Sentences with phrase «health of a population in»

«If you had something really simple like this, you could actually measure the overall reproductive health of a population in a pretty simple, low - cost way.»

Forsaking that time - proven wisdom, replacing it with modern - day «processed magic» has reaped countless sacrifices to the health of the population in society that used to be the most vibrantly healthy.

The health of the population in the western world is getting worse.

Not exact matches

But what about a digital health firm specifically focusing on one of the most neglected populations in the U.S. — the poor?

In a new analysis, Business Insider culled data across five measures of labor - market and general economic health for the 40 metropolitan statistical areas with the largest 2017 populations.

The country's ageing population is creating lots of demand in healthcare, including for those who dispense medication and monitor patient health

With 80 % of the world's farmable land already in use, Dickson Despommier, an ecologist at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, says that in 50 years we would need «another Brazil - sized landmass» to feed the three billion people expected to be added to the global population.

That figure could serve as a bellwether for the future of American health care, because Massachusetts led the nation in extending insurance to virtually its entire population through Romneycare, starting in 2006.

Considering boomers make up about a quarter of the population, there's a wealth of business opportunity in serving this aging demographic, particularly when it comes to health care.

«In terms of sectors, participants favoured assistance for the health - care sector, given Canada's aging population, along with education, agriculture, forestry, and renewables and clean technology.»

According to Tyson, Kaiser health system members under the age of 65 spend significantly fewer days in the hospital compared with the same population in the broader U.S. healthcare universe.

«For anyone receiving the diagnosis, or supporting a loved one through it, cancer can be overwhelming,» Kyu Rhee, MD, chief health officer, IBM Watson Health, said in the release, adding, «With this first - ever U.S. rollout of the technology, the full breadth and depth of Watson's services can benefit an entire population of individuals who need them.&health officer, IBM Watson Health, said in the release, adding, «With this first - ever U.S. rollout of the technology, the full breadth and depth of Watson's services can benefit an entire population of individuals who need them.&Health, said in the release, adding, «With this first - ever U.S. rollout of the technology, the full breadth and depth of Watson's services can benefit an entire population of individuals who need them.»

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore aims to enhance the use of technology and data to improve the provision of services such as health care and transportation in a city, where infrastructure has come under pressure in recent years as a rise in immigration boosts the country's population.

It concluded improving health goes a long way in offsetting the effects of an aging population.

His book, Healthier: Fifty thoughts on the foundations of population health, was published in June.

In the U.S., an estimated 16.1 million adults, or nearly 7 % of the population, has experienced at least one major depressive episode in the last year, according to the National Institute of Mental HealtIn the U.S., an estimated 16.1 million adults, or nearly 7 % of the population, has experienced at least one major depressive episode in the last year, according to the National Institute of Mental Healtin the last year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

«With more than half of the world's population now living in cities, environmental health is becoming increasingly important to quality of life,» CEO of Aclima Davida Herzl wrote on the San Francisco - based company's blog.

«We know our solution works for the general U.S. population, but we want to make sure it is more culturally respectful, and can help the health outcomes of these population groups,» says Goodwin, whom I first met at IEEE's Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference last spring.

To cite just one example: Executives at Trinity Health, which operates 93 hospitals, have their pay tied to the system's overall effectiveness in keeping patients out of the hospital, lowering smoking and obesity rates, and other population health meHealth, which operates 93 hospitals, have their pay tied to the system's overall effectiveness in keeping patients out of the hospital, lowering smoking and obesity rates, and other population health mehealth metrics.

«Melinda and I are pleased to make this investment in the University of Washington to help dramatically accelerate their 25 - year vision to achieve positive health outcomes for populations around the world,» Gates said in a statement.

This is a mixed bag from a public policy standpoint: Increased marijuana use can have ill effects on the health of the population but the increased sales bring in more revenue for the government.

It's also an acquisition that is tapping into another trend: we're living longer and getting more and more conscious of our health, and in some cases we're not actually getting healthier, with weight issues affecting a lot of our sedentary population, and other illnesses like diabetes growing in prevalence because of wider changes in our diets.

Moreover, they argue that federal subsidies are warranted because a significant portion of state and local government spending is for education, health, public welfare, and transportation, all of which have important spillovers that benefit the population in other jurisdictions as well.

