Sentences with phrase «people at increased risk»

The HSE Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programme funds a range of projects for young people at increased risk of crisis pregnancy.

A daily pill that people at increased risk for HIV can take to prevent HIV infection.

Exposure to cigarette and other types of smoke also put people at increased risk for throat cancer.

Dr. Weitzel's multidisciplinary clinical and research program emphasizes the recognition and assessment of people at increased risk for developing cancer because of family cancer history or personal risk factors.

A lack of vitamin D may put elderly people at increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, a study of 1658 US adults concludes (Neurology, doi.org/t6g).

«Our findings suggest that certain mutations in the BRCA1 gene may put people at increased risk for metabolic diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes,» said Dr. Spangenburg.

«In many parts of the world, the low average calcium intake may be putting most people at increased risk of fractures and osteoporosis.»

But for now we urge caution in prescribing this drug to people at increased risk of suffering amputation.»

Testing is usually only recommended for people at an increased risk of developing coeliac disease, such as those with a family history of the condition.

Two patterns of antecedent or «prodromal» psychiatric symptoms may help to identify young persons at increased risk of developing bipolar disorder (BD), according to a new analysis in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

«Screening for syphilis recommended for persons at increased risk of infection.»

For example, persons at increased risk for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer should undergo frequent colonoscopies to identify and remove pre-cancerous colon polyps before they turn into full - blown colon cancer.

These biological «vulnerabilities» may place a person at increased risk for developing BPD given certain developmental factors such as prenatal stresses, infections, nutritional deficits or stressful events in the early family environment Other family members may often have BPD, Major Depression, Bipolar Illness, or problems with addiction.

Not exact matches

Although the law would allow people to grow up to four plants at home, Bourque, who represents 125,000 real estate brokers, said there's no limit on plant size, meaning growers could raise giant plants that produce 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of grass a year, increasing the risk to homes and health.

Research shows that people who feel lonely can feel chronically threatened and are at an increased risk of death.

These people are at an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, and adult - onset diabetes.

Exposure to pollution is associated with the increasing population of cities, but people who live in rural areas are also at risk.

As such the persons property can become even more at risk if they can't make the payments due to the increased mortgage.

Creating more confusion around corporate tax increases, a PC press release from April 9 stated «Prentice pointed out that more than 95 % in Alberta are small businesses, employing fewer than 50 people, and questioned those who would put those jobs at risk with a corporate tax increase.»

Research shows that people who eat a lot of processed sugar are at an increased risk of developing diabetes.

Simply by working in health care at all, that person is at increased risk for blood - borne illness.

Once babies can reach out and grab objects and start having contact with more people, they can be at increased risk for contagious illnesses, especially if they're in childcare or have older siblings.

Babies are at increased risk of death if they co-sleep with more persons than their parents (eg other siblings) 29 or with a pet.30 Co-sleeping with a sibling raises the risk.31 Babies should not co-sleep if anyone other than the parents is in the bed.

The policy causes unacceptable consequences, which ruins people's lives, puts them at risk of destitution and can even increase the risk of modern slavery.

We work with 50,000 children and young people across the UK and our projects are still seeing increasing numbers of families who are at breaking point and children who are at risk of neglect, entering the care system, or are getting into trouble with the law.

When children are not vaccinated, they are at increased risk for diseases and can also spread these diseases to others in their classrooms and community — including babies who are too young to be fully vaccinated, and people with weakened immune systems due to cancer or other health conditions.

More than half a million ¹ people with diabetes in England are at increased risk of blindness because they have not received retinal screening2, an essential annual check which tests for eye disease (diabetic retinopathy).

When children are not vaccinated, they are at increased risk and can spread diseases to other in their family and community — including babies who are too young to be vaccinated, and people with weakened immune systems due to cancer and other health conditions.

A far - reaching study conducted by scientists at Cincinnati Children's reports that the Epstein - Barr virus (EBV)-- best known for causing mononucleosis — also increases the risks for some people of developing seven other major diseases.

«We found that Amish people with this mutation have defects in fat storage, increased fat in the liver, high triglycerides, low «good» (HDL) cholesterol, insulin resistance and increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes,» says the study's senior author, Coleen M. Damcott, Ph.D., an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition and member of the Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

«Taken together, our results suggest that SCN8A mutations in people with early - infantile epileptic encephalopathy may increase the risk of SUDEP by creating an environment in which the heart has a higher susceptibility to arrhythmias,» explains author Chad Frasier, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan.

Three million people get cholera every year, in Asia, Africa and Haiti, and increasing urbanisation and temperatures will put more people at risk.

People with asthma appear to be at an increased risk of having asthma symptoms following exposure to sulfites.»

«People with psoriasis, particularly those with more severe disease, have an increased risk for a variety of other health problems, including obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke and heart attack,» says board - certified dermatologist Jashin J. Wu, MD, FAAD, director of dermatology research at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.

Kranzler notes that the taste differences identified in this study could serve as protection against alcoholism but some people with a family history may also have alterations in taste characteristics that put them at increased risk of the disorder.

«People with diabetes may have an increased risk of Alzheimer's,» says Keith Fargo, director of scientific programs and outreach at the Alzheimer's Association.

If global temperatures increase by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, as many scientists expect, so - called «hundred - year - floods» could occur every 20 years or so, putting untold numbers of people at risk.

People with MCI are at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Another key finding was that elevated mortality risk with increasing waist circumference was observed at all levels of BMI, even among people who had normal BMI levels.

«We need to be aware of the problem and prepare for it, either by vaccinating at an early age or by putting people on antiviral drugs while they're at increased risk,» says Patterson.

For more than 20 years, researchers have known that people who carry the E4 version of the APOE gene are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's.

«While obesity at a younger age is associated with an increased risk of future dementia, obesity in people who have lived to about 60 - 80 years of age seems to be associated with a reduced risk,» they conclude.

More than 44 million people are clinically obese compared with 30 million a decade ago, putting them at increased risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and breast, prostate, and colon cancers.

The findings, by researchers from Imperial College London, may help explain why people who have suffered a serious brain injury appear to be at increased risk of dementia.

People with few social ties are at increased risk of dying of heart disease, cancer, and respiratory and gastrointestinal ailments.

But people who eat this meat could be at increased risk of food poisoning if they have not cooked it thoroughly, especially if they refreeze it beforehand.

Scientists are not at the point where they can factor in finger length to arrive at a diagnosis, but they've gathered evidence that shows how this prenatal hormone imbalance can affect a person for life, from increasing or decreasing your risk of certain diseases, to predicting how easily you get lost or lose your temper.

People who sustain a fragility fracture are at a higher risk for future fractures and face increasing treatment costs.

(Reuters Health)- People who occasionally work night shifts may be at a slightly increased risk of heart disease, according to a new study.

The number of people who have food allergies has increased in recent decades with around 5 - 7 % of infants and 1 - 2 % of adults at risk and The University of Manchester is part of a project «Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Management» (iFAAM; http://www.inflammation-repair.manchester.ac.uk/iFAAM/), which aims to provide better advice for health workers and the public and, ultimately reduce the burden of allergy across Europe.