Sentences with phrase «of nonmedical»

For 2017, sales of services through the top two pet specialty big boxes rose to an estimated $ 1.3 billion, a figure that represents around 10 percent of their total (product and service) sales and 15 percent of all U.S. sales of nonmedical pet care services.

A woman might lack desire for a host of nonmedical reasons: because she's been sexually abused, or has been taught that sex is dirty, or because she's not that attracted to her partner, or she's angry at him, or she's just too tired because she's a full - time worker and full - time mom, getting no help with the housework.

Though nearly 8 percent of the students reported nonmedical amphetamine use and about 7 percent reported nonmedical Adderall use in the past year, about 29 percent of nonmedical Adderall users reported no nonmedical amphetamine use.

Views of nonmedical, health system professionals regarding the return of whole genome sequencing incidental findings.

The researchers analyzed state - level rates of nonmedical exemptions at school entry from 1991 through 2004 and data for incidence of pertussis from 1986 through 2004 for individuals age 18 years or younger.

A study of seventh - and eighth - graders found a five percent prevalence of nonmedical prescription opioid use.

Saad B. Omer, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, and colleagues conducted a study to determine if the rates of nonmedical exemptions differ and have been increasing in states that offer only religious vs. personal belief exemptions, and if the incidence of pertussis is associated with policies of granting personal belief exemptions and ease of obtaining exemptions.

The research, led by Silvia Martins, MD, PhD, associate professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, sheds light on the racial and ethnic differences in trends of nonmedical opioid and heroin use over time.

The rest were designed mainly for testing the safety of nonmedical products.

In 2008 - 2011, the risk of past - year heroin use, ever injecting heroin, past - year heroin abuse or dependence, and the perception of availability of heroin increased as the frequency of nonmedical opioid use increased for all race and ethnicities, but particularly for non-Hispanic Whites.

California's rates of nonmedical exemptions tripled from 0.77 percent in 2000 to 2.33 percent in 2010, and some schools had 2010 nonmedical exemption rates as high as 84 percent.

Use of nonmedical methods of labor induction and pain management among U.S. women.

Not exact matches

The latest survey shows a 14 percent decline in nonmedical use of prescription drugs...

It's also important to realize that you can avoid the usual 20 percent penalty on withdrawals that go toward nonmedical expenses once you reach the age of 65.

We prefer to leave the responsibility to medical authorities, usually males who are uninformed about the nonmedical aspects of breastfeeding.»

Proposition 64 legalises adult nonmedical use of marijuana, creates a system for regulating marijuana businesses and products, and, imposes taxes on sales and cultivation.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports 20 % of people ages 12 and older have used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons at least once in their lifetime.

A new type of cancer drug developed at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, but not yet tested in clinical trials may have triggered the deaths of three patients who were undergoing an alternative cancer treatment by a nonmedical practitioner in Germany.

DuPont and Monsanto face the task of alleviating the public's concerns about new nonmedical products, notably genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Census tracts within a nonmedical exemption cluster were 2.5 times more likely to be within a pertussis cluster, even after accounting for population characteristics including racial demographics, population density, household income, average family size, percentage of residents with a college degree and location within a metropolitan area.

Research being presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2017 National Conference and Exhibition shows that post-surgical opioid pain medications prescribed after common surgeries may become a pathway to continued, nonmedical opioid use by teens and young adults.

The HFEA licenses clinics and regulates research: it limits the number of embryos implanted and prohibits sex selection for nonmedical reasons, but it is not always overly restrictive.

An article published by JAMA Pediatrics estimates the number of measles cases in U.S. children and the associated economic costs under different scenarios of vaccine hesitancy, which is the delay or refusal to vaccinate based on nonmedical personal beliefs.

«The noteworthy increase in the annual rate of heroin abuse or dependence among non-Hispanic Whites parallels the significant increase in nonmedical opioid use during the last decade and the growing number of heroin overdose deaths described for this race and ethnic group in recent years,» said Martins.

