Sentences with phrase «increasing public health concerns»

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (September 29, 2005)- As medical procedures that compromise a person's immune system become more common, opportunistic infections that exploit these weaknesses are an increasing public health concern.

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A medical school, for instance, is a research and often also a healing center, directly concerned with the increase of knowledge about the human organism and with its health; but it is also a training center where men are prepared to work in many other institutions of the society, from private practice to public health offices.

No antibiotics or hormones: the overuse of antibiotics is of increasing concern to public health experts.

A recent meta - analysis of 11 studies that investigated the association of bed - sharing and SIDS revealed a summary OR of 2.88 (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.99 — 4.18) with bed - sharing.158 Furthermore, bed - sharing in an adult bed not designed for infant safety exposes the infant to additional risks for accidental injury and death, such as suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, falls, and strangulation.159, 160 Infants, particularly those in the first 3 months of life and those born prematurely and / or with low birth weight, are at highest risk, 161 possibly because immature motor skills and muscle strength make it difficult to escape potential threats.158 In recent years, the concern among public health officials about bed - sharing has increased, because there have been increased reports of SUIDs occurring in high - risk sleep environments, particularly bed - sharing and / or sleeping on a couch or armchair.162, — , 165

Prolonged delays increase the potential for public health and safety concerns, fire protection problems, a building moratorium and economic development issues.

The law broadened the definition of banned assault weapons, increased penalties for illegal gun possession, reduced public access to gun permit information and required mental health professionals to report concerns about a gun - owning patient who posed a risk of harming himself or others.

«Since the increase in opioid use among women has been accompanied by an increase in adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, including neonatal abstinence syndrome, reproductive - age women should be of particular concern in public health efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.»

The study from the University of Bristol comes on the back of public health warnings issued earlier this year by scientists who voiced concerns about the increased risk of psychosis for vulnerable people who use the drug.

Dr David Carslake, the study's lead author and Senior Research Associate from the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU) at the University of Bristol, said: «An alarming increase in obesity levels across the world which have risen from 105 million in 1975 to 641 million in 2014, according to a recent Lancet study, create concern about the implications for public health.

«As hepatitis C has become a major public health concern in Malaysia, it is crucial to increase access to treatment for the benefit of the nation,» said Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah Director General of Health, Ministry of Health, Malhealth concern in Malaysia, it is crucial to increase access to treatment for the benefit of the nation,» said Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah Director General of Health, Ministry of Health, MalHealth, Ministry of Health, MalHealth, Malaysia.

«From a review of the literature, it would appear that concerns in the scientific community and among the public regarding the potential adverse health effects of the increased consumption of energy drinks are broadly valid,» write the authors.

Social impairment in children is an increasing concern of education and public health sector workers.

«Along with other research released recently from Western Australia showing increased harms on nights when people consumed energy drinks, it is becoming more apparent about how associations between energy drink consumption and greater levels of intoxication and harm can be explained, and that the concerns of researchers regarding social order and public health appear to be warranted, despite industry lobbying to the contrary.»

Increasing outbreaks over the last year and a half and concern over neurological complications led to the 1 February announcement by the World Health Organization of a public health emergency of international concern, DyeHealth Organization of a public health emergency of international concern, Dyehealth emergency of international concern, Dye said.

Diarrheal disease is a major public health issue in developing countries and, while not generally increasing in the United States, remains a persistent concern nonetheless.

Metabolic Syndrome, which includes obesity and diabetes, represents a major public health concern, caused by a combination of increased food consumption and reduced physical activities, with contributions from host genetics, environment and tissue inflammation.

By way of monthly meetings and annual conferences, we provide the membership with quality continuing education to improve the health care for the animals and human residents in the local area and increase the public awareness of problems concerning animal health and disease control.

Given the fatal nature of rabies and the number of increased incidences of rabies in cats, this has become a major public health concern.

The programme ended in 1969 following evidence of DDT resistance in mosquitoes and increased public concern about adverse health and environmental effects.

Diarrheal disease is a major public health issue in developing countries and, while not generally increasing in the United States, remains a persistent concern nonetheless.

It could be due to a range of factors, the scientists say, from «a well - financed opposition» to the Cape Wind project on Cape Cod, to increasing public awareness and concern about changing climate and «global warming,» to health impacts and the recent electricity rate hikes in Delaware.

Observed and projected increase in temperatures has sparked concern about the growing public health and economic impacts of extreme heat.

A warming climate increases the likelihood that ticks will spread across the country - and that raises concerns of a public health crisis.

In this case, board members listened to the concerns of the public and the medical community about the increasing effects of antibiotic - resistant bacteria on public health.

At the same time, there is increasing public concern about loss of privacy generally, and health privacy in particular.

CanLyme aims to provide research funding for zoonotic disease, to increase awareness of Lyme and its associated diseases, and to communicate concerns to government public health agencies.

There are also concerns that proposed changes to mainstream programs such as increased co-payments and safety net threshold in health, reduced Commonwealth funding for public hospitals, increased costs for higher education, and changes to the collection of census data will have a disproportionate impact on Indigenous Australians.

Public awareness of ADHD has increased, and the disorder represents a public health concern with significant effects on children's functioning across multiple areas.2 Referrals to health care professionals for children suspected of having the disorder continue at a high rate, and changes in the health care system in the United States have placed increasing demands on primary care pediatricians to diagnose and manage the disPublic awareness of ADHD has increased, and the disorder represents a public health concern with significant effects on children's functioning across multiple areas.2 Referrals to health care professionals for children suspected of having the disorder continue at a high rate, and changes in the health care system in the United States have placed increasing demands on primary care pediatricians to diagnose and manage the dispublic health concern with significant effects on children's functioning across multiple areas.2 Referrals to health care professionals for children suspected of having the disorder continue at a high rate, and changes in the health care system in the United States have placed increasing demands on primary care pediatricians to diagnose and manage the disorder.