Volatile portions of the diluent containing toxic fumes of benzene and toluene began off - gassing in the area, impacting the health of almost 60 per cent of the local population with symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, headaches, coughing and fatigue.

The Company also owns EnvisionRxOptions, a multi-faceted healthcare and pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company supporting a membership base of more than 22 million members; RediClinic, a convenient care clinic operator with locations in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington; and Health Dialog, a leading provider of population health management solutions including analytics, a multi-channel coaching platform and shared decision - making Health Dialog, a leading provider of population health management solutions including analytics, a multi-channel coaching platform and shared decision - making health management solutions including analytics, a multi-channel coaching platform and shared decision - making tools.

21ST - CENTURY DETECTION AND PREVENTION Value Chain Track As the burden of chronic ailments increases along with our aging populations, public health experts are in near - universal agreement that we need to a far better job of preventing disease.

To achieve this goal, several approaches are envisaged: identifying small populations with severe disease where a medicine's benefit - risk balance could be favorable; making more use of real - world data where appropriate to support clinical trial data; and involving health technology assessment bodies early in development to increase the chance that medicines will be recommended for payment and ultimately covered by national healthcare systems.

In the areas of families and health, the Party notes that it has increased childcare subsidies; funded the creation of additional childcare spaces; approved funding for new hospitals in Sherwood Park and Grande Prairie, the Edmonton clinic, and the South Calgary Health Campus; and approved $ 280 million for 832 continuing care beds to meet the needs of an aging populatioIn the areas of families and health, the Party notes that it has increased childcare subsidies; funded the creation of additional childcare spaces; approved funding for new hospitals in Sherwood Park and Grande Prairie, the Edmonton clinic, and the South Calgary Health Campus; and approved $ 280 million for 832 continuing care beds to meet the needs of an aging populhealth, the Party notes that it has increased childcare subsidies; funded the creation of additional childcare spaces; approved funding for new hospitals in Sherwood Park and Grande Prairie, the Edmonton clinic, and the South Calgary Health Campus; and approved $ 280 million for 832 continuing care beds to meet the needs of an aging populatioin Sherwood Park and Grande Prairie, the Edmonton clinic, and the South Calgary Health Campus; and approved $ 280 million for 832 continuing care beds to meet the needs of an aging populHealth Campus; and approved $ 280 million for 832 continuing care beds to meet the needs of an aging population.

Sebastian is interested in the future of artificial intelligence as it applies to healthcare, both in population health and individual assisted diagnostic tools.

At the same time, without a sizable improvement in the efficiency of our health - care system, real health - care spending is set to increase at 3.5 per cent a year, with about 1 per cent coming from technology - driven improvements in quality of care and 2.5 per cent a year from the direct effects of population aging.

As the U.S. nears the point where minorities comprise greater than 50 percent of the population, the need for strong minority - owned businesses in national and global supply chains will be vital to the health of our growing economy.»

SLIM invests in companies that provide services and products to the portion of the population that is obese, ranging from biotechnology companies that address obesity - related diseases and health problems, to standard health care companies, to weight - loss - program and supplement providers.

By targeting eight health centers strategically located in eight of the ten departments (or states) in Haiti, Direct Relief will reach a population of 563,000, including approximately 60,000 pregnant women.

This team also discovered 3,200 genes that had fewer loss - of - function or missense mutations than would be expected suggesting that these are likely disease - causing variants that are rare or absent in the population because of their detrimental effect on human health.

Beginning in April 2018, Americares emergency planning specialists will be working with health care providers in Texas serving vulnerable populations to complete detailed after - action reports on the impact of Hurricane Harvey on their clinical operations and make recommendations for future performance.

I'd rather see capitalism curbed early then see the massive amount of decline in quality of life, health, and prosperity for the overwhelming majority of the population necessary to balance the scales via the free market.

Ask yourself why, when only 53 % of the average US population is pro-choice, a full 77 % of medical health professionals in the US are pro-choice.

In 2010 the nation's poverty rate rose to a 17 - year high, with more than 46 million people — 15.1 % of the population - living in poverty and 49.9 million living without health insurancIn 2010 the nation's poverty rate rose to a 17 - year high, with more than 46 million people — 15.1 % of the population - living in poverty and 49.9 million living without health insurancin poverty and 49.9 million living without health insurance.

