Sentences with phrase «of health and disease in»

«Microbiology is coming to a point where it's extraordinarily evident that bacteria, fungi and viruses play a massive role in the development of health and disease in humans, in environmental settings and ecological systems,» said Jack Gilbert, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolution at the University of Chicago.

They influence many aspects of health and disease in our own bodies, but equally in crop plants and micro-organisms.

Scanadu will also have anonymized access to all of its users» health data, which can be used for epidemiology — the study of the patterns of health and disease in defined geographic areas.

Not exact matches

About 69 million employees in the U.S. say they miss work because of health problems every year, which reduces economic output by $ 260 billion per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Omada's digital therapeutics platform attempts to address disparate health care needs that can be particularly cumbersome for people at risk for chronic diseases like diabetes through a combination of data analytics, user engagement, and the broad goal of preventing these kinds of conditions from developing in the first place.

In a year that saw a terrible Ebola pandemic in Africa and the resurgence of Legionnaire's disease in New York, it's small wonder that life sciences and health - care companies are also leading the way for initial public offeringIn a year that saw a terrible Ebola pandemic in Africa and the resurgence of Legionnaire's disease in New York, it's small wonder that life sciences and health - care companies are also leading the way for initial public offeringin Africa and the resurgence of Legionnaire's disease in New York, it's small wonder that life sciences and health - care companies are also leading the way for initial public offeringin New York, it's small wonder that life sciences and health - care companies are also leading the way for initial public offerings.

According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the life expectancy for a baby born in 2016 fell to 78.6 years, which is a small but statistically significant decline of 0.1 percent.

High percentages of those polled also believe A.I. can make significant advances in eradicating cancer and diseases, developing clean energy, improving education, and boosting global health and well - being.

The home of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranks 51st in health care.

Carlos Martinez, a materials engineer and assistant professor at Purdue University in Indiana, says that the final goal of the project is to develop these disease breathalyzers to provide diagnostic and preventative screening for home or health - clinic use.

The decision comes on the heels of a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics, an agency of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, that shows the rate of estimated drug overdose deaths increased in the third quarter of 2016 and outpaced the rate of drug - related deaths over the same period in 2015.

But I was also curious to see what kind of diseases I might be at risk of passing down to my kids and whether the health concerns that run in my family could be spotted in my spit.

The company is selling a thing (the kit) by saying it can provide «health reports on 254 diseases and conditions,» including categories such as «carrier status,» «health risks,» and «drug response,» and specifically as a «first step in prevention» that enables users to «take steps toward mitigating serious diseases» such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, and breast cancer...» Most of the uses «listed on your website, a list that has grown over time,» the FDA writes, «are medical device uses [for the] Personal Genome Service.»

«We don't have a specific list of conditions that would be disqualifying, but certainly uncontrolled medical problems (whether it's hypertension or heart disease or lung disease, or many other conditions), would most likely cause concern and result in disqualification,» Dr. Tarah Castleberry, an assistant professor of aerospace medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, told Reuters Health by email.

If you have a serious health issue such as obesity, heart disease or diabetes, and your doctor recommends swimming as a vital form of daily exercise, you may be able to deduct the cost of a new pool in the backyard as a medical expense, according to Lisa Greene - Lewis, a CPA and tax expert at TurboTax.

Now, Google has invested in a company called Calico, which it says will focus on health and well - being — in particular, the «challenge of aging and associated diseases.»

«The number one goal of a wellness program is to promote health and prevent disease,» writes Starkman, who recommends defining corporate wellness programs in writing and making them structured and reasonable.

FitBit and Apple Watch are great for the casual health enthusiast to keep track of his vitals, but the potential for so - called «medical - grade wearables,» devices designed to aid in the prevention or treatment of a specific disease is just starting to be realized.

Tarun has worked in health for 30 years, focusing on public health research, policy and practice in the prevention of common chronic diseases and addressing Aboriginal health gaps.

In 2008, the National Institutes of Health spent $ 80 million on SCI research — about the same amount that went to inflammatory bowel disease — compared with $ 5.6 billion for cancer and $ 3.6 billion for infectious diseases.

Andrew Batholomaeus, a consultant toxicologist at Australia's University of Canberra and the University of Queensland, states that «the potential human health consequences of discouraging the use of pyriproxyfen in drinking water storage and other mosquito - reduction programs is catastrophic with potential deaths and serious disease from otherwise avoidable malaria, dengue and other mosquito - borne diseases numbered in at least the hundreds of thousands.»

* Lowering the cost of health care through initiatives in prevention, chronic disease treatment, negotiated discounts for drugs through Medicare, and improved information technology.

Though the researcher said there needs to be more research into the exact mechanisms of why that is, they concluded that «healthy sleep appears to play an important role in maintaining brain health with age, and may play a key role in [Alzheimer's disease] prevention.»

Until now, there was no reimbursable way for pre-diabetic patients to receive care, said Mike Payne, head of medical affairs at Omada Health, the nation's largest federally recognized provider of diabetes prevention programs in the U.S. Medicare has always reimbursed providers to screen for diabetes and to treat those who have the disease, but there wasn't a way for providers to be reimbursed to stop that progression all together.

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina shows that loneliness can «vastly elevate» a person's risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer, making it as dangerous to your health as a lack of physical inactivity in youth or diabetes in old age.

