Sentences with phrase «health case for»

Campaigning vegans will change nothing if they embrace bad science and conspiracy theories when making the health case for their diet, says Anthony Warner

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Dig Deeper: The Case for Self - Insurance Health Care Reform and Small Business: If You Have 50 Employees Starting now, companies that are growing or which are already hovering around 50 employees should make sure they can document exactly how they count employees versus contract workers, temps, and full - time equivalents.

This is, in a nutshell, McConnell's case for reelection: that as Kentucky's heavyweight in Washington, he'll thwart the assault liberals are waging not just on the health care system and the coal industry but, more broadly, on the state's way of life.

By focusing on our health, understanding and planning for worst - case scenarios, cultivating trusted friends, and rewarding ourselves periodically, we're making an investment in the future of our business.

Fitness trackers, in particular, are the leading consumer case for wearables because most consumers use wearable devices to record their exercise and health statistics and progress.

Case in point: health care services, where wait times for medical procedures have become unacceptably long.

Indeed, what makes AFib such a good test case for the digital health revolution is that, once caught, it can often be treated cheaply and effectively with oral anticoagulants.

In the case of the False Creek Healthcare Centre, one of Centric's new acquisitions, B.C. health authorities pay the professional fees and the patient pays for use of the surgical facility.

It's often the case that brand health is a leading business indicator for marketers, but BRP's showing in this year's survey might just be behind the game.

The World Health Organization estimates 40 to 80 cases of paralysis per million people, and that's just one of the conditions being focused on at the Center for Extreme Bionics.

Unlike Hobby Lobby, where the High Court ruled narrowly to allow for - profit companies to exempt themselves from aspects of the health - care law for religious reasons, the latest cases deal with broader elements that underpin the ACA.

But somewhat lost in all of this business wheeling and dealing is the fact that the balance of power in medicine is shifting: Armed with their body's own endless stream of signals and a smartphone, many individuals are getting the information they need to take charge of their health and wellbeing — or, in the case of Theresa Beech, whose 13 - year - old son was lost to cancer two years ago, to help total strangers search for a long - elusive cure.

And that means several cases important to small business — dealing with issues including health care, immigration, unions, and small business contracting — may leave lower court rulings standing for some time.

Avenatti was previously interviewed on «60 Minutes» for his case against Halyard Health and Kimberly - Clark, as well as another case against a California cemetery his clients alleged were desecrating remains.

In cases when they do - such as with the work disincentive effects of means - tested tax credits used for the purchase of health insurance - it's better to hold off on those attacks or make them more nuanced.

Prevent works in much the same way the YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program works — a group of people (12, in Omada's case) take classes, engage in challenges, and generally support one another with the help of a health coach for several months to a year, with the goal of losing 7 % body weight and preventing the onset of Type 2 diabetes.

Some experts question whether the ACA's employer mandate makes much, if any, difference when there's a solid business case for providing health care: With unemployment low and the labor market tight, benefits give employers an advantage in recruiting and retaining the best workers.

In a press conference later on Friday, however, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine expressed frustration with Scott and the state's health department for keeping him and other elected officials in the dark about the island - city's five locally transmitted Zika cases.

Health insurance premiums rose, in some cases heftily, in many Obamacare markets as insurers prepared for Trump to end critical federal subsidies that help pay for consumers» out - of - pocket medical costs (a move the president eventually made) and the repeal of the individual mandate.

However, the case for the broad base of small businesses has not been made, says health care economist Chad Meyerhoefer, an associate professor at Lehigh University's College of Business and Economics.

Sanofi CEO Olivier Brandicourt said that his company would rely on the U.S. national health expenditures (NHE) growth projection to cap price increases other than for a «sound reason» (in which case the firm would disclose the reasoning behind the bigger hike).

In many cases, objectively poorer health outcomes (particularly for women of color and minorities).

That means that global health experts are arguing that there's a case for lumping harmfully excessive video gaming alongside addiction to substances like alcohol or drugs.

Also include in your estate planning a financial power of attorney, health power of attorney and advance medical directive, so you know that someone you've designated will have a say in what happens (or you'll have left directions) in case a debilitating issue prevents you from making decisions for yourself.

Research has shown that sitting at a desk for long periods of time can lead to health problems, yet a surprising number of commercial workplaces still reserve their sit to stand desks for executives only, or offer them on a case basis to employees who request them.