Growing sectors of the populations are denied access to education, basic health services, or jobs that would allow even a precarious subsistence, The poor, the marginalized and the excluded are not significant consumers, much less players in the global market; they have no access to information highways and hardly a chance to shape any of the other significant byways of the process of capitalist globalization.

«Separation of church and state» = suppression of the church in the public square = atheist «Universal health care» = redistribution of wealth = communist «Women's rights» = feminism = redistribution of wealth = communist «CHOICE» = abortion = low respect for life = «population control» = communist

ok i've decided — after soul searching and observing my and other's reactions to these religious blog news on CNN learning more about religion from this alone and about the mideast than from anywhere else in my USA educated life i need to be more tolerant of others having religious based governments THAT is what is confusing me — that religion are governments are not seperated that is hard for much of USA population to understand perhaps it is for me i think you would have to actually live in a society like the mideast to truly understand it i mean — actually be part of the society the religious part is truly offputting — since most in USA seperate church and state like — church is for faith and imagination and celebration and family and community involvement and state is for protection and education and health and infrastructure, etc., for all it is hard to be serious about religion — when the serious side of society is state it is hard to see religion being the serious side of enforcement — and the state enforcing the faith based side of society egad — doesn't god get lost in all that?

(b) The development of the technology of public health — which has increased life expectancy in the past century and is responsible for the «population explosion».

One of the perks of working in the biotechnology industry is that one's colleagues occasionally send along gems like the following: «Health Disparity focuses on understanding and / or addressing factors that contribute to differences in the disease experience across populations....

This partly contributed to population growth, in that we had a better understanding of human health.

Glasgow and Dundee are also the principal centres of urban blight with only two - thirds of the working age populations in employment, and the highest Scottish levels of children living in poverty, to which can be added high levels of ill health and of alcohol and drug abuse.

A recent study of tobacco ads concludes: «In the face of increasing public knowledge about the health risks of smoking and the shrinking population of current smokers, the tobacco industry has portrayed smoking in advertisements in a misleading manner — as adventuresome, healthy, safe, and erotic, images in stark contrast to the voluminous data implicating smoking as a factor in ill healtIn the face of increasing public knowledge about the health risks of smoking and the shrinking population of current smokers, the tobacco industry has portrayed smoking in advertisements in a misleading manner — as adventuresome, healthy, safe, and erotic, images in stark contrast to the voluminous data implicating smoking as a factor in ill healtin advertisements in a misleading manner — as adventuresome, healthy, safe, and erotic, images in stark contrast to the voluminous data implicating smoking as a factor in ill healtin a misleading manner — as adventuresome, healthy, safe, and erotic, images in stark contrast to the voluminous data implicating smoking as a factor in ill healtin stark contrast to the voluminous data implicating smoking as a factor in ill healtin ill health.

In Black Mesa, Arizona, the proposal to construct six large, coal - burning electric plants and three strip mines meant that the health risks of air and water pollution would be suffered by a predominantly native American population, but the power generated would be distributed to distant urban areas.

Overpopulation in rich countries presents a much greater present threat to the health of the environment than does population growth in poor nations.

In his book, «God is Alive and Well: The Future of Religion in America,» Newport argues that a number of factors, including baby boomers reaching senior ages, migration to more religious states, recognition of health and well being of religion and an increase in a Hispanic population, are all reasons that «we are going to continue to have a quite religious nation going forward.&raquIn his book, «God is Alive and Well: The Future of Religion in America,» Newport argues that a number of factors, including baby boomers reaching senior ages, migration to more religious states, recognition of health and well being of religion and an increase in a Hispanic population, are all reasons that «we are going to continue to have a quite religious nation going forward.&raquin America,» Newport argues that a number of factors, including baby boomers reaching senior ages, migration to more religious states, recognition of health and well being of religion and an increase in a Hispanic population, are all reasons that «we are going to continue to have a quite religious nation going forward.&raquin a Hispanic population, are all reasons that «we are going to continue to have a quite religious nation going forward.»

Given the significance of this response to illness for a large proportion of the world's population, there has been considerable interest in recent years in measuring the efficacy of intercessory prayer for the alleviation of ill health in a scientifically rigorous fashion.