Sentences with phrase «health related risks»

Smoking tobacco use has been shown to have several health related risks that may lead to fatal diseases as well as cancer.

As noted in the previous chapter, health inequalities can be fairly broadly defined to include differences in: specific health outcomes (such as low birthweight, obesity, long - term conditions, accidents); health related risk factors that impact directly on children (such as poor diet, low levels of physical activity, exposure to tobacco smoke); as well as exposure to wider risks from parental / familial behaviours and environmental circumstances (maternal depression and / or poor physical health, alcohol consumption, limited interaction, limited cognitive stimulation, poor housing, lack of access to greenspace).

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Not surprisingly, there are even more occupation - related health risks to be aware of, especially if your job involves a lot of sitting down.

For those with a less diverse microbiome, the diet had a positive impact on their metabolic health — meaning a lowered their risk for type 2 diabetes and other diseases related to how the body processes food.

The American Beverage Association (ABA), the soda industry's largest trade group, contended that «added sugars are not uniquely or directly linked to a risk of chronic disease, health - related condition, or a physiological endpoint.»

Data from a number of other studies, including the Nurses» Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow - up Study also report greater risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and metabolic syndrome, which is related to diabetes and cardiovascular problems, for consumers of artificially sweetened beverages.

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.

Founded in 1850 but incorporated in 1982, Aetna strives to provide high - quality healthcare while protecting consumers financially from health - related risks.

They explained that the decline in some crops could lead to massive global health problems «by changing the composition of diets and, with it, the profile of dietary and weight - related risk factors and associated mortalities.»

However, excess amounts of these clotting - related molecules may sometimes pose a health risk.

Recent research has shown that particularly when passing through our digestive tract, sweet potato cyanidins and peonidins and other color - related phytonutrients may be able to lower the potential health risk posed by heavy metals and oxygen radicals.

Studies show that lutein and zeaxanthin can benefit eye health by decreasing the risk of cataracts and age - related macular degeneration, two common causes of vision loss in older adults (36).

It is well known that all blueberries are loved for their flavor and their high antioxidant capacity pleasing taste buds and helping to protect against disease and age - related health risks.

The survey collected a range of information about health - related issues including health status, risk factors, health - service usage, and medication use.

High in pectin and flavonoids, the latest health - related research suggests apples may reduce the risk of: heart disease, high cholesterol, some cancers, stroke, COPD and Type - 2 diabetes.

As a result, they suffer loss of wages and risk losing job - related benefits such as health insurance, retirement savings, and Social Security benefits.

Overindulging in empty calorie foods can affect your overall health, cause you to gain weight, and put you at risk of developing diabetes or other weight - related health issues.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 18 -2-25a (2013) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through the department of education, to do the following: (A) Adopt guidelines and other pertinent information and forms as approved by the department of health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the department.

Concussion or Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to play.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: SB 200 (2011) requires the Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop and post on their website guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students participating in or desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents and coaches, about the nature and risk of concussion and traumatic brain injury.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 167.765 requires the department of health and senior services to work with various organizations (outlined in the statute) to promulgate rules which develop guidelines, pertinent information, and forms to educate coaches, youth athletes, and their parents and guardians of the nature and risk of concussion and brain injury including continuing to play after concussion or brain injury.

High rates of diet - related disease: When you look at all the health conditions that breast milk — as the most complete «first food,» has been proven to reduce the risks of — African American children have them the most.

Infant Mental Health Mentor — Research / Faculty (Level IV) You will provide a research response to a Qualitative Question: You are encouraged to rely on your extensive research and teaching experience in the infant - family field related to the study of pregnancy, infancy, early childhood and early parenthood; attachment security and relationship needs; risk and resiliency in the early years; caregiving practices; early assessment and intervention strategies, and the mental health needs of infants and toddlers, to name Health Mentor — Research / Faculty (Level IV) You will provide a research response to a Qualitative Question: You are encouraged to rely on your extensive research and teaching experience in the infant - family field related to the study of pregnancy, infancy, early childhood and early parenthood; attachment security and relationship needs; risk and resiliency in the early years; caregiving practices; early assessment and intervention strategies, and the mental health needs of infants and toddlers, to name health needs of infants and toddlers, to name a few.

You will provide a research response to a Qualitative Question: You are encouraged to rely on your extensive research and teaching experience in the infant - family field related to the study of pregnancy, infancy, early childhood and early parenthood; attachment security and relationship needs; risk and resiliency in the early years; caregiving practices; early assessment and intervention strategies, and the mental health needs of infants and toddlers, to name a few.

Health - care workers, engineers, technicians and women in related fields are at higher risk because they are exposed to a variety of chemicals that could cause birth defects, according to researchers at a recent conference in Seattle sponsored by the American Medical Women «s Association.

It is also possible that the unique health care system found in the United States — and particularly the lack of integration across birth settings, combined with elevated rates of obstetric intervention — contributes to intrapartum mortality due to delays in timely transfer related to fear of reprisal and / or because some women with higher - risk pregnancies still choose home birth because there are fewer options that support normal physiologic birth available in their local hospitals.

