Sentences with phrase «health effects over time»

VOCs are linked to toxic health effects over time and with a high level of exposure, including cancer and brain damage.

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Over time the cumulative effects can be very damaging to your health.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Intermittent fasting over a certain period of time is a feature of great religions all over the world and it is well known that nutritional habits, sleeping patterns and meal frequency have profound effects on maintaining human health.

In fact, happiness is a short - term side effect of eating veggies, which means that while increased health occurs over a longer period of time, happiness can increase much more quickly once one makes a habit of eating veggies.

I started Oui, Chef a few years back as a means to chronicle my efforts to teach my kids a few things about cooking, and how their food choices over time effect not only their own health, but that of our local food

Over time opinions began to shift as overwhelming evidence of ill effects was made public by more and more scientists and health administrators.

As microglia are very long - lived, the scientists were keen to find out whether environmental factors change these immune cells over time and what effect this can have on brain health.

By studying access to care and health outcomes for five years after health reform took effect in Massachusetts, the authors also were able to distinguish how access to care and health outcomes changed over time.

In addition, reductions in health risks between surveys were related to improved productivity in future years — an effect that was cumulative over time.

«We've been targeting traditional risk factors in public health campaigns for many years,» said Susan Cheng, M.D., M.P.H., study lead author and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass. «We wanted to take a look at how well we've been doing over time at keeping these risk factors from causing heart and vascular disease — both by preventing the risks from occurring and by minimizing their effects when they do occur.»

«Such knowledge will, over time, have a transformative effect on the scientific understanding of human biology and on human health.»

We scored them in a way that represented that, and we saw they had a profound effect on mental health rates over time,» Mustanski explained.

Many health experts counter that the true dangers are seen over a longer period of time and that many studies don't follow up long enough to reveal long term effects.

One eight - month IER trial in obesity - prone rats reported an increase in theproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS), with no clear mechanistic explanations.26 Another trial, this time over six months, showed that IER - fed rats displayed marked reductions in diastolic compliance and cardiac reserve due to observed reductions in cardiomyocyte size and increased myocardial fibrosis.23 No human trials to date have reported any adverse effects on cardiovascular health during long - term IER.

Intermittent fasting over a certain period of time is a feature of great religions all over the world and it is well known that nutritional habits, sleeping patterns and meal frequency have profound effects on maintaining human health.

RECENT STUDY ON ADVERSE EFFECTS OF LOW SODIUM INTAKE About the same time that U.S. health officials announced their new initiative to reduce salt intake, The Lancet published a large population - based study which showed persuasively that the risk of mortality and serious cardiovascular events increases significantly when salt intake drops below 3000 mg per day (two - thirds teaspoon) in an adult of average weight.3 The study also found that sodium intake in excess of seven grams per day (over three teaspoons salt) was associated with an increased risk in those with hypertension, but not in those without hypertension.

-- One can either stick to eating carrots and other whole plant based foods leaving them satisfied & healthy, — OR one can go hungry counting calorie on standard diabetes diet while suffering the expense and side effects of taking diabetes medications while their health diminishes over time.

What I understand from what I have read is that yes your body does keep the the blood pH value at a very narrow range but if you eat a lot of foods that are acidic then your body will take minerals such as calcium from bones and teeth to restore the alkaline balance and over time this has a detrimental effect on health.

It also means you'll get less minerals and nutrients over time - in fact, some of these health effects can already be seen in hardcore alkaline water drinkers.

Over time, the oxidative stress caused by these toxins and free radicals can contribute to numerous health concerns and the negative effects of aging, both cosmetic and otherwise.

Any protein that has a positive implications for optimal blood lipid profiles is likely one that may effect both health and athletic performance over time and with prolonged use during training.

Many people today suffer from chronic health concerns such as fatigue, aches and pains and depression.Being exposed to these toxins over a long period of time has a harmful effect on our health and can cause diseases.

Even though popcorn may be healthy on its own, it is often associated with sugary soft drinks and is frequently loaded with added salt and high - calorie cooking oils, factors that may have adverse effects on health over time (30, 31, 32).

