Sentences with phrase «little evidence of benefit»

There is little evidence of benefit when consumed as a dietary supplement by those who are healthy and consuming a nutritionally adequate diet.

But Peter Brocklehurst, Professor of women's health at Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, says «the more we use electronic fetal monitoring, the more harm we do, with little evidence of benefit.»

They have said in recent weeks that the plan to crack down on benefit tourism showed No 10 was not serious about introducing major reforms because there is relatively little evidence of benefit abuse by EU citizens.

There is little evidence of benefit with domperidone, and safety information on many of these products is lacking.

There is little evidence of the benefits gained from much of the expenditure on training.

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And there's very little scientific evidence to support the benefit of a gluten - free diet in anything except celiac disease.

Those of Mr. Wieseltier's mindset believe, with little benefit from logic or historical evidence, that democracy can he secured on a thoroughly secular foundation.

Out of curiosity, I did a little research into the health benefits of raspberries, in hopes of scrounging up some actual evidence for my intuition that they are nutritious and worthy of being a household staple.

When she looked at the medical benefits (documented in medical journals and scientific studies), she found «that breast - feeding is probably, maybe, a little better; but it is far from the stampede of evidence that Sears describes.»

The biggest problem with the equating of DHA to DHASCO and ARA to ARASCO is that the two are not the same and there is little evidence to support the claims that DHA / ARA found in formula provides the same benefits as that found in breast milk.

The author, Rooja Sooben from the Centre for Learning Disability Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, says despite compelling evidence about the health benefits of breastfeeding, little is known about the experiences of mothers of infants with Down's syndrome.

Despite compelling evidence about the benefits of breastfeeding little is known about the breastfeeding experiences of mothers of infants with Down's syndrome.

This is despite falling passenger numbers and little evidence of any economic benefit.

«We used different lines of evidence to show that ANGPTL3 deficiency is associated with a reduced risk of coronary artery disease,» said study co-author Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, MPH, an associate professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Penn. «But ultimately we were able to identify that fact that carriers of this genetic mutation did in fact experience a benefit — with little other health risk.»

«There seems little evidence to support the prescription of antidepressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients,» says Kirsch, «unless alternative treatments have failed to provide benefit.»

«With practice, you can improve performance on these games, and on tasks very similar to these games, but there is very little convincing evidence that benefits generalise beyond that,» says Walter Boot of Florida State University, who was part of the team that conducted the review.

For example, Thaler and Sunstein's claims about the benefits of opt - out schemes are belied by little evidence it increases donations.

Dr Kathryn Adcock, head of neurosciences and mental health at the MRC, said: «There is a lot of debate around whether or not training can improve cognitive ability as there is currently little evidence of the claimed benefits or otherwise.

The study says while most suicides occur among people with clinical depression, to date there is little evidence to show the benefits of treatments, such as antidepressants, for protecting individuals against the risk of suicide.

Growers may simply be trying to get more crop yield from their acreage — though there is little evidence of short - term benefit, and ample evidence of long - term risk from Bt - resistant pests.»

«Now that spinal stimulation has been successful in four out of four patients, there is evidence to suggest a large cohort of individuals, previously with little realistic hope of any meaningful recovery from spinal cord injury, may benefit from this intervention.»

In this guide to Olympic doping, we break down the most commonly used doping methods, explaining how they work, analyzing their ease of detection and revealing which ones benefit performance — and which ones have little or no evidence of performance benefits.

While research has shown that nearly one quarter of the global burden of disease can be attributed to poor environmental quality, very little scientific evidence supports the claim that the conservation of ecosystems benefits human health.

«Some patients with less prominent, milder forms of depression may request and receive antidepressants, despite evidence that these medications have little or no therapeutic benefit for mild depression,» Olfson said.

But existing evidence shows that knee surgery provides little benefit for the majority of individuals.

