Sentences with phrase «greatest health studies»

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For example, rivalries — particularly between friends — can be a great boost in areas like personal health and fitness, or other activities that require effort and dedication, such as studying for an exam.

It sounds outlandish, but Seppälä insists that, according to one study at least «lack of social connection is a greater detriment to health than obesity, smoking and high blood pressure.»

Data from a number of other studies, including the Nurses» Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow - up Study also report greater risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and metabolic syndrome, which is related to diabetes and cardiovascular problems, for consumers of artificially sweetened beverages.

Many scientific studies, including research by renowned psychologists Robert Emmons and Michael McCullough, have found that people who consciously focus on gratitude, experience greater emotional wellbeing and physical health than those who don't.

The unhealthy lifestyle — as defined by the study — carries with it a greater risk of cardiovascular disease and other longterm health risks.

As currently, studies have shown that garlic indeed have great health benefits.

She loves the studies out there that show greater health, healing and energy associated with plant based diets.

Cocoa powder and dark chocolate has equivalent polyphenol content and greater antioxidant and flavanol content than various super fruits, claims a new study by research scientists based at the Hershey Center for Health and Nutrition.

They're great for the environment, and some studies show there may be a slight benefit to health.

The loaf is also great for your health as studies show nuts are one of the best brain foods.

The most comprehensive child care study conducted to date to determine how variations in child care are related to children's development, supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), found that the more hours children spend in child care, the higher the incidence of problem behavior and the greater its severity.

The Nurses Health Study has been famously wrong on a great many issues so far (replacement hormones being good for elderly women, for one thing, vitamin E helping women's hearts being another).

«I have great respect for the researchers at Harborview and think this was a good study, and was great to see somebody providing data on youth younger than high school age,» said Dawn Comstock, an epidemiologist at the Colorado School of Public Health who has studied extensively sports injuries at the high school level.

So far at least, the data, says Dawn Comstock, PhD, an associate professor of Epidemiology for the Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education, and Research (PIPER) program at the Colorado School of Public Health, MomsTeam Institute Board of Advisor and a co-author of a 2014 study on injuries in high school lacrosse [5], «is quite clear - boys most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 75 %) from athlete - athlete contact, the kind of mechanism we all know helmets don't always do a great job preventing - while girls most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 64 %) from being struck by the ball or the stick, the kind of mechanism that helmets are actually quite good at preventing.

A new study in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Gynaecology confirms what many who have undergone a hospital birth already know: the use of the labor - inducing drug pitocin (synthetic oxytocin) leads to great pain and suffering, including serious adverse, unintended health effects to both mother and infant.

A small new study published Friday highlights just how damaging it can be for mothers» mental health when those breastfeeding goals and realities don't line up, finding that many women who stopped breastfeeding before six months were at greater risk of depressive symptoms in the postpartum period.

Although the health effects of these chemicals to babies are not yet known, it's still an important safety risk to consider, because as the study pointed out, babies actually inhale more air per surface than adults, putting them at greater risk for inhalation exposure.

But the less hyped impact of this large study reveals another, greater lesson: Pasteurized milk is harmful to our health while fermented dairy such as yogurt and cheese extends life and reduces cancer and heart disease.

Studies show that spending time in nature benefits your mental health, bringing greater amounts of relaxation and stress reduction than many other typically «relaxing» activities.

While there are a great many variable factors that should be considered in such a decision, a recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health does provide some information of interest.

Because of concerns about safety of the supine sleep position for infants, this study was conducted to determine if infants sleeping in the supine position in the first 6 months of life (peak risk period for SIDS) are at greater risk for specific non-SIDS adverse health consequences compared with those placed to sleep prone.

Improving the behavior of the parent or caregiver of children in high - risk situations actually changes their physical chemistry, according to the studies Tough cites, leading to fewer behavior problems and greater success in school, as well as measurably better health outcomes as years pass.

Test - tube results: The world's first study comparing children conceived through in - vitro fertilization and those naturally conceived has dispelled any suggestion that in - vitro babies may suffer greater health and development problems.

More organizations in Great Britain are supportive and Canadian provinces are currently transitioning to midwifery, said study lead author Patricia Janssen, director of the Master of Public Health Program at the University of British Columbia.

Studies in developing countries demonstrate that continued, frequent breastfeeding is associated with greater linear growth and further protects child health by delaying maternal fertility postpartum and reducing the child's risk of morbidity and mortality.

