Sentences with phrase «health scores on»

Dr. Seshadri and colleagues with the Framingham Heart Study in Massachusetts observed that having higher ideal cardiovascular health scores on an American Heart Association scale was associated with a lower risk of developing Alzheimer's dementia.

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Furthermore, they have lacked the technology to look at the whole health of a business and judge them solely based on credit score, a factor that shouldn't reflect if they can repay a loan or not.

We scored the states on several factors, including local attractions, the crime rate, and health care.

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Their scores — ranked on a scale of 1 to 100 — are based on financial health, accountability and the transparency of reporting.

The National Institutes of Health also studied outdoor exercise, comparing it to indoor exercise, finding, according to The New York Times, that subjects scored «higher on measures of vitality, enthusiasm, pleasure and self - esteem and lower on tension, depression and fatigue after they walked outside.»

«I would not score very highly on religious value,» said Lee, then 82, still in good health, and a sort of Minister Emeritus.

People who gave us permission to use their Facebook data were on average younger (48 years vs. 57 years), more educated, more likely to be female (58 % vs. 50 %), and more likely to be unmarried (66 % vs. 71 %), with slightly lower scores on mental health and life satisfaction, significantly more self - reported friends (4.5 vs. 4.0), and less time spent interacting in person with real - world friends.

Using simulation and past market performance, a theoretical initial $ 10,000 investment in publicly traded award winners and applicants that scored above the thresholds in either safety or health and wellness — or both — was followed, starting with at least five companies on the first trading day in January 2001.

Local economic health, 35 % of the overall score, is based on three metrics from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

The FSI polls Americans on several key measures of their financial health now compared with a year ago, and turns those answers into a score.

On the other hand, Rhode Island's health care scores are actually great, thanks to its seniors being among the healthiest in the country — seventh of all the states — and the third - highest average Medicare payments in the country.

A proprietary way of determining who it lends to (the OnDeck Score ®) focuses on the overall health of the business.

Jun 28, 2017 A good credit score is vital to your financial health, especially if you're planning on making a major purchase, such as a home or a new car.

Whether or not you're borrowing an Upgrade personal loan, you can sign up for weekly updates on your credit score through Upgrade's Credit Health platform, as well as get email alerts for any changes.

With an unsecured business loan, approval is based on your entire business» health, not just your credit score.

Meet Omada Health: With 87M consumers at risk of diabetes, 75,000 patients treated, 3 years of outcomes data, NetPromoter scores in the 90's, 70 + clients, and looming reimbursement by Medicare for its diabetes prevention online social network, Omada has «cracked the code» on integrating consumer technology, medical coaching and big data at scale.

The firm then ranked them using their flagship Index score, which measures brand health by averaging sub-scores on quality, satisfaction, impression, value, reputation and willingness to recommend.

Measuring 29 health outcomes using three - level (good, intermediate, or bad) scoring, the prayer group suffered fewer newly diagnosed ailments on only six of them.

Measuring 29 health outcomes using three - level (good, intermed.iate, or bad) scoring, the prayer group suffered fewer newly diagnosed a.ilments on only six of them.

Americans for whom religion is an important part of everyday life and who attend religious services roughly once a week or more score an average 68.7 on a well - being index developed by Gallup and Healthways, a health consulting company.

The Indians seem like they'll cruise past 84 wins if the statistical projections are right, but the lineup is about one injury away from looking like it'll score.009 runs per game, and they're counting on players who haven't had a great track record of health recently.

In terms of injuries, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has a clean bill of health as Rio Ferdinand looks set to partner Nemanja Vidic at centre - half, Paul Scholes is back in contention and may well jump straight into the team considering he brings more fire and combative qualities to the fore than fellow midfielders Anderson, while Wayne Rooney appears to be closing in on full - fitness after featuring prominently of late, without scoring however.

In most families, there was no significant impact of the home visits on the children's mental development or school outcomes, but in families where mothers scored especially low on measures of intelligence and mental health, children's academic performance did improve.

The point here is that the formula companies know that as along as breastfeeding mothers are successfully marketed the convenience of supplementing, whether occasionally or exclusively, they won't fight for better maternity leave (the U.S. has one of the worst of industrialized countries), better employee lactation programs, health care coverage for lactation counselors and pumps, and for hospitals that score better than a «D» on breastfeeding support.

