Sentences with phrase «noted health authors»

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Noted physician and author David Agus was deep in thought as he listened to a live, solo performance of The Swan, at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego on Wednesday.
Among the references to contemporary scientific literature the authors note common failures of research design and provide «grades» to direct the interested reader towards published works that provide the best evidence linking health to religion.
The study's author noted (and anti-home-birth advocates are quick to point out) that the outcomes were a result of «a good risk - selection system, good transport in place, and well - trained midwives,» factors that are no doubt influenced by the collaboration of Dutch doctors and midwives and a national health system that support home births as a viable choice for women.
E-cigarette vapors also «produced mild effects on the lungs, including inflammation and protein damage,» notes Thomas Sussan of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, lead author of the study, published February 4 in PLOS ONE.
The authors also note that the study's results provide support for the establishment of a uniform health and safety index for investors — which was proposed earlier this year in a white paper published in JOEM («Integrating health and safety in the workplace: how closely aligning health and safety strategies can yield measureable benefits,» May 2015).
The authors do note that this large study can not definitively prove cause and effect; nonetheless, the findings are strongly consistent with «a wealth of existing observational and clinical trial data to support health benefits of nut consumption on many chronic diseases.»
The authors note that while large, international, multi-lateral funds exist for global health delivery, there is no significant pooled funding mechanism for research and development to complement existing but limited R&D funding for a wide range of diseases.
«Despite possible similarities in the relationship between early menarche and sexual and reproductive health in low -, middle - and high - income countries, the factors associated with early menarche and early marriage may differ across ethnic groups within the same country,» noted Mobolaji Ibitoye, MPH, DrPH candidate in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School and lead author.
While the overall rate of these infections in children is still low, ESBL - producing bacteria can spread rapidly and have been linked to longer hospital stays, higher health care costs, and increased mortality, the study authors noted.
«This panel of neutralizing antibodies offers the possibility of developing human monoclonal antibody - based immunotherapy, especially for health care workers,» noted the authors.
«Resistance to antimalarial medication threatens the health of more than half of the world's population,» notes corresponding Paul Roepe, PhD, a Georgetown chemistry professor who authored the study with colleagues at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Kentucky.
«Metabolic syndrome in women may be more closely related to coronary artery disease than other cardiovascular outcomes,» noted Elizabeth Barrett - Connor, MD, corresponding author and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Both obesity and asthma are serious public health problems at historically high levels in the U.S., the authors note, and many researchers have associated obesity with the development of asthma and with an increased risk for asthma exacerbations.
«This study is an example of the concept of One Health for new viruses,» noted author Stacey Schultz - Cherry at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
She and her colleagues, including senior author Brahmajee Nallamothu, M.D., M.P.H., note that the growth in out - of - pocket costs was 6.5 percent a year, compared to a 5.1 percent growth in health insurance premiums, and a 2.9 percent growth in overall health care spending.
The authors noted that broadening scientific workforce diversity has been an official policy of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for decades, yet the percentage of URM scientists who hold faculty positions today is still well below their representation in the general U.S. population.
The authors note that public health initiatives that could help make the overall environment healthier include restricting the sale of non-nutritious foods in and around schools; menu labeling and providing incentives for food stores to build outlets in local food deserts; creating safe spaces for physical activity that are monitored to reduce the likelihood of crime; and maintaining smoke - free restaurants and public spaces, among others.
The authors noted the findings may play a role in the ongoing debate over pre-participation ECG screenings for preventing sudden death in athletes by offering a new perspective on the greatest health risk for runners.
The authors note that although the effect of maternal obesity on cerebral palsy may seem small compared with other risk factors, the association is of public health relevance due to the large proportion of women who are overweight or obese.
J. Michael Murphy, EdD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Psychiatry, senior author of the JAACAP paper, notes that this is the first study to document the positive impact of a large - scale pediatric mental health intervention using validated mental health measures and real - world benchmarks like end - of - the - year promotion and school attendance.
The authors note that their findings supporting «decentralization» to curb health impacts from air pollution must be «strongly qualified.»
While the research showed promise in using non-specialist health workers to improve mental health outcomes in developing countries, the authors note that more evidence is needed in this area as many studies were of low quality.
The authors note that mental health care providers will need specific training before integrating VR approaches into clinical practice.
The authors note that experiences of other countries that have overcome financial crises, such as Iceland and Finland, suggest that by ring - fencing health and social budgets, governments can avoid some of the harmful effects of crisis taking their toll on the health of their populations.
The odds of type 2 diabetes were not statistically significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons among the second generation, but co-corresponding author Dr. Sun Changhao, professor of nutrition and dean of the School of Public Health at Harbin, noted that these people were only in their 20s and 30s and could still be at increased risk as they age and that the research team will continue to follow up on these participants.
The authors noted that errors in diagnosis have twice the odds for a catastrophic payout and that health systems should focus more attention on ensuring diagnostic accuracy.
In people, rhinovirus C infection can be especially severe in children, notes James Gern, another senior author of the study and a professor of allergy and immunology in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
«The historical geographic movement of populations continues to influence health and cancer risk in modern Americans,» the authors noted in the paper, which was published in January in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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The authors of the BMJ study note that those findings could have significant implications on how we approach public health.
The study authors also noted that some older adults become less tolerant of heat as they age, so the finding could be of interest to seniors who are drawn to the potential heart health benefits of yoga but are leery of exposure to excessive heat.
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The study author, Dr. Elena Goleva noted that this research «goes beyond previous associations of vitamin D with various health outcomes.
The study authors noted the importance of focusing on yoga as a new treatment that can be performed in the specific setting of a primary health care center.
James Lynch, director of Baltimore's Life Care Health Clinic, is a noted author and medical researcher who conducted the studies.
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The authors pointed out some of the advantages of low poverty noting, «Children whose parents read to them at home, whose health is good and can attend school regularly, who do not live in fear of crime and violence, who enjoy stable housing and continuous school attendance, whose parents» regular employment creates security, who are exposed to museums, libraries, music and art lessons, who travel outside their immediate neighborhoods, and who are surrounded by adults who model high educational achievement and attainment will, on average, achieve at higher levels than children without these educationally relevant advantages.»
In fact, the results are even less promising when, as the article's author, Lindsey Burke notes, it becomes clear the Department of Health and Human Services study used less rigorous standards when measuring data.
As the author is clearly making a parallel between Agustina's madness and the mental health of Colombia itself, it's interesting to note that Agustina's current breakdown is not the first instance in her family's history or, for that matter, the first time that she has become delusional.
«State health authorities have different requirements for submission of specimens for rabies testing,» note the authors, «therefore, intensity of surveillance varies.»
While there is no silver bullet to the problem of too many cats, all avenues should be explored, including euthanizing cats that public health or wildlife officials deem problematic, the authors note.
Although the authors noted that their study did not provide evidence for great risk associated with T. gondii in cats, they advised that the risk should still be considered, as the infection in humans can cause significant health problems, and cats who are not otherwise transmitting the infection can begin shedding the virus in times of stress.
«Shifting from coal to wind would address health, environmental and energy problems,» note the authors.
The study authors note that they have not determined whether the epigenetic changes they observed may improve or harm health.
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* Methodology note: Author's estimate of the number of preschoolers suspended or expelled comes from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health.
It should be noted that the authors of these analyses acknowledged that a limitation of their modelling analysis was that it did not put a monetary value on the economic benefits associated with gains in social and emotional mental well - being or broad health benefits.
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