Sentences with phrase «major health care crisis»

Christians have been asked to pray for people in Gaza as the Palestinian territory faces a major health care crisis.

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Even though alcoholism ranks as one of the country's three major health problems, along with cancer and heart disease; even though it accounts for approximately 98,000 deaths every year; even though it is the root cause of most pastoral - care crises (suicides, auto fatalities, child abuse, divorces, hospital admissions, accidental deaths and home violence); even though it costs the nation $ 120 billion annually in terms of lost work time, health and welfare benefits, property damage, medical expenses, insurance and lost wages; and even though its effects impair the educational process of every child in every classroom, still the church acts as though alcoholism does not exist.

Back problems are almost epidemic in our society; in fact, chronic back pain lies at the root of the escalating opioid crisis, which has turned into a major public health issue in the U.S. Not surprisingly, the American College of Physicians now recommends that doctors recommend self - care techniques like yoga and Tai Chi for back pain sufferers before prescribing addictive drugs.

• # 4 s being done in by a major crisis - divorce, unemployment, uninsured death, jail, accident, injury, lawsuit, or not having adequate health, disability, or long - term care (AKA nursing home) insurance.

• # 4 is being done in by a major crisis - divorce, unemployment, uninsured death, jail, accident, injury, lawsuit, or not having adequate health, disability, or long - term care (AKA nursing home) insurance.

The ongoing suicide crisis in remote Aboriginal communities also remained in the news, with a major new report from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP) expected to call for a radical rethink in Indigenous mental health policy to place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the centre of care.