Sentences with phrase «important public health groups»

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Others, such as consumer watchdog Public Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiaPublic Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiaHealth (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiapublic health initiahealth initiatives.

Public health and consumer groups applauded the move, which does not go as far as the company's policy for the United States, where already for a year suppliers have provided the chain with chickens raised without antibiotics deemed important to human health.

«Our study group has spent decades studying the health effects of diet quality and composition, and now this new data also suggests overall dietary habits can be important to lower risk of coronary heart disease,» said Eric Rimm, Sc.D., senior author and Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical Shealth effects of diet quality and composition, and now this new data also suggests overall dietary habits can be important to lower risk of coronary heart disease,» said Eric Rimm, Sc.D., senior author and Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical SHealth and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School.

According to first author Olivia Remes from the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge: «Anxiety disorders can make life extremely difficult for some people and it is important for our health services to understand how common they are and which groups of people are at greatestHealth and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge: «Anxiety disorders can make life extremely difficult for some people and it is important for our health services to understand how common they are and which groups of people are at greatesthealth services to understand how common they are and which groups of people are at greatest risk.

«Pyrethroids are an extremely important class of insecticidal compounds with major public health and agricultural uses,» Rex Runyon, a vice president at CropLife America, a trade group that represents pesticide companies, said in an email.

«Public health benefits from vaccines hinge on very high levels of immunization in the population, so it's important to understand which groups hold reservations about the MMR vaccine,» Funk said.

The authors say: «The most important public health implication of our analysis was that decreases in overall IPD rates in children — the group targeted for PCV7 vaccination — occurred quickly and were sustained after vaccine introduction despite increases in [non-vaccine serotype] rates.»

In an accompanying editorial, David Goldblatt, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., of the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, and Elizabeth Miller, F.R.C.Path., of Public Health England, London, write that the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts recently decided to revisit the issue of nonspecific effects of vaccines as part of its continued appraisal of important issues that could be relevant to inform global immunization policy.

«We found no important associations between exposure to NSAIDs, either by group or for most specific NSAID drugs, and risk of spontaneous abortion,» write Dr. Sharon Daniel and Prof. Amalia Levy, Department of Public Health, Ben - Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka Medical Center, with coauthors.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

«Study group» jamborees, public pronouncements and do - nothing platitudes to the contrary, (ref) groups like the AVMA and the AKC that should be taking action for healthier pets never do — under pressure from cash - focused breeding lobbies and, perhaps, the perverse assumption that breed - related health problems constitute an important veterinary revenue stream.

This group represents a cohesive and important body of work that documents three decades in the life of the major public health crisis of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).

While some, such as Greenpeace, denounce chlorine, Dr. Moore, a founder of the group who later left in part due to his science - based understanding of the benefits of chlorine says, «Chlorine is the most important element in the periodic table for public health and medicine.

Porter Novelli (Chicago, IL) 2004 — 2005 Assistant Account Executive, Health Care Group • Performed extensive research for product launches, partnership opportunities, field experts, and media targets while aiding in public relations outreach and securing coverage in broadcast and print outlets • Utilized trade publications to secure numerous placements promoting FDA product approvals • Produced monitoring reports for clients of media relevant to industry and competitor news • Worked closely with client and vendor contacts to create and distribute important video news releases