After more than a decade (ending in 2011) of working with the Alaska Division of Public Health tracking local SIDS and sleep - related death cases, we were unable to find evidence that co-sleeping increased the risk of death when controlling for other factors.

«It is important for health care professionals, staff in newborn nurseries and neonatal intensive care units, and child care providers to endorse the recommended ways to reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep - related deaths, starting at birth,» Dr. Moon said.

Our work honors all the ways babies are fed and nourished by promoting safe, evidence - based practices, and strives to empower parents and parents - to - be with information on how to safely feed their babies, identify feeding risk factors, work with health care providers, recognize signs of feeding issues and related infant health conditions, and avoid infant re-hospitalizations and negative outcomes.

The estimated percentage of US children aged 2 to 5 years and 6 to 11 years classified as overweight increased from 5.0 % and 6.5 % in 1980 to 10.4 % and 19.6 %, respectively, in 2007 -2008.1-3 The increase in childhood obesity was also observed among those aged 6 to 23 months, from 7.2 % in 1980 to 11.6 % in 2000.1 Given the numerous health risks related to childhood obesity,4 - 7 its prevention is becoming a public health priority.8 It has been reported that feeding practices affect growth and body composition in the first year of life, with breastfed infants gaining less rapidly than formula - fed infants.9 - 14 There is also evidence that breastfed infants continue to have a low risk for later childhood obesity.15 - 18

Beyond just the duration of labor, mom's health is at risk during childbirth if she has other nonpregnancy related conditions like obesity, diabetes or high blood pressure.

Culminating months of controversy and scientific debate, Wednesday's decision by the 12 advisers of the Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction — part of the National Institutes of Health — is the first official, government action related to the plastics chemical.

Perhaps they are nonsensical questions to researchers who, along with the public health community at large, have such a blind spot related to bedsharing that they refuse to acknowledge that there is ANY way to reduce SIDS risk in a baby who sleeps with their parents.

«Women who retain weight after pregnancy are at risk for starting a subsequent pregnancy at a higher weight which can lead pregnancy - related complications and health issues for the baby,» Dr. Guess says.

The data relate to pregnancies that received maternity care from one of fifteen hospitals in the former North West Thames Regional Health Authority Area in England, and which resulted in a live or stillbirth in the years 1988 — 2000 inclusive, excluding «high - risk» pregnancies, unplanned home births, pre-term births, elective Caesareans and medical inductions.

Those risks could be substantial, according to Catherine Chavigny, R.N., a former certified nurse - midwife and the director of Related Health Professions and Nurse Affairs with the American Medical Association.

▸ Use of breast milk substitutes is associated with a raised risk of four childhood illnesses and maternal breast cancer; breast feeding reduces the related National Health Services treatment costs.

After giving birth the worries don't stop, in fact, they heighten since newborn babies are prone to the risk of contacting numerous health related problems.

This was 33 years ago and it is unconscionable that the infant formula and related industries are still systematically violating its recommendations and continuing to put infant and maternal health at risk,» Walker told DairyReporter.com.

Other investigators have reported a significant increase in adverse perinatal outcomes related to planned home births, especially where skilled birth attendants are not universally integrated into regional health systems, or in population - based studies that include at - risk pregnancies [20 — 22].

Conference notes that there is compelling national and international evidence that confirms the prevalence of serious health and safety risks in schools and colleges, including exposure to work - related stressors, excessive working hours, bullying and harassment, asbestos and excessive temperatures.

The Council Conclusions stress that harmful use of alcohol is recognised as an important risk factor in the need to reduce the burden of alcohol - related avoidable deaths, chronic diseases, injuries, violence, health inequalities and other social consequences to third parties.

Maternal mortality is increasingly high, Nigeria has one of the poorest maternal and child health indices in the world with maternal 800-3000 deaths per 100,000 live births, life time risk of dying from pregnancy related complications of 1:8 compared to 1:10 in developing countries (Nigeria Demographic Health Survey health indices in the world with maternal 800-3000 deaths per 100,000 live births, life time risk of dying from pregnancy related complications of 1:8 compared to 1:10 in developing countries (Nigeria Demographic Health Survey Health Survey 2004).

«It's hard for me to say because I'm a non-smoker too, so I just think for the health - related risks,» Chappaqua resident Heidi Powell said.

Burnham, who was forced on to the defensive earlier this year over his actions as health secretary relating to the Mid-Staffordshire scandal, is viewed as the most at - risk figure from the final year of the New Labour government.

«We are pleased to be a collaborative health partner in this study with a common goal to prevent the risk of sleep - related infant deaths.»

This potentially toxic cocktail puts Niagara County residents at greater risk to develop pollution - related health problems than most Americans, an Investigative Post analysis of federal data found.

«The obesity epidemic and its related diseases have negatively impacted the health and well - being of many Western New Yorkers, but through this partnership we are able to help adults who are pre-diabetic reduce the risk of becoming diabetic and in turn help to create a healthier community.»

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study dismissing any concern related to health risks from the District's contaminated water.

The panoply of health risks connected to rising temperatures will require a substantial upgrade in this country's ability to respond to major outbreaks and regional climate - related disasters.