Sentences with phrase «other health measures»

You can't Close the Gap in life expectancy and other health measures without addressing the basics of life, such as acceptable housing and economic participation.

His team is also studying the long - term effects of gluten consumption on other health measures, including heart disease and weight gain.

In clinical trials conducted in patients with type 2 diabetes, sitagliptin has been shown to be effective in improving glycemic (blood sugar) control, cholesterol, lipoproteins and other health measures compared to placebo.

All other health measures, such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels stayed the same across the three groups (Experimental Physiology, doi.org/cjh4).

Not exact matches

The stock market is the other way we measure economic health — especially in politics and popular media.

The company is calling on lawmakers to take action on «common sense gun reform,» including measures to address mental health, improve background checks, raise the age to buy a gun, and ban bump stocks and other similar accessories.

That estimate comes from the Economic Policy Institute's (EPI) 2015 Family Budget Calculator, which measures the annual cost of necessities for one adult to live a secure, yet modest, lifestyle by estimating the costs of housing, food, transportation, health care, other necessities, and taxes.

The tax bill lowers the corporate tax rate from 35 % to 21 %, eliminates the penalty under the Affordable Care Act for failing to have health insurance, a narrower estate tax, and cuts the top effective marginal tax rate for S corporations to a top rate of 29.6 percent, among other measures that gives the biggest breaks to the wealthiest individuals and companies.

Apple's Health Kit will also allow users to track other measures important for reproductive health, including menstrual cycles, ovulation test results and cervical mucus quHealth Kit will also allow users to track other measures important for reproductive health, including menstrual cycles, ovulation test results and cervical mucus quhealth, including menstrual cycles, ovulation test results and cervical mucus quality.

But other than the feature that tracks sexual activity, the rest of the «reproductive health» measures are female - only.

But for researchers or consumers seeking more nuanced health data, putting other objective measures on hospitals» Yelp landing pages would provide even more context about hospital performance.

And my liberal friends look at that and they say, «If we had not created this halfway measure of health security, we would have what every other country has,» which seems to work well in other places, which is a government - run system where health protection insurance is guaranteed in some way or another, the exact structures differ, but by the state.

Our proposals also include a number of other measures to improve workplace conditions: enhancing members» right to refuse dangerous work; specific measures to reduce stress for front - line workers and shift workers; improved collective agreement language on workplace harassment and discrimination; strong maternal health provisions; and fairness for injured workers.

The exclusion of health services, as well as a number of other services provided by the public sector, largely explains the relatively modest increase in the market goods and services excluding volatile items measure of underlying inflation over the past year.

Other measures of household balance sheet health such as the debt - servicing ratio and the gearing ratio show considerably less of an upward trend than the debt to income ratio.

Gay men have vigorously fought off the only public health measures that could significantly contain the spread of AIDS — contact tracing and testing of partners — methods long used for syphilis and other sexually transmitted afflictions.

Dr. Stephen Keener, Mecklenburg County medical director, said the quarantine is just a preventative measure: «Quarantine is a public health measure to protect the public that requires healthy people who were exposed to a disease to be prevented from contact with others until it is certain that they are not infected».

The principle of solidarity, of the health of one working for the health of another, was transformed into an accounting system by which the merit of each member was theoretically measured in heaven, and all of it beyond what that member required put in a bank fur the help of others.

He suggested and «hoped» that other penal and penitential measures might achieve justice, «favour the good of souls and avoid scandal» in an expedited way, especially relevant given Fr Murphy's precarious health.

Multiple approaches are needed to combat VAD, including nutrition education and consuming a diverse and nutrient rich diet; promoting breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices; vitamin A capsule supplementation; food fortification; and other public health measures aimed at the control of infectious diseases.

But like other measures taken for public health, food labelling also has its critics.

In addition to bringing in new laws or other regulatory measures where none exist, legislation in many countries needs to be amended to include World Health Assembly Resolutions on infant and young child nutrition.

In an interview with CBC News, Health Canada media relations officer Christelle Legault outlines that diaper manufacturers are self - regulating and are not obligated by law to disclose the component parts of their diapers; «it is the responsibility of the [diaper] industry to test their products and take other measures as appropriate to ensure that they meet health and safety requireHealth Canada media relations officer Christelle Legault outlines that diaper manufacturers are self - regulating and are not obligated by law to disclose the component parts of their diapers; «it is the responsibility of the [diaper] industry to test their products and take other measures as appropriate to ensure that they meet health and safety requirehealth and safety requirements.

