Sentences with phrase «major health epidemic»

Obesity has become a major health epidemic and has dramatically increased over the last decades.

And when I started looking into health statistics, I realized that there is a major health epidemic among Black women in this country that is hidden under the veneer of strength.

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It's been a busy week for health care news between some high - profile setbacks for certain major cancer drug makers, high - profile victories for others, the confirmation of a new FDA chief, health care merger drama, and a slew of public health reports about the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C, and U.S. life expectancy.

The Australian Beef industry is recognized as being free of all major epidemic diseases of cattle including Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and is one of the few in the world to be declared a «Negligible Risk» country of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) by the World Organization for Animal Health Industry.

As the leading nonprofit health and fitness certification organization, our mission is to get people moving, because we believe physical activity can play a major role in preventing and reversing the epidemic of chronic, lifestyle - related diseases spreading the globe.

I think that medicalized birth practices resulting in inter-generational deprivation of our basic human rights has been a major contributor epidemics of diabetes and obesity and mental health problems.

EAST NEW YORK — The six major mayoral candidates accused Mayor Michael Bloomberg of turning his back on the victims of Superstorm Sandy Thursday night, and warned the mold epidemic that has emerged in its wake is now a public health emergency.

Together with the German Chancellor and the Norwegian Prime Minister, President Mahama will on Saturday host a major side event on Strengthening a healthy future: Resilient Health Systems to fight epidemics and ensure healthy lives, a follow - up to the proposal made by the three world leaders to the UN Secretary General to set up a panel to review the world's response to health cHealth Systems to fight epidemics and ensure healthy lives, a follow - up to the proposal made by the three world leaders to the UN Secretary General to set up a panel to review the world's response to health chealth crisis.

Crowley and Canzater identify five critical actions that should be priorities for monitoring HCV: 1) expand and standardize reporting to the CDC, 2) utilize electronic medical records to collect data on HCV cases and the cure cascade, 3) fund epidemiologic research using clinical data sets, 4) integrate improved monitoring of HCV with responses to the opioid epidemic, and 5) establish and monitor HCV elimination plans across major US health systems.

But even if biology is a major driver of Russia's drug - resistant TB epidemic, public - health officials can still beat it back, says Dye.

«To rid the world of meningitis epidemics altogether, we need to go after all the major strains in one public health vaccine,» noted Adar Poonawalla, CEO and executive director of Serum Institute of India Private Ltd. «We are partnering with PATH on a pentavalent meningitis vaccine — targeting five meningitis strains, A, C, W, X, and Y — and will begin clinical trials this year.»

By February 2016, the World Health Organization had declared the epidemic a global public health emergency, based largely on the virus» newly - established link to microcephaly and other major birth defects in babies born to infected moHealth Organization had declared the epidemic a global public health emergency, based largely on the virus» newly - established link to microcephaly and other major birth defects in babies born to infected mohealth emergency, based largely on the virus» newly - established link to microcephaly and other major birth defects in babies born to infected mothers.

Type 2 diabetes is a major public health threat linked to the obesity epidemic.

CVS Health, one of the nation's biggest pharmacies, just announced that it will be taking major steps to fight the opioid epidemic in America.

But now that we know that vitamin D won't cure cancer, we tend to avoid thinking about it at all, and that's a big mistake because vitamin D deficiency, which is currently at epidemic proportions in the United States, is still a major contributor to a plethora of serious health issues, including low testosterone.

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.

The link between cardiovascular health and the development of other major diseases such as diabetes, poor thyroid function and probably also dementia, too, makes sense since many of these also point to a lack of nutrients rather than the presence of one single substance as a likely explanation of such epidemics.

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CVS to Limit Opioid Drug Prescriptions Amid National Epidemic Major drug - store chain CVS Health announced this week that they will limit the amount of opioid prescriptions at their...

«Processed and toxic pet foods are one of the top three major factors in the epidemic of chronic disease and cancer seen in pets today, and feeding wholesome food is the single most important decision a canine guardian can make toward a life of good health and longevity.»

The report gave the same odds that some food - and water - borne diseases will also increase among susceptible populations, but said «major human epidemics» were unlikely as long as public - health systems remained effective.

Apparently, so many of us are that a major U.S. / Canadian initiative called Take Back Your Time has been formed to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health and relationships.

In addition, the Government has announced a major reform agenda for mental health services, a major response to the ice epidemic, and structural changes to the way healthcare is planned and commissioned regionally through the Primary Health Networks (health services, a major response to the ice epidemic, and structural changes to the way healthcare is planned and commissioned regionally through the Primary Health Networks (Health Networks (PHNs).

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