In the long term, chronic sleep deprivation may lead to a host of health problems including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and even early mortality.»

Searching for reasons behind an observed increase in the incidence of heart disease, medical researchers sifted through the health records of 31,000 men who worked for the London Transport Executive as drivers and conductors.

«When Zika broke into the main media in the U.S., especially the [World Health Organization] and [U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention] recommendations, Airbnb took a really proactive approach to inform any guest of any recommendations» from the agencies, stresses Tristao.

The global health community and a coalition of public - private initiatives has successfully begun taming the scourge, with a 21 % decrease in its global incidence and 29 % drop in mortality rate between 2010 and 2015; still, there were 212 million malaria cases worldwide and nearly 430,000 deaths from the disease in 2015, according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) fihealth community and a coalition of public - private initiatives has successfully begun taming the scourge, with a 21 % decrease in its global incidence and 29 % drop in mortality rate between 2010 and 2015; still, there were 212 million malaria cases worldwide and nearly 430,000 deaths from the disease in 2015, according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) fiHealth Organization (WHO) figures.

The microbiome consists of all the microbes that live in and on the human body that contribute to health and disease status of an individual.

However, current spirometers are not affordable for the majority of health care providers in many low and lower - middle income countries, and are not widely used despite a massive and increasing burden of chronic lung disease.

Researchers found that participation in the PepsiCo program was associated with lower health care costs, but only after the third year, and all from the disease management components of the program.

Health officials in Texas have already announced the death of a 77 - year - old Harris county resident from Vibrio: She came into contact with flood waters when they ripped into her home, and later died as a result of flesh - eating disease.

We are bringing together fiscal policy, development, and health leaders from around the globe, including Ministers of Finance, to address the enormous and growing health and economic burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in lower and middle income countries (LMICs).

21ST - CENTURY DETECTION AND PREVENTION Value Chain Track As the burden of chronic ailments increases along with our aging populations, public health experts are in near - universal agreement that we need to a far better job of preventing disease.

The study provides another example of the role of the microbiome — the collection of microbes found in and on the body — in health and disease.

To achieve this goal, several approaches are envisaged: identifying small populations with severe disease where a medicine's benefit - risk balance could be favorable; making more use of real - world data where appropriate to support clinical trial data; and involving health technology assessment bodies early in development to increase the chance that medicines will be recommended for payment and ultimately covered by national healthcare systems.

Always pushing the bounds of innovation in areas such as personal health records, eReferral, chronic disease management, integration and medication safety, Jeremy is a champion of patient - centred collaborative care.

Ronald L. Bray, a retired printing company executive and former longtime Riderwood resident, died Feb. 21 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Wright's Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Seminole, Fla..

We'll be remembering and honouring those who lost their lives or were injured because of their work and we'll be renewing our commitment to prevent further deaths, injuries and diseases by improving health and safety in the workplace.

They are right to demand action: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public health database, when it comes to causes of deaths in US adolescents ages 15 to 19, firearms are an alarmingly common contributor.

SLIM invests in companies that provide services and products to the portion of the population that is obese, ranging from biotechnology companies that address obesity - related diseases and health problems, to standard health care companies, to weight - loss - program and supplement providers.

InvivoSciences will continue to contribute to the improvement of human health by establishing a new paradigm for discovering drugs that focus on diseases with limited treatment options such as cardiac fibrosis, scleroderma, and lupus in a time - effective manner while remaining safe and cost effective.»

Real health care reform would be for the millions of «on the dolers» to shut up and take an active part in their own health... a good start... eliminate diabetes, cancer, lung and other diseases for a good part.

It is telling, for example, that the Centers for Disease Control, in a recent calculation of the health costs of smoking, tallied up the total bill for the sicknesses of smokers and not just the increment that might be attributed to the habit itself.

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said, «Obesity, and with it diabetes, are the only major health problems that are getting worse in this country, and they are getting worse rapidly.»

I have instructed the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to: Appoint an advisory committee on alcoholism; establish in the Public Health Service a center for research on the cause, prevention, control, and treatment of alcoholism; develop an educational program in order to foster public understanding based on scientific fact; work with public and private agencies on the state and local level, to include this disease in a comprehensive health prHealth, Education, and Welfare to: Appoint an advisory committee on alcoholism; establish in the Public Health Service a center for research on the cause, prevention, control, and treatment of alcoholism; develop an educational program in order to foster public understanding based on scientific fact; work with public and private agencies on the state and local level, to include this disease in a comprehensive health prHealth Service a center for research on the cause, prevention, control, and treatment of alcoholism; develop an educational program in order to foster public understanding based on scientific fact; work with public and private agencies on the state and local level, to include this disease in a comprehensive health prhealth program.

They have developed a habit of consistently taking vitamins because they have been told that, in the long run, vitamin supplements are going to have a beneficial effect on their physical health, resistance to disease, and general well - being.

However — aside from the fact that, according to the World Health Organization, 80 per cent of all disease in the world is related to water supplies and that some diseases are significantly increased by irrigation — the technology of irrigation is itself a tricky business.

We read in 21st Century Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, «If hypnotism seems to heal disease — or mental collective noise seems to alleviate loneliness — this appearance is deceptive, since error can not remove the effects of error.