Sentences with phrase «level measures of health»

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Almost 340,000 individuals participated in the Canadian Community Health Survey and General Social Survey from 2009 to 2013, which permitted Statistics Canada to perform community - level measures of life satisfaction for 33 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and 58 economic regions across the country.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the device was initially supposed to be «a state - of - the - art health - monitoring device that could measure blood pressure, heart activity and stress levels.»

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.

Although billions of dollars are being expended annually on family planning services in less - developed countries, and such programs have been promoted by various governments at the national level for four decades, there are only a few studies that have attempted to measure the demographic and health impact of family planning against a «control group» — a similar area which lacks the service.

If one could definitively measure long - term effects, which is a virtual impossibility, a case might be made that such open and obvious untruths have a harmful impact on the health of the republic, increasing permanently the levels of distrust and cynicism.

To investigate the effect of various parenting styles on kids» health, researchers at the University of Oregon examined saliva samples of 102 children who had an average age of 9 to look for levels of C - reactive protein, which measures general inflammation in the body, and secretory immunoglobulin A, which measures immune system activation.

Finally, a Finnish trial of universal home visiting by nurses35 and two U.S. programs implemented by master's degree - level mental health or developmental clinicians have found significant effects on a number of important child behavioural problems.36, 37 Additionally, a paraprofessional home visitation program found effects on externalizing and internalizing behaviours at child age 2; however due to the large number of effects measured in this study, replication of the findings is warranted.38

When exclusive breastfeeding is contrasted with lesser levels of breastfeeding, one can begin to measure the sizable health effects associated with this infant feeding pattern.

At a Wednesday news conference announcing the move, DOH Commissioner Howard Zucker repeatedly said his agency would start with a safety baseline of 400 ppt safety measure, the EPA's maximum allowable level for short - term PFOA exposure, as it began its health assessment of the contamination.

During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.

Cox says the new two - day APD training for officers includes a remedial on implicit bias: how unconscious attitudes and beliefs can affect the everyday judgment and decision - making of police officers, who will now learn how to cast those old measures of character aside and use their discretion to divert low - level offenders from the criminal justice system into coordinated, managed, health - based services.

These new findings are consistent with numerous cross sectional and longitudinal studies showing that fruit and vegetables, together and separately, are linked with a lower risk of depression and higher levels of well - being assessed by several measures of mental health.

The analysis provides estimates of counts, rates and trends measured against the American Heart Association metric for cardiovascular health for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, abnormal blood glucose level, and diabetes.

SFU health sciences professor Bruce Lanphear is part of the research team that measured the levels of flame retardants, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers, (PBDEs) in 309 U.S. women at 16 weeks of pregnancy, and followed their children to the age of five.

The researchers also combined data from a state - level index from the Gallup Poll that measures how people feel about their general well - being, which is highly correlated with the health of the economy.

Says Gundacker: «The US health authority regards concentrations in excess of 50 µg / l as being so alarming that it recommends targeted public health measures to reduce these levels.»

«Using cotinine level to measure exposure to second - hand smoke has important public health implications, because increasing the scope of smoke - free environments would likely decrease cotinine levels in the general population and ultimately death,» said Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute for Translation Epidemiology at Mount Sinai.

Conventional measures of public health overlook these trade - offs, especially at a global level, so a planetary health approach is required to ensure that public health interventions like draining swamps to curb disease - carrying mosquitoes don't lead to water shortages that could claim lives.

When the kids ate only organic fruits, veggies, juice, pasta, cereal and salsa, the levels of several organophosphate pesticides in their bodies plummeted (as measured by urine analysis), scientists reported in 2006 in Environmental Health Perspectives.

While opponents of the measure have questioned links between carbon dioxide levels and emergency - room visits, evidence is piling on and health advocates are calling for action (ClimateWire, June 3).

He considers the new findings a key step toward his eventual goal of capturing that cross talk with a benchmark assay that measures the health of a person's immune defenses at the systems level.

Levels of pain, assessment of general health, complications, the need for revision surgery, and mortality were measured postoperatively for up to four years.

«If you measure levels every hour on the hour for a full week, that provides 168 hours» worth of data on your health as it changes.»

This summer, LeBourgeois launched a five - year, $ 2.5 million study funded by the National Institutes of Health, in which her research team goes into the homes of volunteer families, exposes children to varying intensities of light and collects saliva samples to measure changes in melatonin levels and the timing of the biological clock.

