Sentences with phrase «population at highest risk»

Those may not be the best avenues to reach the population at highest risk of becoming lifelong smokers: Young people who get hooked early.

High Risk Individuals It is especially important for certain populations at high risk for serious flu complications to get vaccinated.

These are typically nonprofit organizations that provide shelter, civil engineering expertise, and medical care to populations at high risk.

Dietary fat intake and risk of cardiovascular disease and all - cause mortality in a population at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

In other words, if populations at high risk for getting chronic fatigue are analyzed, and the researchers can find no link between abnormal cortisol levels and a later risk of getting chronic fatigue syndrome, that is a good indication that cortisol levels / HPA function is not a significant causal factor.

Populations at highest risk for vitamin D deficiency include:

A modelling analysis predicted that dark chocolate consumption in populations at high risk of cardiovascular disease could potentially avert cardiovascular events over the long term owing to its antihypertensive and metabolic effects

Deputies 70 - year - old man following an apparent murder dating sites based on intelligence and suicide a population at high risk.

Therefore, proposals that seek funding for neuter - before adoption projects are likely to receive a lower priority score than projects that are likely to reach new target populations at high risk for contributing to cat and dog overpopulation.

At PAWS Chicago, most of the pets cared for in their veterinary hospital are pulled from the city's animal control facility, a population at high risk for diseases including diarrhea.

The upcoming summer months will bring many travelers with pets, placing our dog population at higher risk.

Clinical implications of current findings include the need to develop, evaluate and implement IPV screening and intervention protocols for this population at high risk for experiencing IPV.

The goal of this project is to implement SafeCare with a population at high risk for child maltreatment, and to develop and test important adaptations of SafeCare.

Children of parents with bipolar disorder: A population at high risk for major affective disorders

The impact of high neuroticism in parents on children's psychosocial functioning in a population at high risk for major affective disorder: A family — environmental pathway of intergenerational risk

Not exact matches

Use online screening tools to identify the patients at higher risk than the general population, so you can focus more time on analyzing data than gathering it from scratch.

The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

As GLBTQ folks experiment, trying to satisfy the unsatisfiable, they begin to pursue extremely unhealthy behaviors that place them at high risk, way beyond the straight population, for the transmission and reception of fatal and debilitating illnesses.

However, with the exception of women who consumed a high intake of soy during adolescence, the majority of epidemiological studies (studies carried out in defined population groups) have not found that women with higher soy intakes are at lower risk of breast cancer.

At the same time, it is self - evident that food products with no history of safe use must be subjected to the highest standards of risk assessment before the most vulnerable groups of the population are exposed to it.

Experts are saying older men shouldn't worry about their higher risk of fathering a child with bipolar disorder (men 45 + are 25x more likely than a man in his 20s to father a child with bipolar disorder) because it's such a rare disease but recent studies show it's not rare at all and affects 4 - 5 % of the population.

The second infection that's also been on the rise is Syphilis, particularly amongst populations that are at higher risk to contract Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV, such as young men who have sex with men or injection drug using adolescence.

... Based on current knowledge, there is no medical evidence to indicate that in the general population, women of reproductive age are at higher risk of miscarriage or preterm delivery if they continue to breastfeed while pregnant.

Flint and colleagues suggested that when midwives get to know the women for whom they provide care, interventions are minimised.22 The Albany midwifery practice, with an unselected population, has a rate for normal vaginal births of 77 %, with 35 % of women having a home birth.23 A review of care for women at low risk of complications has shown that continuity of midwifery care is generally associated with lower intervention rates than standard maternity care.24 Variation in normal birth rates between services (62 % -80 %), however, seems to be greater than outcome differences between «high continuity» and «traditional care» groups at the same unit.25 26 27 Use of epidural analgesia, for example, varies widely between Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, and the North Staffordshire NHS Trust.

At the same time we strengthened our services to vulnerable populations in residential programs to increase our impact to these high risk families.

However, this study only included kids at high - risk for celiac (based on genetic markers or a first - degree relative with the disease), so it might not apply to the general population.

Certain populations are at a higher risk for deficient and low levels of Vitamin B - 12.