When three researchers asked 12 breast cancer patients from central Mexico, for instance, what each did right after discovering a lump in her breast, the women's answers revealed a dozen different health care routes — paths that led, in some cases, to markedly different outcomes.

The emergency appendectomy — that wicked, temporarily debilitating, and costly medical procedure performed on 320,000 Americans each year — it turns out, in most cases, is completely unnecessary said David Agus, Director of the University of Southern California's Center for Applied Molecular Medicine speaking at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego on Tuesday.

This is again an interesting story in that so much has been touted about the healthcare law and Medicaid expansion providing stability for hospitals and health systems, and it seems as though this may not be the case this far.

So far, he has been more keen to highlight the failure of the FBI to stop the Florida high school carnage and the need to fill loopholes in mental health care than to accept the case for changing firearms laws.

Given that health care DOES cost a LOT (Thousands per month in some cases), you should plan for the worst.

The data for family income in figures 4 and 5 don't include certain types of government transfers or the value of health insurance contributions from employers or (in the case of Medicare and Medicaid) government.

Profits from Solms - Delta estate, which produces 30,000 cases of wine annually under labels such as Cape Jazz and Africana, allow the workers and tenants to pay for health care, school fees, and a social worker to tackle issues of alcoholism and domestic violence.

They have no access to education or health care or, in many cases, equal rights for women.»

Idaho's governor and chief insurance regulator met with top federal health care authorities, hoping to make their case for why Idaho health insurers should be allowed to sell plans that don't comply with the Affordable Care Act.

But understanding the health of the underlying business and its prospects can help support — or scuttle — the case for a potential trade.

Experts caution that every individual's case is different — for instance, all of your decisions could be radically different if you or your spouse has a glum health prognosis, a disabled child or an all - consuming yen to travel around the world.

In «The Case of the Vanishing Quebec Physicians: How to Improve Access to Care,» author Claude E. Forget, former Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, calls for primary care reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitals.

Whichever is the case, consider your strategy for Social Security, health care, and cash flow.

I was hospitalized for a week, and although I remember little of the experience, to this day I have to be diligent about my respiratory health because another case could be fatal.

I've always been under the impression that the «conservative» view of abortion is that it should NOT be allowed EXCEPT in cases of rape, incest, or when competent medical authorities determine that the health and safety of the mother and / or child is at serious risk (but not justifying the abortion of a child simply for having a mental or physical disability).

Authorities have previously said they have taken down church crosses because of «health and safety» concerns, but Most Revd Kwong has said if this really was the case, it would allow churches to replace the crosses for smaller equivalents, rather than forcefully remove them permanently.

The likelihood of bringing about a higher good, i.e., eudemonia, by rudely expressing one's concern for others» health, voicing unflattering criticism, and forcing confrontational consideration of moral issues is small (and, in some cases, such as the friend who sings off - key, nil).

So even though I think abortion is morally wrong in most cases, and support more legal restrictions around it, I often vote for pro-choice candidates when I think their policies will do the most to address the health and economic concerns that drive women to get abortions in the first place.

As a Canadian, it is a pleasure to know that if I need medical attention I will be covered and that my benefits at work cover anything I may need... not the least of which may be contraceptives (and in my case they would not be for the prevention of pregnancy but for maintaining health).

For - profit companies are still not exempt from the Department of Health and Human Services» (HHS) employer - provided contraceptives mandate, but that could change if Hobby Lobby successfully argues its case in federal court.

If one who is sick fears the bitterness of the medicine, or fears «to let himself be cut and cauterized by the physician,» then what he really fears is — to get well, even though in delirium he swears most positively that this is not the case, and that, on the contrary, he all too eagerly longs for his health.

Action for Mental Health reports: «The helping process seems to stop with the clergyman and physician in the majority of cases, and far more so with the clergyman than with the physician.»

Take for example, the case of a school nurse putting up posters with contact details for local sexual health services that provide contraception and abortion services.

Catholic organizations have for decades fought to change federal and state laws that fail to protect «unborn persons,» and Catholic Health's lawyers in this case had the chance to set precedent bolstering anti-abortion legal arguments.

This brings us to a fifth kind of petition, the special case of prayers for the recovery of health.