Wael Al - Delaimy, a research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health, and his colleagues analyzed how much environmental smoke people absorb by measuring nicotine levels in the hair of 114 bar and restaurant workers in New Zealand.

Measuring the stress hormone cortisol in the moose's coat was used as a method for appraising the long - term effect of the deer ked on the health and welfare of moose, but Madslien found that in general, there was little connection between the number of deer keds, the weight of moose at the time of slaughter and the level of cortisol in the hair.

As part of a regular health survey, researchers measure the levels of some 300 chemicals in a representative sample of people.

«Strikingly, further analysis showed a strong association between DNA methylation levels of these markers in monocytes and neuropsychological test function, measured using a composite score of multiple cognitive domains,» said Dr. Maunakea, Assistant Professor, Department of Native Hawaiian Health, JABSOM and co-senior author of the study.

The measured levels of LDH in this study were well within the normal range found in rabbits, and no changes in cell appearance or organ health were associated with the changes.

On several of the study's measuring sites in Chittagong, the levels in the air are considerably above the threshold the World Health

Deposits of tau in the brain have played a key role in CTE diagnoses, and the protein's link to concussions was bolstered by a recent study from the National Institutes of Health, which the agency said in a news release showed that «measuring tau levels could potentially be an unbiased tool to help prevent athletes from returning to action too soon and risking further neurological injury.»

The researchers assessed how these dietary differences affected measures of metabolic health, including blood sugar and insulin levels, as well insulin sensitivity and production.

She said, «Using cotinine level to measure exposure to secondhand smoke has important public health implications, because increasing the scope of smoke - free environments would likely decrease cotinine levels in the general population, and ultimately death.»

These practitioners use Euphebe as a tool to help their patients achieve their health goals, whether that be to lower elevated LDL cholesterol, hemoglobin A1C (a measure of average blood sugar levels), or inflammation, or to lose weight.

Feeling more content with her appearance than ever, she realized that numbers aren't an adequate way to measure your health and level of fitness.

However, none of these studies measured body fat levels, hormones, or the general effects on their health — like cholesterol, triglycerides, or even mental health.

Testosterone levels were measured at the beginning of the study, and the men's health was tracked over 20 years.

The fasting level of glucose utilization is likely to be suboptimal for health: fasting invokes glucose - and - protein - conservation measures which evolved to make us more likely to survive famine, but almost certainly have a cost in long - term health.

It found a strong link between higher levels of chronic inflammation (as measured by blood levels of an inflammatory marker) and a decreased likelihood of «successful aging,» defined as optimal physical and cognitive health and the absence of chronic diseases.

Low growth - hormone levels and production are associated with low quality of life as measured by numerous criteria, including the Nottingham Health Profile and the Psychologic General Well - Being Index.

Because of this variance, having your testosterone levels measured at the peak of health can make it easier to determine the appropriate level to restore testosterone to.

I would like to do some regular blood checks to ensure that (a) I don't develop deficiencies, and (b) be able to measure the benefits of such a diet on a range of health issues, such as cholesterol levels and inflammation markers.

Although a few studies in the past have examined the link between brain health and trans fats, this study by Oregon Health and Science University in Portland was the first to measure blood levels of trans fats in relation to brain volume using MRI brain health and trans fats, this study by Oregon Health and Science University in Portland was the first to measure blood levels of trans fats in relation to brain volume using MRI brain Health and Science University in Portland was the first to measure blood levels of trans fats in relation to brain volume using MRI brain scans.

These tests help health care practitioners detect candida overgrowth, measure your resistance levels and determine your digestive efficiency and the presence of leaky gut.

Exercise at a foundation level to decrease risk of disease and improve measures of health.

We will provide you with your levels of each of the 11 hormones measured in our Women's Health test and whether your levels fall within established normal ranges for your age.

In the new study, Tangney and her colleagues measured B12 levels in a group of people who had participated in the Chicago Health and Aging Project, a long - term study of common chronic health problems in the elHealth and Aging Project, a long - term study of common chronic health problems in the elhealth problems in the elderly.

One of the life & health topics I have studied is how to measure health from the perspective of answering the question: How healthy am I currently and what are my disease risk levels.

Much like a stethoscope or EKG would provide a gauge of the health of your cardiovascular system, REBA can gauge emotional blockages via a cord which is attached to your wrist, By sending a spectrum of brain wave frequencies that interfere with the coordination of the right and left side of the brain, a reaction profile and pattern is created and correlated with the four energetic levels — Vital, Emotional, Mental and Causal are measured.