Sentences with phrase «health experts use»

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«We have this long history of using it in the southern US and it hasn't caused [anywhere] near the problems people are claiming,» said Dr. Grayson Brown, a public health entymology expert at the University of Kentucky.»
Since I'm no health and nutrition expert myself, I consulted someone who does have a lot of experience in those realms about what tools I could use to make healthier meals.
Experts say many people are using a growing stream of genetic data to help them make better health decisions.
Uses storytelling - including historical descriptions of prominent health care leaders, political dramas, and corporate intrigue - to plainly and straightforwardly explain an economic sector that has long baffled laymen and experts alike
Using the latest results of nutrition science, Harvard experts take you by the hand as you learn to eat for heart health, longevity, energy, and vitality.
In the view of scientific experts, the recent findings vindicate what used to be the minority opinion of those who referred to cigarettes as «coffin nails» and who otherwise challenged what were commonly viewed as the health benefits of smoking.
A panel of nineteen experts appointed by the National Institutes of Health has recommended government funding for conceiving human embryos in the laboratory for the sole purpose of using them as materials for research.
She's using dark chocolate, which provides you with antioxidants and is something many health experts recommend eating regularly.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the nation's chief food safety regulator, plans to start testing certain foods for residues of the world's most widely used weed killer after the World Health Organization's cancer experts last year declared the chemical a probable human carcinogen.
The 2014 program schedule included: culinary demonstrations centered around adventurous flavors and new menu trends; presentations and panel discussions focused on sustainable agricultural practices, the role of wheat in our diet vs. seekers of gluten - free options, and water issues affecting food production; discussions on how American menus are often shaped by millennials, health and nutrition concerns, and global cuisines; a Friday field trip to the CIA Farm in St. Helena and through Marin and Sonoma Counties to visit Pozzi Ranch, Dutton Ranch (where Valley Ford Cheese Company joined), and Gourmet Mushrooms with tastings and presentations by the farmers as well as farm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categories:
As date experts, providing solutions using date products, Beloved Datelicious Nutrition chose to challenge the market and bind the cereals with 100 % natural date juice concentrate due to its multiple health benefits that other sweeteners lack.
Front - of - pack traffic light labelling, which uses green, amber and red to show, at a glance, the relative levels of fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium in a product, was one of the key recommendations of the independent expert Food Labelling Review, chaired by former Australian Health Minister Dr Neal Blewett.
It's not exactly clear what's behind the trend of more parents moving away from corporal punishment — it could be a result of doctors and other child health and welfare experts spreading the word about extensive and well - researched evidence showing a clear link between corporal punishment and negative outcomes for kids, or it could be that this form of punishing kids is less socially acceptable than it used to be, or a combination of both factors.
Formula companies market fortified milks for children for use from one year of age (calling them «growing - up» or «toddler milks»), but UK health experts agree these are not needed.
Health experts say it's okay to use fluoridated water to prepare formula.
Health professionals and SIDS experts advise not to use padded or quilted liners, as they can cause risks with overheating.
A mother produces optimum nourishment for her child, using her body's stores of other nutrients if necessary, and experts fear that babies will have their health undermined if the campaign drives some mothers to use formula.
Congress, in its infinite wisdom, is again using the appropriations process to micromanage nutrition standards for school meals and the WIC program, against the advice of the Institute of Medicine and other health experts.
A panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health in 1986 recommended that home monitors not be used for babies who do not have an increased risk of sudden unexpected death.
While health experts recommend exclusive breastfeeding for a child up to 6 months of age, Yemen's most recent demographic health survey showed that only 16 percent of women exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months, with a further 33 percent using a mixture of breastfeeding and a homemade solution of sugar and water.
A chemical of growing concern to health experts has been detected throughout much of Long Island's drinking water, prompting state officials to investigate why and to approve a pilot treatment method never before used here.
He is an expert in the use of systems - based methods to improve patient outcomes, a leading researcher in use of large scale clinical laboratories and electronic health records to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of care, and a nationally recognized thought leader in the very methods needed to transition to the future of lower - cost, more patient - centered, health care for the 21st century.
Critics point to links between cannabis use and psychosis, which last week led to calls for global public health campaigns from experts who said young people were particularly vulnerable.
While soda lobbyists, of course, objected to the restriction on food stamp use, even many public health experts questioned it from the get - go, fearing that it unfairly singled out people who receive food stamp.
Without consulting the NYC Health Director, these two non-medical experts have decided to use their control of the bi-state Port Authority to immediately quarantine anyone who lands at Newark Liberty and Kennedy Airport if the travelers had direct contact with patients with Ebola in Western African.
Because these changes make it much harder for the addict to control substance use, health experts recommend professional treatment and complete abstinence.
They employed accusations of scientific conspiracy, selective use of evidence and dissenting scientists to contradict public health experts and confuse the public.