A measuring tape is included for other vital baby measurements such as length and head circumference, to give an overall picture of your baby's health.

There were no significant differences in outcome of home or hospital births attended by midwives for the other child health measures.

Research has shown that the children of same - sex couples, whether adopted or biological, fare no worse than the kids of straight couples on mental health, social functioning, school performance and several other life - success measures.

The American Association of Pediatricians statement on breastfeeding and the use of human milk (2005) states, «Exclusive breastfeeding is the reference or normative model against which all alternative feeding methods must be measured with regard to growth, health, development and all other short and long - term outcomes.»

The breastfed infant is the reference or normative model against which all alternative feeding methods must be measured with regard to growth, health, development, and all other short - and long - term outcomes.

Additionally, a careful observation of the symptoms of mastitis on your breasts and overall health condition will help you to take medications and other measures that can assuage the condition.

The good news is that recent studies are revealing that when all doesn't go as planned, positive impacts can be made on baby's flora and intestinal health with the use of probiotics and other healing measures, thereby reducing later risks of many chronic diseases.

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(1) in collaboration with FAO, and taking into account the work undertaken by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, to develop guidelines for clinicians and other health - care providers, community health workers and family, parents and other caregivers on the preparation, use, handling and storage of infant formula so as to minimize risk, and to address the particular needs of Member States in establishing effective measures to minimize risk in situations where infants can not be, or are not, fed breast milk;

ISSOP is hopeful that the Position Statement will be used with paediatric societies and associations around the world to ensure that paediatricians and other health professionals avoid conflicts of interest, and protect breastfeeding as one of the most health promoting measures in the field of child health.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

One study assessed incident disease in a population without data on dietary intake other than alcohol (4), and 2 studies measured prevalent hypertension, adjusting only for concurrent health behaviors (5, 11).

But supporters are pushing other measures related to women's rights and reproductive health.

The measure required mental health professionals providing treatment services to a patient to report whether the person is likely to engage in conduct that poses a risk to themselves or others.

Among other recommendations, the Health Service noted that suspected cases must be treated in isolation and advised health workers to adhere to regular Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures to prevent and protect against possible transmiHealth Service noted that suspected cases must be treated in isolation and advised health workers to adhere to regular Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures to prevent and protect against possible transmihealth workers to adhere to regular Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures to prevent and protect against possible transmission.

The Choice Review, published in February, recognised this problem and among other measures recommended that people's end of life preferences are recorded so that staff across the health and social care systems know of people's choices.

In other measures aimed at simplifying business procedures, Mr Redwood has called for the scrapping of the 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act, a reduction in regulation requirements in the financial services industry and a simplified system for submitting tax records.

Other measures approved at the last minute would authorize hunting with crossbows, allow ticket scalping to continue, prohibit unauthorized commerce in human tissue, continue health insurance coverage and revise workplace terms for midwives and utility maintenance workers.

The Westchester County Department of Health on Wednesday urged people with private wells that were flooded to either boil their water before consumption or to use bottled water as a precautionary measure since sewage and other harmful contaminants can be washed into private wells by storm waters.

This was just as it faulted the poor state of health services in the institution adding that such occurrence amongst others could have been avoided if proactive measures were being taken.

The others are the definition of the child under domestic law and regulations; civil rights and freedom; family environment and alternative care; health and welfare; education, leisure and cultural activities; special protection measures; and responsibilities of the child.

Christie said last year that parents should have a «measure of choice,» as «not every vaccine is created equal and not every disease type is as great a public health threat as others.»

So, it is also possible that there could be socioeconomic or other relevant differences among health care facilities that have not been measured.

Despite leading the world in pioneering anti-smoking laws, cancer screening and controlling high blood pressure, the US trails its richer «peer» countries in almost all other measures of health and longevity, says a US National Research Council report published last week.

The Review's lead author, Professor Theresa Marteau, Director of the Behaviour and Health Research Unit at the University of Cambridge, UK, says: «This evidence suggests that using nutritional labelling could help reduce calorie intake and make a useful impact as part of a wider set of measures aimed at tackling obesity,» She added, «There is no «magic bullet» to solve the obesity problem, so while calorie labelling may help, other measures to reduce calorie intake are also needed.»

Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., pushing for affordable health care for all Americans, calls the measure «a step in the right direction,» but notes that ultimately the feds need «to extend public programs or provide subsidies, such as refundable tax credits or some other means» to have truly universal health coverage.

He fears an accidental breach could damage malaria eradication and other much - needed public health measures.