has minimal breast tissue, watching for early signs of milk production and continuing to express 8 times a day.

Although some SIDS experts and policy - makers endorse pacifier use recommendations that are similar to those of the AAP, 272,273 concerns about possible deleterious effects of pacifier use have prevented others from making a recommendation for pacifier use as a risk reduction strategy.274 Although several observational studies275, — , 277 have found a correlation between pacifiers and reduced breastfeeding duration, the results of well - designed randomized clinical trials indicated that pacifiers do not seem to cause shortened breastfeeding duration for term and preterm infants.278, 279 The authors of 1 study reported a small deleterious effect of early pacifier introduction (2 — 5 days after birth) on exclusive breastfeeding at 1 month of age and on overall breastfeeding duration (defined as any breastfeeding), but early pacifier use did not adversely affect exclusive breastfeeding duration.

We have been taking money from them for a long time, and I think the debate over the reduction in taxes in fact for millionaires, starting on January first, will be a significant part of the early debate next year.»

Already in the early 2000s, Iranian legislators managed to get the council's approval for the controversial and progressive set of harm reduction measures.

Last week, Sen. Charles Schumer, Rep. Daniel Donovan, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Borough President James Oddo and Councilman Steven Matteo sent a joint letter to FEMA and the Army Corps, «urging early collaboration on seawall - related flood insurance reductions to maximize potential savings for homeowners.»

Her political biography mentioned favorite points; her early condemnation and call for resignation by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, her efforts at toll reductions by the MTA on the Verazzano - Narrows Bridge, her lawsuit against the Port Authority over its tolls on bridges from Staten Island to New Jersey and especially her lawsuit against Mayor de Blasio seeking to prohibit the City's destruction of records related to the IDNYC program.

The legislative session ended with a thud earlier this month, as lawmakers settled on a budget plan that didn't have the dramatic policy changes and spending reductions Paterson was looking for to put the state on a more sound fiscal footing after he leaves office — and presumably politics — at the end of this year.

The review will examine NYRA's response to two earlier comptroller audits, which called for significant cost reductions, including salaries and consultant fees, DiNapoli's office said.

According to McMahon, one of the key reforms of Tier 6 was to end early retirement for public employees, in which workers could retire as young as 55 after 30 years on the job and not see a reduction in their pensions.

However they warn that further education for 16 - to 19 - year - olds and early years learning, two areas that were invested in heavily under the previous government, will face a dramatic reduction in their funding.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and other local leaders slammed the city for recently asking the NYPD to submit a budget reduction plan — especially after Saturday morning's attack in TriBeCa and the brutal sexual assault of an elderly birdwatcher in Central Park earlier this month.

He says he'll create a targeted size reduction plan for early grades and work to free up classroom space currently used for pre-K.

America may have got much wrong but it didn't quit: «In the early days in Iraq we bragged that our forces could deploy in berets and soft - sided vehicles while US forces roared through Baghdad in heavily armoured convoys... If a fair - minded account of the Iraq war is written, credit should go to President Bush for rejecting two years ago the report by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group that called for force reductions.

Maynard's pension would not amount to much because state senators» part - time salaries aren't high enough, he would have logged only 10 years of employment, and he would be facing substantial reductions for early retirement before the age of 62.

If he decides to begin collecting his pension as early as 55 years old, it would be $ 26,755.90 annually, accounting for a 27 percent reduction.

He said the county is «constantly looking for cost - saving initiatives,» and cited a recent reduction in social service caseloads and elimination of the decades - old practice of borrowing for tax refunds a year earlier than expected.

And according to a September audit by the city comptroller's office, the DOE used more than 25 percent of money targeted to early grades class size reduction to cover its own portion of the budgets for 245 schools, rather than to enhance their budgets, as intended.

Restoration of ARPA - E spending provides an early sign that Senate appropriators are more willing to boost science spending levels and undo or limit the impact of some of the reductions included in the White House's fiscal 2018 budget proposal for the nation's research and development enterprise.

One set of programs not apparently slated for large reductions are the High - Risk program pool, comprising a set of four programs: the Pioneer Award, New Innovator Award, Transformative Research Award, and Early Independence Award.

«Early evidence on the potential value of e-cigarettes for cessation or reduction of cigarette smoking has been mixed,» said lead author Brian A. Primack, M.D., Ph.D., director of Pitt's Center for Research on Media, Technology and Health, and dean of Pitt's Honors College.

However, significant and clinically important reduction in rates for hospitalization, complications and surgeries were observed in practices assigned to early combined immunosuppression up to 24 months.

«The study indicates that screening for silent strokes in children starting school can lead to early detection and prevention of recurrences as well as reduction in other complications of sickle cell anemia such as acute painful episodes and acute chest syndrome.

Izpisua Belmonte and colleagues injected the RNA into the eggs and early embryos of mice that harbor two varieties of mitochondrial DNA, making them a suitable model for testing the reduction of a disease mutation.

With approximately two - thirds of responders to AF - 219 treatment showing more than a 50 % reduction in cough frequency, we plan to advance the development of AF - 219 by initiating a Phase 2b study in patients with chronic cough early next year and to initiate other studies in preparation for registration studies.»

And in contrast to those hopeful goals, there remains one harsh reality: Beyond the early 2020s the proposal forecasts a flat budget for NASA that would not increase with inflation — effectively acting as a reduction in purchasing power and thus a budget cut each year.

«Stroke survivors without early complications at long - term risk of death, stroke: Need for medical support, risk reduction in following years.»

Although estrogen doses in oral contraceptives have decreased appreciably over the years, with pills in the 1960s typically containing more than double the estrogen dose of pills in the 1980s, the reduction in endometrial cancer risk was at least as great for women who used the pill during the 1980s as for those who used it in earlier decades.

«For example, based on infestation data of wood packaging material entering New Zealand from the early 1990s, when infestation rates were higher, ISPM 15 has achieved closer to a 97 percent reduction in the number of insect stowaways.»

This extensive reduction of gray matter in children with a treatable disorder provides one more reason for parents of children with symptoms of sleep apnea to consider early detection and therapy.

Also as compared to more consistent reductions in use of specialty drugs for rheumatoid arthritis, the review found that cost sharing - still at modest levels during the period of these earlier studies — had a lesser impact on patients» use of cancer specialty drugs.

I have ordered several tests on an early - access basis and plan to make this test a standard tool for helping me to decide which of my patients may benefit from screening at an earlier age, breast MRIs, and other risk reduction measures.

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However, even after accounting for factors such as age, education and gender, those who had held grimmer views on aging decades earlier experienced significantly greater size reductions than more - optimistic respondents, the researchers found.

While the International Journal of Biomedical Science study found that it was «reasonable» to describe maca as having beneficial effects and allowing for a «substantial reduction of menopausal discomfort» on a small sample of early - postmenopausal women, the study also stated there was a definite placebo effect, so «further, more complex» research was needed.