The prone or side sleep position can increase the risk of rebreathing expired gases, resulting in hypercapnia and hypoxia.54, — , 57 The prone position also increases the risk of overheating by decreasing the rate of heat loss and increasing body temperature compared with infants sleeping supine.58, 59 Recent evidence suggests that prone sleeping alters the autonomic control of the infant cardiovascular system during sleep, particularly at 2 to 3 months of age, 60 and can result in decreased cerebral oxygenation.61 The prone position places infants at high risk of SIDS (odds ratio [OR]: 2.3 — 13.1).62, — , 66 However, recent studies have demonstrated that the SIDS risks associated with side and prone position are similar in magnitude (OR: 2.0 and 2.6, respectively) 63 and that the population - attributable risk reported for side sleep position is higher than that for prone position.65, 67 Furthermore, the risk of SIDS is exceptionally high for infants who are placed on their side and found on their stomach (OR: 8.7).63 The side sleep position is inherently unstable, and the probability of an infant rolling to the prone position from the side sleep position is significantly greater than rolling prone from the back.65, 68 Infants who are unaccustomed to the prone position and are placed prone for sleep are also at greater risk than those usually placed prone (adjusted OR: 8.7 — 45.4).63, 69,70 Therefore, it is critically important that every caregiver use the supine sleep position for every sleep period.

He added, «We do not have a gang presence at our high school or junior high, though I do recognize at - risk populations and vulnerabilities in the community at - large.»

There, people are at a higher risk of suicide than the general population.

Grilled or well - done beef, chicken or fish may raise the risk of developing high blood pressure among people who regularly eat those foods, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.

African - Americans are at higher risk for the ocular complications of diabetes than are other segments of the population.

This risk appears to be lower among women in the general population (increase 31 %) than for women already at high risk of acquiring HIV such as sex workers.

These estimates are orders of magnitude higher than those for the so - called general population in Britain, but comparable with figures for certain other groups at high risk of infection, such as gay men attending clinics for sexually transmitted disease.

«I would only suggest calcium and vitamin D for fracture prophylaxis in very high risk populations, such as much older people in institutions such as nursing homes, who get no sunlight exposure at all.

Epidemiologists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that persons residing at higher latitudes, with lower sunlight / ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure and greater prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, are at least two times at greater risk of developing leukemia than equatorial populations.

«Our study shows that a healthful diet is associated with decreased high blood pressure in an at - risk population.»

The researchers note that 40 percent of patients at state psychiatric inpatient hospitals have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, while nearly 20 percent experience a longer hospital stay — «suggesting a high - risk population needing special attention.»

Many countries across Africa and Asia - Pacific may be vulnerable to Zika virus outbreaks, with India, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Nigeria, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Bangladesh expected to be at greatest risk of Zika virus transmission due to a combination of high travel volumes from Zika affected areas in the Americas, local presence of mosquitos capable of transmitting Zika virus, suitable climatic conditions, large populations and / or limited health resources, according to a new modelling study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Now results from the first large population study conducted to assess the association show that older age at natural menopause and the use of oral HT are each associated with a higher risk of hearing loss.

In June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began reimbursing for hepatitis C virus screenings for two target populations, including baby boomers (those born between 1945 through 1965) and those at high risk for the infection.

Limiting lung cancer screening to high - risk former smokers may improve cost - effectiveness at a population level, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine.

Another idea was to limit the drug to specific populations who are at the very highest risk, such as homosexual people who use intravenous drugs, but the FDA adopted a vaguer category encapsulating anyone at high risk of contracting HIV.

And while human populations are largely adapted to local climates, researchers point to «an increase in mortality risk observed at both high and low temperatures in populations in temperate and cold climates... and tropical and subtropical areas.»

«This analysis of data from the new National Seismic Hazard Maps reveals that significantly more Americans are exposed to earthquake shaking, reflecting both the movement of the population to higher risk areas on the west coast and a change in hazard assessments,» said co-author Bill Leith, senior science advisor at USGS.

Young adults, particularly men, lag behind middle - aged and older adults in awareness and treatment of high blood pressure, putting this population at an increased risk for heart attack and stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension.

Similarly, only half of the patients with OSA were categorized as being at high risk for OSA on the Berlin Questionnaire, a sleep apnea screening tool, suggesting that these validated tools in the general population may not be useful for patients with cardiovascular diseases.

Certain segments of the population, such as children, the elderly, and those with cardiopulmonary diseases are at higher risk of the health effects of pollution.

Half the world's population (nearly 5 billion) will be myopic by 2050 they predict, with up to one - fifth of them (1 billion) in the high myopia category, and at a significantly increased risk of blindness, if behavioural interventions and optical treatments are not developed and implemented.

The scientists said the alarmingly high number of people at risk for consuming toxic levels of arsenic in Pakistan — over one - fourth of the population — warrants an urgent response.