Many people, regardless of age, fear that the effects of continuous weight training might reduce their mobility and flexibility, leading to decreased joint and connective tissue health over time.

In epidemiological studies observing the effects of poor water quality, particularly in developing countries, scientists have found that high oral exposure to arsenic over time causes adverse health effects1.

Mold and mildew live off of organic material (leather, wood, paper, cloth) and over time their presence can weaken the structure of the book, stain the cover and pages, and prompt negative effects in your health, especially for folks with allergies or asthma.

Over time, allowing your pets to remain that way will have negative effects on their health.

Its effect is non-Lambent enemies regenerate health over time.

The methods used by the interest groups trying to discredit or misrepresent the science on climate are the same methods (refined over time) that were used by the tobacco industry to discredit the science on the health effects of tobacco.

But this study suggests that repeated exposures to elevated ozone levels over time have cumulative effects on respiratory health.»

Zucker said studies showed harmful health effects from fracking, and there were not enough long - term studies to show the effects over time.

Indeed, Jay Belsky incorporated all of these risk factors into his process model of parenting, 11 and data from multiple studies support links to child well - being.12 In an experiment on the effectiveness of a program for low - birth - weight infants, Lawrence Berger and Jeanne Brooks - Gunn examined the relative effect of both socioeconomic status and parenting on child abuse and neglect (as measured by ratings of health providers who saw children in the treatment and control groups six times over the first three years of life, not by review of administrative data) and found that both factors contributed significantly and uniquely to the likelihood that a family was perceived to engage in some form of child maltreatment.13 The link between parenting behaviors and child maltreatment suggests that interventions that promote positive parenting behaviors would also contribute to lower rates of child maltreatment among families served.

First, the few studies that have followed participants beyond the immediate intervention period (6 months or less) have noted a decay of intervention effect on behavior over time, 5,6 prompting members of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel: Intervention to Prevent HIV Risk Behavior to identify sustainability of program effectiveness as 1 of the most important questions that professionals who are concerned with risk prevention face.7 A challenge for behavioral change interventions in general, this issue is particularly vexing for interventions that target decreased involvement in sex and substance use with advancing age during adolescence.8, 9 Second, multiple behaviors (sex without a condom, sex with multiple partners, substance use before sex, etc) directly and indirectly place individuals at risk for acquisition of HIV.

In fact expecting children to behave even just a little bit more maturely then their age warrants has many unwanted negative mental health side effects and can cause children to develop many problems over time.

• to describe the lives of children in Ireland, in order to establish what is typical and normal as well as what is atypical and problematic; • to chart the development of children over time, in order to examine the progress and wellbeing of children at critical periods from birth to adulthood; • to identify the key factors that, independently of others, most help or hinder children's development; • to establish the effects of early childhood experiences on later life; • to map dimensions of variation in children's lives; • to identify the persistent adverse effects that lead to social disadvantage and exclusion, educational difficulties, ill health and deprivation; • to obtain children's views and opinions on their lives; • to provide a bank of data on the whole child; and to provide evidence for the creation of effective and responsive policies and services for children and families; • to provide evidence for the creation of effective and responsive policies and services for children and families.

Our searches revealed no population - based studies examining partner effects as related to PMQ, age, and global health outcomes over time.

For example, higher levels of depression have been shown to be predictive of poorer treatment outcomes for patients with chronic pain, 11 as well as higher health care costs over time.12 Equally, the presence of pain in people being treated for mood disturbance has predicted delayed responses to mood interventions.13 Therefore, improving our understanding of how chronic pain and depression are linked, and treating both components offers the prospect of enhancing treatment effects beyond the benefits of treating either condition alone.14

Both parental mental health and parenting confidence improved significantly over time; for parenting confidence the effect size was 0.61 (Ewans S, Hutchings J, Davies S, Williams M. Short - term benefits from the Incredible Years Group Based Programme delivered to Parents and their Babies in Powys.