Not only do unwarranted c - sections create greater health risks for women and babies, this study shows that they also dramatically increase costs for employers and, through Medicaid programs, state and federal budgets.

Studies that score higher on the Index thus have greater potential to reliably inform the evidence base for decisions about birth place by women and health professionals.

«We don't know what we're going to find, but if a trend is identified, it is our great hope that a more comprehensive health study will be done,» Enck said.

«If a trend is found, it is our great hope that a more comprehensive health study will be done.»

The Yale study of people in southwestern Pennsylvania found a greater prevalence of health symptoms reported among residents living close to natural gas wells, including those drilled via hydraulic fracturing.

Nadaeu says her group and others are seeking greater protections for drinking water and public health before fracking could occur, and to that end, have been pressing the legislature to authorize a health impact study on fracking.

Previous studies have suggested that yoga can have greater health benefits than similar aerobic exercises, and yoga practitioners have shown improved awareness, attention and memory.

In a study of more than 5,000 people, investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that greater intake of nuts was associated with lower levels of biomarkers of inflammation, a finding that may help explain the health benefits of nuts.

Since older people have greater potential for improving their fitness than younger people, a follow - up study conducted by a research group headed by doctor and molecular biologist Helmuth Haslacher from MedUni Vienna, in collaboration with Robert Winker's team from the Health and Prevention Center of the Healthcare Institution for City of Vienna employees, took blood samples from 47 marathon runners before an ergometer test, in order to carry out laboratory tests to determine levels of analytes, including inflammatory markers, muscle and liver parameters.

Funeral workers who had performed the most embalming and those with the highest estimated formaldehyde exposure had the greatest risk of myeloid leukemia, according to a National Institutes of Health study published in 2009.

«The public health consequences are likely to be even greater than what we identified in our study because there are roughly 12 times as many non-fatal accidental firearm injuries among children as there are deaths,» explained McKnight.

When he graduated from Beijing's Peking University in 2004, he chose to go to graduate school to study biology, believing that studying fundamental biological mechanisms would allow him to have the greatest possible impact on human health.

Disease in wild animals can have a greater impact on the health of others than on the infected animals themselves, a study suggests.

The largest urban health systems, which serve as safety nets for large patient populations with lower socioeconomic status and greater likelihood to speak English as a second language, do worse on government patient satisfaction scores than smaller, non-urban hospitals likely to serve white customers with higher education levels, according to a new study by Mount Sinai researchers published this month in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

African populations harbour the greatest genetic diversity and have the highest per capita health burden, yet they are rarely included in large genome studies of disease association.

Studies have shown the ability to detect smells can modify mental, social and physical health, but some people — those who live near factories or mining communities, for instance — are at greater risk of a diminished sense of smell and all of the attendant problems that can spark, she said.

Another collaborative partnership that Collins said holds great promise is an ambitious, large - scale and long - term study of the genetics and health of 1 million or more volunteers.

Despite widespread concern about potential human health impacts from hydraulic fracturing, the lifetime toxic chemical releases associated with coal - generated electricity are 10 to 100 times greater than those from electricity generated with natural gas obtained via fracking, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Studies have found frequently eating out at fast - food restaurants is associated with greater weight gain and obesity, leading to a plethora of chronic health issues.

Blacks are more likely than whites to sleep less than seven hours a night and the black - white sleep disparity is greatest in professional occupations, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).

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.

Looking at the total of 5,796 deaths, 1,649 CV deaths, and 4,784 major CVD events, and adjusting for demographic, lifestyle, health, and dietary factors, the study showed greater fruit, vegetable, and legume intake was associated with lower total mortality, and non-CV mortality.

The women who have participated in this study by donating their blood samples have made a great contribution to advancing the health of women.»

The study, Developing an Interventional Stroke Service: Improving Clinical Outcomes and Reducing Cost and Delivering Great Cost Savings Benefits to Health Economy, conducted at the University Hospital of North Midlands, Stoke - on - Trent, U.K., found that mechanical thrombectomy (the use of a device to retrieve a clot from the vessel) in the treatment of stroke reduced the average stroke patient's hospital stay to 14 days when compared to previously recorded 90 days.

Presenting her team's findings, Professor Lyn Chitty, from the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK, will announce the results of the study evaluating the possibility of introducing NIPT into the NHS screening programme for Trisomy 21 (Down's syndrome).