Sentences with phrase «impacts health and disease»

As well as providing fresh insights into historical events, the new research might have implications for how DNA impacts health and disease in different populations.

«Estrogens perform important biological functions not only in sexual development and reproduction, but also in modulating many other processes impacting health and diseases in human and animals,» Beinhauer said.

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They're really heavily intertwined with our metabolism and have an enormous impact on our processing of food and on our health and disease and they've been linked to many different diseases to obesity, to diabetes, to heart disease, and even to cancer and Urological disease.

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.

With 1,500 cervical cancer diagnoses and 380 deaths from the disease each year in Canada alone, there's no doubt easier screening could have a huge impact on women's health care.

Intermittent fasting, regular exercise and consumption of dietary phytochemicals can have a major positive impact on health by bolster - ing adaptive cellular stress response pathways that protect against and counteract a range of major diseases.

I have unexplained functional bowel disease which also impacts my mental health suffering with anxiety and panic attacks because of my illness.

Authorities have launched research to assess the possible health impacts of the chemical in the infant food containers, Xinhua reported Li Ning, deputy director of the nutrition and food safety institute under the Chinese Center of Disease Control and Prevention Center, as saying.

Articles explore: the idea that violence should be thought of as a public health problem analogous to infectious disease; examine from a scientific perspective the impacts on children's social, emotional, and cognitive development of growing up in a violent community; share first - hand insights from children and caregivers; and explore various interventions, from the favelas of Recife, Brazil, to the inner cities of Chicago, Illinois, United States (US), and Glasgow, Scotland, which are offering a tangible sense of hope.

Because the food we consume directly impacts our health, it is important to note that an infant who develops a «taste» for salty, sweet and fatty foods over fruits and vegetables will have a greater risk for diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and some cancers according to Mennella's and Beauchamp's Flavor Perception in Human Infants article.

Breastfeeding has long been known to positively impact the health and immune systems of babies, but now new research is uncovering the power of breastfeeding in helping to prevent long term illnesses including asthma, allergies, celiac disease, Type 1 diabetes and obesity.

But the less hyped impact of this large study reveals another, greater lesson: Pasteurized milk is harmful to our health while fermented dairy such as yogurt and cheese extends life and reduces cancer and heart disease.

The good news is that recent studies are revealing that when all doesn't go as planned, positive impacts can be made on baby's flora and intestinal health with the use of probiotics and other healing measures, thereby reducing later risks of many chronic diseases.

At 9 a.m., City & State hosts its Healthy New York Summit on how affordable care, disease, addiction and mental health impact New York's health care policies, National Geographic Encounter, 226 W. 44th St., Manhattan.

He is also co-sponsoring legislation that would require the New York State Health Care Quality and Cost Containment Commission to submit a report to the governor and the legislature on the impact on health insurance costs of requiring coverage of these disHealth Care Quality and Cost Containment Commission to submit a report to the governor and the legislature on the impact on health insurance costs of requiring coverage of these dishealth insurance costs of requiring coverage of these diseases.

«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.»

That's going to have a significant impact on human health, by reducing risk for many types of diseases and by promoting wellness.»

«Acute repeated spikes in blood sugar that you see with each dose of this drug have long - term impacts — and can predispose patients to the development of insulin - resistance Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease,» said David Wright, associate professor in the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences and corresponding author of the paper.

Reductions in biodiversity from illegal wildlife trade can have other substantial negative human health impacts, including the loss of potential sources of pharmaceuticals, experimental models for studying disease, crop pollination and micronutrients for humans lacking alternative sources of protein.

«The disease of TB is probably worse than it was decades ago in terms of the health impact of drug resistant strains and coinfection with HIV,» he says, «and drug resistance is now extensive.»

Eric Rubin, a microbiologist at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, says that although the probe still requires clinical testing, «a diagnostic based on this principle could make a big impact both in drug development and in controlling disease, especially in areas with limited access to technology».

If this environment is harmed by chemicals, such as through damage to gut cells, it could impact the health of the organisms and would lead to a number of fish diseases but this technique will enable us to increase the tests we can carry out and improve our understanding of how to preserve gut health.»

«Healthy gut bacterial communities are known to benefit immune regulation, metabolism and potentially even the nervous system, so if cholera or other diarrheal diseases permanently impact the microbiota, there could be long - term effects on human health,» explains Regina LaRocque, MD, MPH, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Division of Infectious Diseases, co-senior author of the paper.

«Previous studies have shown that black people are more likely to have a poor sense of smell than whites and yet may be less likely to develop Parkinson's disease,» said Chen, who is part of MSU's Global Impact Initiative, an effort to help accelerate research in key areas affecting the world such as health and energy.