«While evidence from a recently completed [randomized controlled trial] suggested that statin use is of little benefit to COPD patients, this population - based analysis showed that statin use reduced all - cause mortality among COPD patients,» wrote the study authors led by Adam Raymakers, from the University of British Columbia.

There is some evidence that it can help you recover a little faster, but all in all, most major benefits of protein have been disproved as being absolute truth.

• A 2003 Cochrane review of 57 short - term studies concluded that «there is little evidence for long - term benefit from reducing salt intake.

It's fair also to say that there is little in the way of scientific evidence showing that short - term or fad diets and cleanses offer much in the way of clear benefit.

There is little evidence to suggest that the benefits of the blood type diet are truly related to your blood type (rather than an awareness of what you're eating and how you exercise), but that does not discount the fact that this diet has impacted some people positively.

While there are countless user reviews of oil pulling, there is very little scientific evidence of the additional health benefits aside from dental health.

The findings add to «a growing body of evidence from clinical trials that have found little cardiovascular benefit from moderate levels of dietary supplementation,» the researchers wrote in the journal article.

We have little to no clinical evidence of benefit from plant free diets [1], and plenty of evidence of benefit from ketogenic diets, so why would anyone already on a ketogenic diet willingly restrict further an already restricted diet?

Welner notes correctly that I avoided «making many specific claims about the actual distribution of benefits» because there is little available evidence.

In an analysis of the actions of Missouri's state legislature, which increased teacher pensions nine times during a ten - year period from 1991 - 2001 (netting each teacher about $ 75,000 in future benefits and imposing a $ 5.4 billion long - term liability to the state), researchers saw little evidence of any real analysis.

Previous studies have predicted significant expected benefits of AEB technology in low speed rear - end crashes but, so far, there has been little evidence that they really work.

Little also provides evidence demonstrating the benefits of TNR: «FeLV seropositivity was highest in intact females (7.3 percent) and intact males (7.1 percent) and FIV seropositivity was highest in intact males (7.4 percent).»

Giving multivitamin supplementation is important for the treatment of certain health problems; however, there is little evidence of nutritional benefit when used by otherwise healthy dogs.

However, there is little evidence of nutritional benefit when used by otherwise healthy dogs.

Unlike a straightforward illustration of a group event, the action has paused and the figures hold their pose, assumingly for the benefit of the viewer, though there is little evidence of their being aware of onlookers.

The accumulating evidence is that GHGs have much smaller effects than we were warned of by Hansen et al in the 80s, and that reducing GHGs will produce little benefit.

The optimal policy approach to this integral technology is one that recognizes the emissions reductions that industry has and will continue to achieve, recognizes the effectiveness of state regulations, accepts the scientific evidence and avoids additional regulations that could discourage production while providing little or no additional environmental or safety benefits.

There is plenty of evidence to show that over-exposing children to technology is damaging and relatively little that demonstrates concrete benefits.

With their lives in many cases literally on the line, the great majority of victims face a judge or court commissioner without the benefit of a lawyer, with little or no knowledge of the evidence needed to... Continue Reading

Main findings from the review of caselaw on WSIB adjudication (see also Chart) point to the regular disregard of the treating health professional's medical opinion about whether return to work is safe; the reversal of benefits promised to the most vulnerable injured workers (those with permanent disabilities approaching «lock - in» of benefits); wrongful denial of compensation based on «little or no evidence» of pre-existing conditions; and undue targeting of workers with psychological injuries for denial of claims and for surveillance.

There was little evidence to suggest that the Early Start program had benefits that extended to the level of parents or family overall.

Similarly, although there are a broad range of programs being used to prevent recurrence, there is little evidence currently about their effectiveness, and existing evidence - based programs such as PCIT have shown benefits for physical abuse but not neglect.

available evidence reveals little systematic harm or benefit to very young children's later achievement or schooling when their mothers go to work, depending on the age of the child.

However, there was little evidence of additional benefit of group therapy when added to routine care.