Sentences with phrase «on improving human health»

• How many human lives could be saved by cheaper methods, such as scrubbers, rather than focusing on improving human health through solutions which have co-benefits for the climate?

ABOUT LA JOLLA INSTITUTE Founded in 1988, the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology is a biomedical research nonprofit focused on improving human health through increased understanding of the immune system.

This lead Deya to Beyond Meat, a company focused on improving human health, positively impacting climate change, conserving natural resources and respecting animal welfare through the innovation of plant based meat products.

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Our research focuses on biologically - based mechanisms to reduce pest issues, soil erosion, fossil fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions; increase nutrient and water use efficiencies; improve pollinator activity and food security; and apply a systems approach to soil, crop, animal, human and planetary health.

Recent meetings have discussed work on environmental issues of national significance such as threatened species protection, improving the environment for human health, and climate change.

Environmental group calls on governments to do more to encourage meat free eating, to protect the planet and improve human health

However, «The AAP Section on Breastfeeding, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Academy of Family Physicians, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, and many other health organizations recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life.2, 127 — 130 Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as an infant's consumption of human milk with no supplementation of any type (no water, no juice, no nonhuman milk, and no foods) except for vitamins, minerals, and medications.131 Exclusive breastfeeding has been shown to provide improved protection against many diseases and to increase the likelihood of continued breastfeeding for at least the first year ofHealth Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, and many other health organizations recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life.2, 127 — 130 Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as an infant's consumption of human milk with no supplementation of any type (no water, no juice, no nonhuman milk, and no foods) except for vitamins, minerals, and medications.131 Exclusive breastfeeding has been shown to provide improved protection against many diseases and to increase the likelihood of continued breastfeeding for at least the first year ofhealth organizations recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life.2, 127 — 130 Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as an infant's consumption of human milk with no supplementation of any type (no water, no juice, no nonhuman milk, and no foods) except for vitamins, minerals, and medications.131 Exclusive breastfeeding has been shown to provide improved protection against many diseases and to increase the likelihood of continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.

On a positive side, the UNDP's annual Human Development Report (HDR 2013) shows that all African countries have positively improved in all the categories since 2000 with the largest improvement recorded in health.

Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon, chairwoman of the Health and Human Services Committee, has submitted a resolution to improve the Erie County Community Coordinating Council on Children and Families in an effort to assist the Department of Social Services with providing critical services to residents in need.

The latest edition of this edited volume includes an overview of social justice principles and public health; chapters on social injustice and its effects on the health of specific population groups; and the intersection of social justice and key aspects of public health, such as health care delivery; and a call to action that promotes human rights and social justice advocacy for improving public health.

Chemical biologists hope a new Internet portal will improve information on small, druglike molecules that are used to study protein vital to human health and disease.

Dr. Frankel is currently directing or co-directing projects related to the ethical and policy implications of human germ - line interventions, the responsible use of animals in biomedical and behavioral research, improving patient safety and reducing errors in health care, the ethical dimensions of the Human Genome Diversity Project, the uses of anonymity on the Internet, and intellectual property and ethical standards for electronic publishing in scihuman germ - line interventions, the responsible use of animals in biomedical and behavioral research, improving patient safety and reducing errors in health care, the ethical dimensions of the Human Genome Diversity Project, the uses of anonymity on the Internet, and intellectual property and ethical standards for electronic publishing in sciHuman Genome Diversity Project, the uses of anonymity on the Internet, and intellectual property and ethical standards for electronic publishing in science.

«This latest finding provides a concise and direct synthesis pathway that, due to the structure of the products delivered, will likely be quite valuable for the discovery and development of therapeutic agents,» says Micalizio, whose work focuses on the design of organic chemical reaction methods and strategies to improve medicine and human health.

«We found that under the CCO model, the timeliness of prenatal care was significantly improved for Oregon women on Medicaid, with more women beginning care in the first trimester of their pregnancies,» said the study's co-author, S. Marie Harvey, associate dean and distinguished professor in Oregon State University's College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

Dr. Michelle Trautwein, Academy curator of entomology and senior author of the new findings, says improving the understanding of the mites that live in human hair follicles helps shed light on human evolution and may allow scientists to pinpoint mites» role in human health.

This research could have important implications for developing countries whose populations rely on rice as a staple of their diets and are in need of cheap, readily available material to improve soil quality and decrease arsenic levels that threaten human health.