Reducing ship sulphur emissions cuts these other global health related impacts, too, avoiding about one - third of the annual cardiovascular disease and lung cancer deaths from shipping air pollution.

As a result, studies looked mainly at the severity of the disease, its prevalence and its impact on the health of a population.

In a draft of the health impact assessment released in February 2011, the School of Public Health researchers concluded that without pollution control measures, emissions from drilling would likely be high enough to cause disease in Battlement Mesa, including respiratory and neurological problems, birth defects and chealth impact assessment released in February 2011, the School of Public Health researchers concluded that without pollution control measures, emissions from drilling would likely be high enough to cause disease in Battlement Mesa, including respiratory and neurological problems, birth defects and cHealth researchers concluded that without pollution control measures, emissions from drilling would likely be high enough to cause disease in Battlement Mesa, including respiratory and neurological problems, birth defects and cancer.

Unseen by the human eye, plants interact with many species of fungi and other microbes in the surrounding environment, and these exchanges can impact the plant's health and tolerance to stressors such as drought or disease, as well as the global carbon cycle.

«This study allowed us to utilize all our tools — and even though this virus does not appear to affect mammals, we are continuing to refine those tools so we can be better prepared for the next outbreak of disease that could have an impact on human health.»

In recent years, researchers have discovered that the trillions of bacteria that reside in the gastrointestinal tract have an enormous impact on human health and disease.

This decline in PAL was significantly associated with an increase in airflow obstruction (shown by a decline in FEV1) and an increase in total score on the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire, which measures the impact of obstructive airway disease on overall health, daily life, and perceived well - being.

To reduce the burden of anemia, health officials need a better picture of the disease's global impact, an understanding made viable by a portable and affordable way to analyze blood.

Exposure is a concern as BPA has been linked to a host of health impacts including reproductive and developmental problems, obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

4) Create networks that share health data — Foster sharing of health data among experts within and across wild carnivore range countries, to vastly increase our understanding of disease impacts on endangered populations, and enable proactive and reactive responses when and where they are needed most.

Howard Frumkin of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works today about the impacts of climate change on health.

What counts is the impact on the reduction of vaccine - preventable disease incidence through direct and indirect protection, which is particularly pertinent for diseases that are of high public health importance.

«The mouse models don't recapitulate the human disease,» said Ravi Basavappa of the National Institutes of Health, which gave Fine one of its 12 Pioneer Awards for «unusually bold,» high - risk, and potentially high - impact research.

This Dutch cross-sectional study of 8,904 people assessed how the number of diseases an individual has impacts on their total health care cost, and which combinations of diseases have the greater impact on cost.

«There are a range of metabolic diseases and other liver disorders where if you fix a mutated gene you might be really able to have an impact on human health,» Anderson says.

Other parasitic diseases with a huge public health impact include amoebiasis (which kills 100,000 per year), leishmaniasis (60,000), and schistosomiasis (20,000).

Tony McMichael of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who will be a chief speaker at the meeting, believes that the main impacts on health will come from the disruption of food production and the spread of tropical diseases such as malaria.

It is more common than many people realise, has a major impact on the health and activities of individuals with the disease and it is associated with a significant risk of dying prematurely — reducing average lifespan by about 25 years.

Treatments for diabetes, smoking, Alzheimer's disease and lung cancer are just a few of the potentially lifesaving cures Scientific American has chosen to highlight in this year's roundup of drugs you've never heard of, despite their potentially huge impact on global health.

The program follows children from birth with the aim of preventing common problems in the early years and understanding their impact on health and disease later in life.

«Poverty and the many stresses that come with social disadvantage have long been linked to cardiovascular disease, but how we live, work, and play has a great impact on heart health for people from a broad range of economic and cultural backgrounds,» explains David Siscovick, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Research at The New York Academy of Medicine and Chair of the American Heart Association's (AHA) Council on Epidemiology and Prevention.

Timothy L. Smith, M.D., M.P.H., of Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, and colleagues investigated the impact of comorbid obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on CRS disease - specific QOL and sleep dysfunction in patients with CRS following functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS).

Understanding the long - term impact of modifiable lifestyle factors such as exercise in adolescence is of critical importance and can have substantial public health implications for disease prevention over the course of life, explained author Sarah J. Nechuta, MPH, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center and Vanderbilt - Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

These factors can have as much, or more, impact on their health as disease — and they know it,» said Risa Lavizzo - Mourey, MD, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

«Effectively treating obesity is crucial if we are going to be able to address the devastating impact diabetes and cardiovascular disease have on public health,» Bray said.

A new study by researchers from the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Research Institute (CHORI) shows that a modest 4 milligrams of extra zinc a day in the diet can have a profound, positive impact on cellular health that helps fight infections and diseases.