Sentences with phrase «other associated health»

We also started to pay a lot more attention to our looks, physical attributes and other associated health issues.

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The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

Treadmill desks and bike desks are designed to keep you moving throughout the workday, combating fatigue, obesity, poor circulation, increased risk for disease, and other health problems associated with prolonged sitting.

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.

We have developed a complete security policy derived from NIST 800 - 53 and maintain active business associate agreements (BAAs) with all partners for performing HIPAA compliant clearinghouse functions as well as for handling other personal health information as needed.

The recommendation is part of a comment letter signed by 58 people who are, in the words of the petition, «business persons; members of angel groups, trade associations and advocacy groups; partners and associates of venture capital funds; startup founders; individual angel investors; and other persons interested in the health and vibrancy of America's startup ecosystem.»

There is no area in social science in which the evidence stacks up so completely on one side: marriage and traditional family life are associated with good outcomes in terms of health, wealth, and other indicators of well - being.

The United States also encouraged the use of more selective terror in which government leaders, teachers, health workers, land - reform promoters, and others associated with the development of social programs of the government were targeted for assassination.

«We need to bring back public discussion of AIDS as a «gay» disease, pederasty as [sic] major subculture of male hom.ose.xuality, mental health problems and domestic violence as major problems associated with lesbianism, the increasing recruitment of children into a hom.ose.xual ident.ity through experimentation with «gay» se.x, etc. — all the truths we stopped telling because the other side screamed so loudly about them.»

So, something traumatic happens to you and instead of grieving that and going through that process, you stuff all those feelings in, you hide behind the mask of emotional strength, you keep taking care of everybody else, you keep working, and then you start engaging in self - medicating behaviors: you start binge - eating, you put a lot of focus on your physical appearance, you do a lot of makeup, hair, clothing, compulsive shopping, you start picking up these other health problems associated with these behaviors.

When saying Merry Christmas has become a bad thing, when we can no longer have the peoples vote counted and respected by judges and elected officials, when health care for aids and other associated dieses is covered, when kids in school have to be subjected to demonstrations of gay bedroom life when the mayor of NY will no longer without reason and against the law rent churches public buildings, when teen pregnancies up 45 percent will be paid for by us the people of the US with all the cost completely covered.

So, whilst the well - informed individuals who may be reading this article are likely to recognise and avoid the risks associated with over consumption and excessive calorie intake, the very real risk of deteriorating mental health and cognitive performance exists within this group as much as any other.

So there is no other way to caution consumers about the health risks associated with sugar - sweetened beverages other than taxing those who more than likely can't afford to be taxed any further?

Perhaps the best sweetener on the market, stevia does not appear to have the negative health risks associated with consumption as do other sugar alternatives.

Over the years, data revealed that dietary saturated fatty acids (SFAs) are not associated with CAD and other adverse health effects or at worst are weakly associated in some analyses when other contributing factors may be overlooked.

Matcha has incredible health benefits — think green tea on steroids with 137x the antioxidants, like EGCG — the polyphenol in green tea associated with weight loss, disease prevention and cancer protection among other health benefits.

Also, most of these products are highly processed, have no nutritional value, and can lead to inflammation and hormone disruption associated with chronic diseases and other health conditions.

Helping adolescent males to delay fatherhood may also be important from a child health perspective: research that controlled for maternal age and other key factors found teenage fatherhood associated with an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preterm birth, low birth weight and neonatal death (Chen et al, 2007).

The Naty by Nature Babycare Chlorine - Free Eco Diapers come backed by the guarantee to reduce the risk of future health problems that are associated with harmful chemicals like asthma and other common allergies.

However, if your daughter has abnormal vaginal bleeding, painful periods, unusual vaginal secretions, or other problems that may be associated with her reproductive health, she may need a pelvic exam sooner.

If you have concerns about a child who is oppositional and / or defiant, learn more about the symptoms associated with ODD and how Encompass Mental Health treats this disorder, and other disorders involving opposition and / or defiance.

From the file of Rather Obvious News, this study from the University of Michigan Medical School: children who consume foods purchased from school vending machines, school stores, snack bars and other sales that compete with the federal school lunch program are «more likely to develop poor diet quality — and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease.»

One year ago this month, I travelled to Oak Brook, Illinois to attend the annual McDonald's shareholder meeting along with five other moms: Sally Kuzemchak of Real Mom Nutrition; Casey Hinds of KY Healthy Kids; Leah Segedie, founder of the Mamavation community; Migdalia Rivera, associate campaign director at MomsRising.org; and Rosa Perea, a Chicago - area health educator.

Chronic exposure to BPA, as it is commonly known, has been associated with heart disease, cancer and other health problems.