«Targeted reduction of Aedes aegypti populations in areas where they are non-native could have little environmental impact, and drastically improve human health,» said Brantley Hall, a Ph.D. student in Tu's lab and co-first author on the paper, together with Sanjay Basu, a postdoctoral associate in Adelman's lab.

A holistic strategy, One Health calls on professionals at all levels and disciplines to acknowledge the links among human, animal and environmental health, and to collaborate to improve all Health calls on professionals at all levels and disciplines to acknowledge the links among human, animal and environmental health, and to collaborate to improve all health, and to collaborate to improve all three.

The initiative symbolizes the mission of the CMI, which is to develop multidisciplinary teams focused on translating basic scientific research into clinical and societal applications, with the overall goal of improving animal and human health.

At Weizmann, she plans to investigate the impact of gut microbiota on aging, and her goal is to improve human health through personalized nutrition.

Building on the foundation laid by the Human Genome Project, Dr. Collins is now leading NHGRI's effort to ensure that this new trove of sequence data is translated into powerful tools and thoughtful strategies to advance biological knowledge and improve human heHuman Genome Project, Dr. Collins is now leading NHGRI's effort to ensure that this new trove of sequence data is translated into powerful tools and thoughtful strategies to advance biological knowledge and improve human hehuman health.

The MDI Biological Laboratory has a partnership agreement with ARMI to promote research and education on regeneration and the development of new therapies to improve human health.

Identifying these, and quantifying their effects on disease risk, should lead to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for improving human health.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes today are announcing their role in an unprecedented collaboration organized by the National Institutes of Health, which used groundbreaking methods to vastly improve our understanding of bacteria that reside in and on the human body.

Reykjavik, ICELAND, January 21, 2010 — deCODE genetics ehf today emerged as a newly financed, private company focused on advancing the science of human genetics and its application to products and services that improve human health.

NIH Clinical Center (CC)-- Est. in 1953 The NIH Clinical Center, America's research hospital, provides a versatile clinical research environment enabling the NIH mission to improve human health by investigating the pathogenesis of disease; conducting first - in - human clinical trials with an emphasis on rare diseases and diseases of high public health impact; developing state - of - the - art diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic interventions; training the current and next generations of clinical researchers; and, ensuring that clinical research is ethical, efficient, and of high scientific quality.

The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) is an independent, nonprofit organization focusing on mammalian genetics research to advance human health with a mission to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health.

From our earliest research that established cancer as a genetic disease to today's work in precision medicine, our unswerving focus on genetics and genomics continues to generate advances that improve human health.

Kilpatrick is lead author of another paper in this issue on «Conservation of biodiversity as a strategy for improving human health and well - being,» in which he examined the evidence linking biodiversity to disease risk and outlined the steps needed to develop biodiversity conservation into a public health control strategy.

The Biobanco - IMM allows the study of the pathogenesis of multiple diseases with enormous impact on human health (such as neurological diseases, rheumatic disorders and cancer), improving the identification of new prognostic and diagnostic tests and new therapeutic targets.

Furthermore, saturated fat has been shown to have numerous positive effects on health, such as improving liver health by encouraging the liver cells to get rid of their fat cells, improving the immune system's response by helping white blood cells to recognize and destroy invaders more effectively, enabling the absorption of fat - soluble vitamins by acting as their carriers, as well as improving hormonal activity by providing the building blocks for a variety of hormones that are essential to human health.

Although I am a man and technically not qualified enough to give women advice on this important issue, but I know my stuff and I've done huge research on how the human endocrine system works and how we can optimize our hormonal systems and improve our health.

Essentially, big agra has hybridized wheat heavily over the last 5 decades to improve things such as crop yield and baking characteristics, but never once thought about the impacts on human health of changing the biochemical structure of wheat.

Potatoes and potato components have been shown to have favorable impacts on several measures of cardiometabolic health in animals and humans, including lowering blood pressure, improving lipid profiles, and decreasing markers of inflammation.

BioSentient Corporation, a medical technology devices and services company focused on improving health and human performance through physiologic awareness and self - regulation is such a company.

The study, which comes out of the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, is the first to provide a link from certain characteristics of childcare that are regulated by states, such as caregiver training and child - staff ratios, to improved cognitive and social development in children.