These might include requests to select the sex of an embryo for nonmedical purposes or to transfer multiple embryos, despite the increased risks.

«Overall, our results suggest a connection between opioid and heroin use and heroin - related adverse outcomes at the population level, implying that frequent nonmedical users of prescription opioids, regardless of race or ethnicity, should be the focus of public health efforts to prevent and mitigate the harms of heroin use.»

Furthermore, the Cooperative Research Centres Program linking industry and science loses AU$ 80 million and the Australian Research Council, which funds nonmedical scientific research, faces a chop of AU$ 74.9 million over 3 years.

Stimulant drugs are widely prescribed to treat ADHD, which is believed to affect up to 8 percent of U.S. college students, and several studies have documented frequent nonmedical use — either without a prescription or taking higher - than - prescribed doses — particularly among college students.

Attendees were asked about nonmedical use — defined as using in a manner which is not prescribed (such as to get high)-- of 18 different opioids — including OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, codeine, fentanyl, and heroin.

Colgrove and his co-author, Abigail Lowin of Columbia Law School, suggest there are alternatives to eliminating nonmedical exemptions entirely.

As of March 2006, all states permitted medical exemptions to school and daycare immunization requirements; 48 states allowed religious exemptions; and 19 states had a provision for personal belief exemptions, such as religious, philosophical, and any other unspecified nonmedical exemption.

While all 50 states allow exemptions for children who have a valid medical reason, and almost all states allow nonmedical exemptions for parents with either religious or philosophical objections, the political climate has recently shifted in favor of making exemptions more difficult to obtain.

In 2015, California, long known as a state with lenient provisions and high rates of opting out, followed the example of Mississippi and West Virginia and eliminated nonmedical exemptions.

In one study, nearly 13 percent of high school seniors reported nonmedical use of prescription opioids.

Moreover, state - level policies on nonmedical exemptions and documentation of immunization status should be viewed as part of the efforts to control or eliminate vaccine - preventable diseases,» the authors conclude.

Yet the world's most advanced form of spectroscopy has yet to reach its full potential in nonmedical scientific advances.

Use of amphetamines without a doctor's order, known as nonmedical use, carries a high risk of abuse and dependency, as well as potential harmful side effects such as heart problems and seizures.

The proposed law would establish the first federal safety standards in schools for the use of restraint and seclusion, similar to rules in place in hospitals and nonmedical community - based facilities.

Wouldn't it be cool to try and look for Tipping Points in business, or in social policy, or in advertising or in any number of other nonmedical areas?

Most of these insurance companies specialize in selling «simplified issue» or «nonmedical» insurance policies.

Minnesota requires a minimum of $ 40,000 in personail injury protection; $ 20,000 of that amount is allowed for medical expenses, and $ 20,000 may be used for lost wages or other nonmedical expenses.

The Elite plan includes trip interruption coverage of up to $ 5,000, evacuation benefits including medical and nonmedical of up to $ 250,000 and emergency medical benefits coverage of up to $ 100,000 with no deductible.

This includes all women who received a medical examination related to the provision of a contraceptive method, made supply - related return visits, received contraceptive counseling and a method prescription but deferred the medical examination, or chose nonmedical contraceptive methods, even if a medical examination was not performed, as long as a chart was maintained.

If a child eligible for high - risk adoption assistance, meaning that they are at high risk of developing a physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral disability, develops such a disability, the adoption assistance agreement could be amended to include cash payments (such as basic maintenance need or supplemental maintenance need) and nonmedical services (such as child care, respite care, etc..)

To assess the extent to which families used nonmedical community services, 2 measures of service utilization were developed: (1) the duration of the child's attendance at preschool education services by 36 months and (2) the number of community service agency contacts that the family had made up to 36 months.

More precisely, The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports «70 % of teens have tried alcohol by their senior year in high school, 50 % have abused an illegal drug, 40 % have smoked cigarettes, and 20 % have used prescription drugs for recreational, or for nonmedical purposes.»