Sentences with phrase «of medical change»

Roughly 15 % of dogs will be able to notice some kind of medical change in their owner's body.

Inform your Veterinarian of any medical changes that you notice in your dog.

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Despite the changes on the medical front, the federal Tories have not only indicated their intention to keep marijuana in the Criminal Code, but have also introduced mandatory minimum sentences of six months on small - time grow - ops — six or more plants — as part of the omnibus crime bill, Bill C - 10.

Perhaps in recognition of this reality, the medical program is about to change in a way that could lead to a boom in licensed dealers and smokers.

Science and technology will be the tools that carry us forward, inevitably, but it is this driving idea — of customer - centered value — that will spur the most meaningful changes in the realms of healthcare systems and medical technology.

«This has enormous promise in changing the way we do mental health care as well as medical care,» says David Ahern, director of behavioral informatics and e-health at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Unlike workplace flexible - spending accounts, HSAs don't have a «use - it - or - lose - it» rule and are «portable,» meaning workers who are no longer covered by HSA - eligible health plans because of job changes can continue to tap existing HSAs to pay for qualified medical expenses.

Once a distributor of Chinese - made medical products, priMED reworked its business model when legal changes in China in the early 2000s permitted wholly foreign - owned manufacturers.

«Over the past 15 years, led by California, 15 states plus the District of Columbia have adopted laws permitting some form of marijuana consumption or distribution for medical use,» notes the See Change Strategy study.

«However, investment and business development will continue to be dampened until the federal government definitively changes its position on the legality of medical marijuana,» the report notes.

Though credit agencies have made recent changes to the way they factor medical debt into a credit score, more than half of all the debt that appears on credit reports in the United States stems from medical expenses.

Midsize companies did a better job this year than last year of controlling their medical costs, mainly because of a willingness to change the design of their health plans to obtain lower prices.

Organizations such as the Canadian Association of Optometrists say only doctors should be responsible for issuing medical aides (which it believes glasses and contacts are), and have expressed concern this change will lead to people skipping eye exams, which could delay the diagnosis of serious eye disease.

Furthermore, the final rule could also let insurance companies cover a smaller share of plan holders» medical costs and drop coverage for people who don't pay premiums, among other changes.

Despite changing international attitudes towards marijuana and enforcement, the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the World Drug Problem met this year and decided to keep its prohibitionist policies around drugs to continue the criminalization of all drug use that's not for medical or scientific purposes.

Davis said the company had to «make some changes» because of cuts in Medicare reimbursements for urine tests and other medical services.

It's widely diversified across almost every conceivable industry, is largely immune to the sorts of technological changes that could still wipe Google off the map due to fact profits come from selling stuff like ketchup, jewelry, insurance, furniture, railroad freight services, and more (though management is smart enough to realize this so the technology giant has been making investments in everything from medical to energy companies).

The pace of innovation in healthcare has accelerated in the last decade due to changing demographics and significant unmet medical needs.

In an editorial in The Journal of the American Medical Association, a Stanford School of Medicine professor criticizes the company for operating in «stealth mode for more than a decade» in order to «change the entire health system» without publishing anything in peer - reviewed biomedical journals.

The budget repeals the ACA and replaces it with the RSC's American Health Care Reform Act, which provides a standard deduction for health insurance, allows the purchase of health insurance across state lines, and reforms the medical liability system among other changes.

Reaching your ideal weight via a life changing and active lifestyle has been found to lower health risks and medical conditions in 90 % of overweight patients.

Forward - looking statements may include, among others, statements concerning our projected adjusted income (loss) from operations outlook for 2018, on both a consolidated and segment basis; projected total revenue growth and global medical customer growth, each over year end 2017; projected growth beyond 2018; projected medical care and operating expense ratios and medical cost trends; our projected consolidated adjusted tax rate; future financial or operating performance, including our ability to deliver personalized and innovative solutions for our customers and clients; future growth, business strategy, strategic or operational initiatives; economic, regulatory or competitive environments, particularly with respect to the pace and extent of change in these areas; financing or capital deployment plans and amounts available for future deployment; our prospects for growth in the coming years; the proposed merger (the «Merger») with Express Scripts Holding Company («Express Scripts») and other statements regarding Cigna's future beliefs, expectations, plans, intentions, financial condition or performance.

To understand why people struggle with change and fluctuating levels of motivation and moods, Angel spoke to biohackers, doctors and medical professionals to learn more.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Republicans, meanwhile, have argued that other changes in the tax bill would offset the loss of the medical expenses deduction for those who lose it.

The President of the 800 - member Nueces County Medical Society on Thursday questioned not only the wisdom of Christus Spohn's decision to change anesthesia service providers, but also the system's unwillingness to be up - front with the community about it.

I would hope that that would free me up enough sanity and / or time to do something worthwhile instead of mindlessly punching a clock every week with the fear of an unexpected change outside my control (economy, medical emergency, human error at my job...) leaving me to live out of my car.

