Sentences with phrase «great public health risk»

But so are the analogies, including the shockingly irresponsible conspiracy - theorizing petition - mongering by people with irrelevant doctorates (and the odd head of state) at great public health risk to the world in general and much of Africa in particular.

Indoor air pollution is one of the five greatest public health risks, according to the EPA, and our appliances, cleaning products, and heating and cooling systems all add to this dirty problem.

However, the quality of indoor air is, on average, two to five times worse than that of outdoor air, and in fact, the EPA rates indoor air pollution as one of the five greatest public health risks.

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Why it matters: DNA - based predictions could be the next great public health advance, but they will increase the risks of genetic discrimination.

The public must be alarmed with the great risks of Golden Rice consumption to food safety and public health.

A deeper understanding of the relative risks associated with the various failures associated with the management and control of allergens will permit manufacturers to appropriately devote food safety resources where they can result in the greatest reduction in food allergen risk and recalls, and hence the largest improvement in public health.

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).

But after Back - to - Sleep, the ORs shot up, probably because those babies already at greatest risk of SIDS were the ones that weren't getting the public health message, while prone sleep in the control population dropped dramatically.

«A human is better at spreading viruses than an aerosol» that might breach a lab's physical containment, said epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who has calculated that the risk of a lab - acquired infection sparking a pandemic is greater than recognized.

Researchers are now finding that more than the lungs are at risk, as dirty air may in fact be an accomplice to some of the greatest threats to public health, including diabetes, obesity and even dementia.

«Furthermore, high rates of dual use may result in greater total public health burden and possibly increased individual risk if a smoker maintains an even low - level tobacco cigarette addiction for many years instead of quitting.»

«The public health message about the link between cannabis and psychosis has been a difficult one to communicate, but the evidence still points to the benefits of regulations that seek to advise on the greatest potential health risks, which currently arise due to tobacco use.»

«Cigarette smokers are at far greater risk than the general public for developing lung cancer, and helping smokers quit should be our top cancer prevention priority in these people,» said Jian - Min Yuan, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the UPCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Science and an epidemiologist with Pitt's Graduate School of Public Hpublic for developing lung cancer, and helping smokers quit should be our top cancer prevention priority in these people,» said Jian - Min Yuan, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the UPCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Science and an epidemiologist with Pitt's Graduate School of Public HPublic Health.

According to first author Olivia Remes from the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge: «Anxiety disorders can make life extremely difficult for some people and it is important for our health services to understand how common they are and which groups of people are at greatestHealth and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge: «Anxiety disorders can make life extremely difficult for some people and it is important for our health services to understand how common they are and which groups of people are at greatesthealth services to understand how common they are and which groups of people are at greatest risk.

Professor Carol Brayne, Director of the Cambridge Institute of Public Health, adds: «Even with a reasonably large number of studies of anxiety disorder, data about marginalised groups is hard to find, and these are people who are likely to be at an even greater risk than the general population.

Reducing obesity rates — through changing diets and increasing physical activity — is a key target for public health policy as it places individuals at greater risk for conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

«Marijuana users who reported using new marijuana products or edibles were at greater risk of experiencing an unexpected high, regardless of their age, gender, education, mental health status, or amount of marijuana consumed in the past month,» said Jane Allen, study author and research public health analyst at RTI.

Its report, Gene Drives on the Horizon: Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty and Aligning Research with Public Values, stresses that although gene drive offers great promise for agriculture, conservation, and public health, neither the science nor the current regulatory system is adequate to address the risks and requirements of gene drive — altered orgaPublic Values, stresses that although gene drive offers great promise for agriculture, conservation, and public health, neither the science nor the current regulatory system is adequate to address the risks and requirements of gene drive — altered orgapublic health, neither the science nor the current regulatory system is adequate to address the risks and requirements of gene drive — altered organisms.

Late - and post-menopausal women have significantly greater volumes of fat around their hearts — a risk factor for heart disease — than their pre-menopausal counterparts, a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study has shown for the first time.

Young gay and bisexual men are at significantly greater risk of poor mental health than older men in that group, according to new research published in the Journal of Public Hhealth than older men in that group, according to new research published in the Journal of Public HealthHealth.

One problem with the old logic is that «total cholesterol is not a great predictor of risk,» says Meir Stampfer, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Many of these public health studies attracted a great deal of publicity because they seemed to settle the question of risk once and for all.

They determined which populations are at greatest risk and how public health officials are working with those groups.

«The database has allowed us to assess the national burden of HIV infection through vertical transmission throughout the HIV / AIDS epidemic and to identify the populations at greatest risk,» said Joel Singer, professor in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC, who is presenting at IAS 2015.

The identification of diagnostic tests or biomarkers that predict progression to active TB disease would greatly enhance TB control efforts in the United States and globally and allow physicians and public health officials to focus efforts on treatment of latent TB infection of those at greatest risk of progression to active, transmissible and potentially fatal disease.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

Thailand Clinical Trials Development Trial MHRP, in collaboration with the P5, is planning an efficacy trial in a high - risk population of men who have sex with men (MSM) to hopefully improve upon the RV144 result and extend its relevance to at - risk populations to achieve the greatest public health impact.

The rapid identification of genetic risk factors for common, complex diseases poses great opportunities and challenges for public health.

A potential explanation for the secular trend may be that while improved treatment for cardiovascular risk factors or complicating diseases has reduced mortality in all weight classes, the effects may have been greater at higher BMI levels than at lower BMI levels.12 Because obesity is a causal risk factor for hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and dyslipidemia,15,19 - 22 obese individuals may have had a higher selective decrease in mortality.18 Indirect evidence of this effect is seen in the findings as the deaths occur at similar time periods in the 3 cohorts, but cohorts recruited at later periods have an increase in the BMI associated with the lowest mortality, possibly suggesting a period effect related to changes in clinical practice, such as improved treatments, or general public health status, such as decreased smoking or increased physical activity.

The addictive painkillers — which are responsible for one of the greatest public health crises in American history — also seem to increase the risk of depression.

Pascal James Imperato, MD, the dean of the School of Public Health at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, in Brooklyn, warns that prior lung damage, such as that caused by smoking, can leave you at greater risk of serious complications as well.

Organized veterinary medicine, that reaped great profits for the drug companies selling antibiotics, vaccines and a host of other drugs, never voiced concern over the proliferation of cruel factory farms, so - called concentrated animal feeding operations that now blight rural America, helped put family farms out of business and now pose significant environmental and public health risks.

As a result, it wasn't truthful, and monstrous 3 MW turbines continue to be installed too close to homes and workplaces at great risk to public health.

The statement continues to pontificate on AGU's expertise on: public health, agricultural productivity (particularly in low - latitude developing countries), coastal infrastructure, greater risks to society and ecosystems, accelerating biodiversity loss, and impacts harmful to society.

Once girls with mental health problems come into the juvenile justice system, says Cauffman, diverting them to community - based treatment programs would not only improve their individual outcomes, but allow the juvenile justice system to focus on cases that present the greatest risk to public safety.

Mental health problems of clinical severity affect up to 20 % of all children aged 5 — 15 years in Great Britain, 1 and these are now the commonest cause of severe disability in childhood.2 Mental health promotion is a priority for public health in the UK.3 The importance of parenting as a risk factor for mental illness, both in childhood4, 5 and in adulthood is well recognised.6, 7