Global health experts believe the best way to reduce tobacco use is by stopping people starting to use tobacco, and encouraging and helping existing users to stop.
Image courtesy of iStockphoto / BakiBG SAN ANTONIO, Texas — So much of our information from — and interaction with — the world is now mediated by computers, cell phones and tablets that health experts have been practically running themselves ragged trying to find ways to use these conduits to help people make healthier choices.Great success stories have come out of parts of the developing world, where cell phones have been used to improve maternal and infant care and help people adhere to medication guidelines.
Whether the higher dose becomes the preferred procedure for nursing homes would be determined by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a group of medical and public health experts that develop recommendations on use of vaccines in the civilian population.
«With the rise of new and unproven stem cell treatments, the NFL faces a daunting task of trying to better understand and regulate the use of these therapies in order to protect the health of its players,» said Kirstin Matthews, the Baker Institute fellow in science and technology policy and an expert on ethical and policy issues related to biomedical research and development.
Allowing the first UK TV ad showing e-cigarette use flies in the face of growing concerns about their impact, says a leading public health expert
The results are significant as public health experts have long warned that the parasite responsible for most malaria cases, Plasmodium falciparum, is developing resistance to widely used treatments.
Yesterday, however, WHO consulted with influenza experts and public health officials from 23 countries who backed the continued use of a phasing system based on geographic spread of the virus.
Some health experts predict that the next big advance in helping overweight people achieve a healthier weight will be to use an individual's genetic data to customize diets and physical activity plans, an approach known as «precision weight loss.»
A novel technique to use the body's natural sodium (salt) content to provide a more detailed picture of tissue health and disease is to be pioneered by MRI experts at The University of Nottingham.
A proof - of - concept study authored by the Spectrum Health experts also opens the way for these techniques to be used in combination with a third tool — magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
The research, conducted by experts from BCM, the Texas Department of State Health Services, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and the University of South Florida, used the Texas Department of State Health Services» Texas Birth Defects Registry data from 1999 - 2007 to retrospectively examine the associations between distance from birth center to a cardiac surgical center, number of newborns cared for with HLHS at each hospital, and neonatal mortality in infants with HLHS.
Moreover, health - policy experts must script guidelines on how to prescribe it, and how to monitor side effects and HIV infections in people using the drug.
Global vaccine experts and officials from all 26 African «meningitis belt» countries have convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to celebrate one of Africa's biggest public health achievements — the introduction of a vaccine, MenAfriVac ®, designed, developed, and produced for use in Africa, that in five years of use has nearly eliminated serogroup A meningococcal disease from meningitis belt countries and is now being integrated into routine national immunization programs.
Kozlowski is professor of community health and health behavior in the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions and an expert on tobacco use and cohealth and health behavior in the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions and an expert on tobacco use and cohealth behavior in the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions and an expert on tobacco use and coHealth and Health Professions and an expert on tobacco use and coHealth Professions and an expert on tobacco use and control.
From the outset, public health experts have stressed that the world knows how to contain Ebola outbreaks: find patients early and treat them using very strict hygiene, trace and monitor their contacts, and bury the dead swiftly and safely.
«It's very difficult to protect data from re-identification through most processes that are used to anonymize it,» said Dr. Jonathan Wald, a Harvard Medical School instructor and expert on health data at the non-profit group RTI International.
that featured the opinions of some health and radiation experts that suggested that the use of Wi - Fi devices can cause cancer.
Health experts define obesity using a scale called the body mass index, or BMI.
A series of economic papers released in 2015 and 2016 estimating the burden of diseases and associated costs attributable to exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the U.S. and EU are as flawed and immaterial to public health decision - making as many experts first suspected, according to a thorough and rigorous critique of the underlying methodology used to generate the cost estimates published this month in the online version of the influential, peer - reviewed journal Archives of Toxicology.
April 13, 2013 Gifts to boost University of Chicago as hub for biomedical «big data» Two major gifts will build momentum behind the University of Chicago's leadership in biomedical computation by assembling experts in the field and furnishing them with the tools to use «big data» to understand disease and solve today's health - related challenges.
Besides diet soda's links to stroke and dementia, here are other reasons why health experts advise steering away from beverages that use artificial sweeteners.
The report quotes public health experts who express concerns that carbon emissions associated with coal use will contribute to climate change and add to future public health problems - on top of the serious consequences of coal burning we are already seeing today.
To that end, health experts and government regulators have been awaiting the first results of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, a comprehensive, ongoing national survey of tobacco use among more than 30,000 young people and ahealth experts and government regulators have been awaiting the first results of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, a comprehensive, ongoing national survey of tobacco use among more than 30,000 young people and aHealth (PATH) study, a comprehensive, ongoing national survey of tobacco use among more than 30,000 young people and adults.
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