Sentences with phrase «growing public health problem»

In part because «botanicals are complex mixtures of chemicals,» supplements in this category present «a serious and growing public health problem,» Marcus and a colleague, pharmacologist Arthur Grollman of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, wrote in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2002.

Opioid dependence is a growing public health problem in the United States and globally, associated with the spread of viruses such as HIV and hepatitis C, as well as fatal overdose when left untreated.

«Since psychiatric illness is a serious and growing public health problem, it's important that we take early signs of psychiatric illness and suicidal behaviour into consideration in suicide prevention,» says Jussi Jokinen, professor in psychiatry at Umeå University who led the current study.

«The findings of this study demonstrate that neonatal abstinence syndrome is a growing public health problem in the United States and places a tremendous burden on babies, their families, and the communities in which they live,» said William Cooper, M.D., MPH, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy and the senior author for the study.

A growing public health problem, Lyme disease (LD) is the most commonly reported vector - borne disease in the U.S. and Europe [1], inflicting a significant public health burden [2 — 4].

Decoding Dengue and West Nile: U-M researchers take steps toward control of growing public health problems

«The plateauing fatality rates indicate that what has been done to decrease deaths from alcohol - impaired driving has been working but is no longer sufficient to reverse this growing public health problem,» report committee chair Steven Teutsch said in a news release from the National Academies.

With diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and tooth decay on the rise, sugar consumption is a growing public health problem.

According to CNN, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that diseases transmitted through the bites of blood - feeding ticks, mosquitoes and fleas are a «growing public health problem» in the United States.

DoodyCalls, a Virginia - based pet waste pick - up service, has recently focused on spreading awareness about the growing public health problem of unattended dog waste.