Scores on the cognitive, receptive and expressive communication and fine motor sections were highest among children who were breastfed for more than six months, the researchers reported in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Eating breakfast improves academic performance, health, and behavior; that means better performance on standardized tests, improved concentration and memory, better math scores, better attendance and fewer tardies, as well as fewer behavioral referrals to the front office.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- Children who were breastfed for more than six months scored the highest on cognitive, language and motor development tests as toddlers, in a new study from Greece.

According to Tiffany Field of the University of Miami's Touch Research Institute, a center devoted to studying the effects of touch on health, children who receive massage «gain more weight, score higher in development, are less irritable and go to sleep more easily.»

``... Students who eat breakfast score significantly higher on tests, miss fewer days of school and face fewer health problems related to hunger.»

Research shows that students who eat breakfast score significantly higher on tests, miss fewer days of school and face fewer health problems related to hunger.

The health risks associated with formula feeding for premature infants include increased incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis, 5 delayed brainstem maturation, 6 decreased scoring on cognitive and developmental tests,7 - 10 and decreased visual development.11, 12 Thus, human - milk feeding of premature infants is desirable, and effective strategies to increase breastfeeding rates in this population are needed.

The revised RCPCH position statement on breastfeeding, also launched today, points out the rapid decline in breastfeeding rates (leading to fewer than half of all babies receiving any breastmilk at all by 6 - 8 weeks after birth), the research evidence on improved health outcomes and intelligence scores, and the economic impact.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- Preschool teachers scored low on a nutrition knowledge quiz and seemed to have unhealthy eating habits themselves, researchers found in a small study.

Studies that score higher on the Index thus have greater potential to reliably inform the evidence base for decisions about birth place by women and health professionals.

Kaine will try to score points with millennial voters on issues like climate change and student debt, and with moderate independents on infrastructure and campaign finance reform, while addressing Hispanic concerns on immigration and health care.

The CMS gives insurers a score based on enrollee demographics and medical diagnoses, which stands in for the health of their population.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky has scored a victory in his long - running battle against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy, the owner of Indian Point, thanks to a federal appeals court that reversed a lower court ruling on the commission's responsibility to involve and notify the public before exempting the Hudson Valley nuclear power plant from health and safety requirements.

The Times uncovered details on scores of assaults at Rikers Island through interviews with current and former inmates, correction officers and mental health clinicians at the jail, and by reviewing hundreds of pages of legal, investigative and jail records.

Just days after Trump said he was moving on to other issues, senior White House officials are now saying they have hope that they can still score the kind of big legislative victory on health care that has so far eluded him.

Washington (CNN)- Five more House Democrats said Tuesday that they will vote against Senate health care legislation, which puts opponents of reform just 11 votes shy of the 216 needed to prevent President Obama from scoring a major victory on his top domestic priority.

«We saw scores fall across the board for each of the legislative conferences based on a variety of factors, including the lack of action on bills most critical to our environmental health, as well as an increase in the passage of bills that actually do harm to New York's environment,» explained Executive Director Rob Moore.

«The BLISS score would travel with people across their life history and have intrinsic value that can be used to lower premiums on health and life insurance, obtain more favorable mortgage interest rates, and which can be monetized.»

Finally, testosterone treatment also increased the scores patients received on assessments of their erectile / sexual health and general quality of life.

By greatly affected, I mean that they had chronic health symptoms that were severe, and they scored high on sensitivities to common chemicals, foods and medications,» says Miller.

«In the study, I was astounded to find that over 6 percent of people visiting a primary care clinic for any kind of chronic health condition were greatly affected by TILT, based on their symptoms and chemical and other intolerance scores from the QEESI.

The largest urban health systems, which serve as safety nets for large patient populations with lower socioeconomic status and greater likelihood to speak English as a second language, do worse on government patient satisfaction scores than smaller, non-urban hospitals likely to serve white customers with higher education levels, according to a new study by Mount Sinai researchers published this month in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

At three months, the study notes no difference between the groups in ADL total score or on a health - related quality of life questionnaire summary index.

In the latest study, low scores on the brain health index at age 3 were found to predict high healthcare and social costs as an adult.

«If a person scores very well on a smell - identification test, then you can be pretty sure he or she is not going to have Parkinson's, at least within the next four years,» says neurologist and researcher G. Webster Ross of the Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System.