Recommendations for local educational agencies, schools and early childhood programs on improving the inclusion of infants, toddlers and preschool children with disabilities in early childhood programs — from the US Department of Education & the US Department of Health and Human Services

New York, NY — The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor - H) appropriations bill could provide critical funding and much - needed stability for federal programs that focus on improving leading, teaching, and learning in our nation's public schools.

One is Human Resources, whose managers may seek books on retirement - planning programs or how to save money on insurance premiums by showing employees how to improve their health.

As Chairman, Schwichtenberg presides over all meetings of the Board of Directors, the governing body of APPA.She also serves in a leadership advisory role guiding APPA's industry - wide activities.Schwichtenberg previously served as Vice Chairman of the Board for APPA.Schwichtenberg is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Central Garden & Pet strategic business unit Central Life Sciences.Specializing in the development, manufacturing and marketing of category - leading product brands such as Farnam, Zodiac, Bio Spot, Horse Health Products, Adams, PreStrike and Platform Feeds, Central Life Sciences focuses on improving the quality of life for companion animals.Prior to Central Life Sciences, Schwichtenberg was Vice President and general manager of the Consumer Animal Health Division of Sandoz, Inc. (now Novartis, Inc.), a worldwide leader in human pharmaceuticals and animal health proHealth Products, Adams, PreStrike and Platform Feeds, Central Life Sciences focuses on improving the quality of life for companion animals.Prior to Central Life Sciences, Schwichtenberg was Vice President and general manager of the Consumer Animal Health Division of Sandoz, Inc. (now Novartis, Inc.), a worldwide leader in human pharmaceuticals and animal health proHealth Division of Sandoz, Inc. (now Novartis, Inc.), a worldwide leader in human pharmaceuticals and animal health prohealth products.

«With their support, we will work to bring insight and inform the industry on the scientific - based evidence that animal partnership improves human health and well - being.

There have not been many studies on lycopene in the rabbit diet, but research done on humans and other animals have shown a correlation between lycopene and improved bone health, heart health, and a decreased incidence of several types of cancers.

The Hillsborough Animal Health Foundation was founded in 1987 by a community - minded group of Hillsborough County (Tampa / Tampa Bay) area veterinarians to foster the human / animal bond and promote improved pet health and pet care through emphasis on pet owner education and the dissemination of pet informHealth Foundation was founded in 1987 by a community - minded group of Hillsborough County (Tampa / Tampa Bay) area veterinarians to foster the human / animal bond and promote improved pet health and pet care through emphasis on pet owner education and the dissemination of pet informhealth and pet care through emphasis on pet owner education and the dissemination of pet information.

«When educated about the scientific research on the human - animal bond, pet owners are more likely to take important measures to improve pet health and augment their relationship with their veterinarians,» said AAHA Chief Executive Officer, Michael Cavanaugh, DVM, DABVP (C / F).

Just as longevity in humans has improved with medical advances and an emphasis on early diagnosis and treatment of age related health problems, a proactive approach to your geriatric pets can help assure the best quality of life and longevity for your canine and feline family members.

When 2,000 pet owners were educated about the human health benefits of pet ownership: 92 % said they were more likely to maintain a pet's health, including keeping up with vaccines and preventive medicine 89 % said they were more likely to maintain a pet's health, including regular check - ups with a veterinarian 88 % said they were more likely to provide a pet with higher quality nutrition 51 % said they were more likely to purchase pet health insurance 62 % said they were less likely to skip visits to the veterinarian 89 % said they were more likely to take better care of a pet «When people find out that pets improve heart health, decrease stress, help alleviate depression and address specific conditions that include autism, PTSD and Alzheimer's, they become more focused on caring for their pet's health,» said HABRI Executive Director, Steven Feldman.

71 % of pet owners have heard about scientific research on the human - animal bond that demonstrates pet ownership can help improve physical or mental health in people

Focused on improving the health of food and fiber - producing, companion, sporting, zoo and wildlife animals, the Center also seeks to prevent communicable disease or conditions that impact human health and provides training to scientists, veterinarians and students.

Ensuring the health and welfare of animals belonging to Meals on Wheels who are homebound, elderly, or disabled, thereby preserving the human - animal bond and improving quality of life for both humans and companion animals

The OVC is focused on improving health — the health of animals, humans and the environment — and is engaged with many different animal species.