But it's difficult to isolate drug use as the cause of those problems because drug use tends to be associated with other factors like poverty, poor nutrition, poor maternal health, low socio - economic status, continuing to smoke / drink during pregnancy — and all of these are associated with poor outcomes.

In fact, dental studies show that dry mouth (called xerostomia) causes increased incidence of gum disease, cavities and other oral health conditions which have been associated with premature birth.

For the purposes of this economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth care.

The offices of obstetrician — gynecologists and other obstetric care providers should be a resource for breastfeeding assistance through the first year of life, and for those women who continue to breastfeed beyond the first year because many of the health benefits associated with breastfeeding increase with longer duration of breastfeeding.

Yes, a big of the reason for our higher maternal mortality rate is general health of the population, which is associated with some other reasons: poverty and lack of access to care.

This finding is added to other health and social benefits associated with breastfeeding.

These studies are at risk for selection bias both of cases and of control individuals and their results might be influenced by potential confounders such as other health behaviors that may be independently associated both with breastfeeding and childhood leukemia risk, although this is of course not limited to case - control studies.

Pacifier use, also known as non-nutritive sucking, has also been associated with other health benefits for the preterm baby.

Not surprisingly, those who help others, even if they experience stress associated with that, show fewer negative health outcomes as a result.

Sarah Murphy, Public Affairs Associate for the School Nutrition Foundation, moderated a panel discussion with LaTonya Reed (VA Hunger Solutions), Meg Gruber (VA Education Association), Debbie Shiflett (Virginia SNA), and Catherine Grimes (VA Department of Education); other speakers included Eyang Garrison and Madeleine Levin of FRAC, Liz Campbell, a registered dietitian and SNF consultant, and Annalise Cohen of NEA Health Information Network.

Other studies have shown that planned caesarean deliveries are associated with an increased risk of death or health complications in the newborn.

These findings add to a growing body of evidence that has suggested breastfeeding may have multiple health and other benefits for children.12 28 The particular significance of the present findings is that they show the cognitive benefits that are associated with breastfeeding are unlikely to be short - lived and appear to persist until at least young adulthood.

You may need to be evaluated in a hospital's emergency department if the breast pain is associated with other signs of an infection (such as a fever, swelling, or redness to the breast) and if your health care provider can not see you promptly.

Another study of 2,900 Australian infants assessed at ages 1, 2 3, 5, 8, 10, and 14 years found that infants breastfed for 6 months or longer, had lower externalizing, internalizing, and total behaviour problem scores throughout childhood and into adolescence than never breastfed and infants fed for less than 6 months.8 These differences remained after statistical control for the presence of both biological parents in the home, low income and other factors associated with poor mental health.

Yet these very same professionals offer formula samples with the other hand — when the magnitude of health risks associated with the use of formula is 500 times greater.

The risks associated with passive smoking have been less readily accepted than the health - risks of cigarettes and other tobacco products, but research shows ambient smoke still contains carcinogens and toxic components.

«NRG has not been as responsive to the public health concerns and environmental issues associated with electricity generation as other players in the industry have been,» Iwanowicz said.

Gallivan told the crowd, «I have had the pleasure of working with families, mental health experts and others who are associated with the Children's Psychiatric Center for several years and it is clear that they speak with one voice on the importance of keeping this facility in West Seneca.

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

Senator Betty Little of Queensbury, who helped organize the forum, said the state legislature will create a task force to study tick - borne illness, and that she believes legislation should be passed to introduce more funding for disease research, and to require health insurance companies to cover treatments associated with symptoms of Lyme and other diseases.

Referencing the report, «Homelessness in Oneida County, NY: Understanding and Addressing a Hidden Social Problem,» written by Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.»

Barriers to include; a limited awareness among parents of their child's weight and the associated health risks; a belief that a healthy lifestyle would be difficult; other pressures on parents that undermine healthy choices; and a lack of opportunity to make the changes towards a better lifestyle.

These disorders — insomnia, restless leg syndrome, jet lag — can worsen other health issues, like blood pressure, anxiety and cardiovascular disease, says Karen Klingman, PhD, an associate professor of nursing at Upstate University Hospital.

The document, obtained by New York State public radio and other news organizations, outlines potential health risks associated with hydrofracking in New York.

Inspired by Albert Einstein and others, Claude believes that the education of young scientists and health professionals must be bound by a social contract that safeguards their freedom to travel, associate, and communicate freely, but asks in return that they do no harm and direct their talents toward caring for all human beings and the earth we inhabit.

Cynical distrust, which is defined as the belief that others are mainly motivated by selfish concerns, has been associated with other health problems, such as heart disease.