The world's most talented innovation leaders were honored on April 11 for their tireless contributions in launching new products that will change the world in the fields of Science and Medical, Robotics, Energy and Sustainability, Commercial Safety and the future of Space Travel.

Guidelines for tax - deductible medical expenses changed because of the Affordable Care Act.

The Canadian Medical Association had recommended a legal age of 21 because of evidence cannabis can cause changes to the brain and may pose a serious health risk to young people.

At a symposium and webinar presented by Fenwick & West and Mewburn Ellis, we asked U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office examiners to provide perspective on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the areas of precision medicine and bioinformatics, disciplines that are at the epicenter of rapidly changing law on patent eligibility of software and medical diagnostic inventions.

In 2016, the University of Texas Austin's Dell Medical School (UTADMS) partnered with True Wealth Ventures to change this untapped opportunity.

One would expect the list of EB - 5 projects to continue to grow, particularly given demographic changes in the U.S. (Healthcare projects, such as hospices, long - term care facilities, medical centers and public housing for seniors could all see increased EB - 5 investment.)

Investments in fast - growing industries like the technology and healthcare sectors (which have historically been volatile) could result in increased price fluctuation, especially over the short term, due to the rapid pace of product change and development and changes in government regulation of companies emphasizing scientific or technological advancement or regulatory approval for new drugs and medical instruments.

Contact utilities to have meters read on closing day and coordinate cancellations, transfers and change - of - address notification for medical, financial and contracted services, licenses, subscriptions, memberships, and personal mail

Additionally, the legislation left in place a large number of legal requirements in the ACA, including the essential benefits package requirements, the prohibition on insurers denying or charging more for coverage for those pre-existing conditions, the limits on «medical loss ratios,» and other changes that do not have a direct budgetary effect.

Investments in fast - growing industries like the technology and health care sectors (which have historically been volatile) could result in increased price fluctuation, especially over the short term, due to the rapid pace of product change and development and changes in government regulation of companies emphasizing scientific or technological advancement or regulatory approval for new drugs and medical instruments.

While it was once true that most testing of potential new drugs took place in medical schools and teaching hospitals, that is no longer the case, and in Elliott's view the change has given rise to serious problems and abuses.

If the prayer group in the experiment suddenly, in controvention of known medical timelines, demonstrated that they were as they were prior to the diesease, surgery, injury etc, and subsequent testing provides no evidence of anything other than a straight up non medical intervention based change in their biology, THEN the results might be remarkable.

People refusing medical treatment because they think they can pray disease away, The demoralizing way religion makes you feel about yourself (I am a wretch, a sinner, a bad person by nature), the religious wars that have been fought for millenia, the self righteous passing laws based on THEIR beliefs (change to the pledge of allegience which now excludes anyone who does not believe in a fairy godfather, the change to the national motto that turned it into the lie «in god we trust», the bigotry that «my religion is the right one and you are wrong so I'll pray for you» kind of crap... don't you realize that it is insulting to me when someone says they will pray for me... its the same as saying I'm going to do something for you but there won't be any effect, so it is just a waste of time.

Reacting to the judgement, Dr Saunders said: «Conway has a terminal condition but that didn't seem to deter the judges in any way... it was pretty clear that they had put a huge amount of weight on the medical evidence and the evidence from disabled people about how any change couldn't be controlled and they'd also looked at what had happened in other jurisdictions».

Religion, Church, Education, Medical Information, Physical restoration, Life - change, Vocational Rehabilitation, Job Acquisition Training, Exercise programs, Nutrition programs, Family counseling, Wholesome recreation programs — All have their place in rehabilitation of destroyed lives.

Sam, Perhaps we'll start taking the money away from the free medical clinic we offer and give it to the government if the law changes — I suppose you believe all that you think you know with regards to the activities of churches.

The imprudent aristocrats encouraging these medical innovations changed the measure of public morality, substituting religiously colored human nature with the secularly safer option of individual passion.

A recent study from researchers at Oxford University published in the medical journal The Lancet looked at how changing weather patterns will affect the planet's ability to grow enough food to adequately feed the global population, and the results are terrifying: They predicted that because of large scale agricultural changes, 247,970 could die in China alone by the year 2050.

All of you who have a «hard on» for America who are still using the medical facilities, food, welfare, education and social structure of this country, go the hell home and watch the face of this country change.

We agree that the feminist assault on traditional sex roles has changed professional spheres for the better (medical schools and law schools are now 50 percent female), but it has left low - income women without the support of husbands and children without fathers.

For alcoholism, the emphasis has changed from sin to sickness; and while there are still people who attribute moral weakness to the habitual drunkard, the general consensus of the medical profession now is to diagnose disease.

By almost every indicator - economic, political, cultural, educational, medical - Africa is, all in all, worse off today than when the anti-colonial «winds of change» began to sweep the continent half a century ago.

There was no medical breakthrough that initiated this new way of thinking about brain «injured people, but rather a change of spiritual outlook.