Sentences with phrase «population at low risk»

Glycaemic index of South African foods determined in rural blacks — a population at low risk of diabetes

We investigated the effects of coffee and tea on CV mortality and non-CV mortality in a large French population at low risk of cardiovascular diseases.»

Not exact matches

The obstacles mean that only two - thirds of Canadians at risk of cervical cancer are regularly screened for it — a rate that's much lower among new Canadians, low - income womenand remote populations.

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.

New research from Harvard University actually suggests that attending «religious services» at least once a week will significantly lower your risk of dying over the next decade and a half — and these results have been replicated in enough studies and populations to be considered highly reliable.

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.

OB / GYNs are considered specialists and it is important for women to have an internal medicine / family practice physician to manage existing and / or developing medical conditions, and ensure you are up to date with immunizations and any other screening tests (e.g., screening colonoscopies are recommended at age 50 in the low risk population).

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.

We know from the Birthplace study that the low risk populations were not at all equivalently low risk.

The study population included all «low risk» women who participated in the cohort study, as described elsewhere.12 In brief, the cohort study was designed to compare outcomes in women judged to be at low risk of complications before the onset of labour.

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

About HELP USA HELP USA is one of the nation's largest homeless service providers and low - income housing developers serving at - risk populations including families, veterans, and victims of domestic violence.

We also fund services for low to middle income households and for special needs populations including veterans, seniors, homeless families, individuals with HIV / AIDS, and at - risk youth.

«The majority have just normal pregnancies, but they're drawn from a low - resource population that's at greater risk of early delivery and developmental problems,» she says.

This means that at a population level, an increased risk of psychosis from cannabis use is low, and those vulnerable to developing serious mental health problems is relatively rare.

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.

One of the members, senior project coordinator Jim Sipes of the Atlanta office of EDAW, a landscape architecture and planning firm, exploited existing data to model which low - lying regions are most at risk from storm surges and flooding and where the most vulnerable populations are concentrated.

For the smartphone dependent population — the 7 percent of largely low - income Americans, defined by Pew Internet («U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015»), who have neither traditional broadband at home nor any other online alternative — their personal information may be particularly at risk.

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.

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.»

Dr. Paus, a prominent researcher and pioneer in the field of population neuroscience, strongly cautioned that more research is needed to determine whether lower cortical thickness actually increases the probability of schizophrenia in at - risk males later in life.

Unhealthy weight gain in pregnancy has been linked with postpartum weight retention but until now its long - term effects had been understudied in low - income and minority populations who are at high risk for obesity.

In a paper published recently in the journal PLOS ONE, a team of researchers from several Western institutes estimated the number of people living in low - elevation coastal zones, as well as the scale of the population at risk from one - in -100-year storm surge events, by using scenario - based projections.

To definitely test the hypothesis, researchers initiated clinical trials in at - risk populations with low rates of circumcision.

«Importantly, we have identified psychiatric risks that may develop for extremely low birth weight survivors as they become adults, and this understanding will help us better predict, detect and treat mental disorders in this population,» said Dr. Ryan Van Lieshout, lead author of the study and a professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences for the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster.

«We studied asymptomatic individuals with a low risk of cardiovascular events at baseline and used noninvasive imaging to predict the risk of an event downstream,» said David A. Bluemke, M.D, Ph.D., from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. «This is the first population - based prospective study to determine if vulnerable plaque features by MRI add to the risk of a cardiovascular event beyond the traditional risk factors.»

«We identified culturally appropriate topics for populations with low health literacy, including defining skin cancer and melanoma, dispelling the misbelief that dark - skinned individuals are not at risk, and emphasizing skin self - checks,» wrote the study authors.

«Our minority populations have this perception that they are at low risk and little can be done to prevent it.

He also noted that earlier this year, the influential U.S. Preventive Services Task Force «suggested that certain populations at average risk of colon cancer may benefit from taking low - dose aspirin.»

Consequently, the reductions in sodium intake recommended by health officials will significantly increase the population at risk due to low sodium intake but will benefit only a negligible number of hypertensives who are at increased CVD risk due to high sodium intake.

Thus, a high percentage (about 40 percent) of the populations of the U.S. and Canada is already at significant increased risk of death and major CVD events due to low sodium intake.

But professor Oliver in several papers has actually warned against campaigns for cholesterol lowering drugs in the general population, and firmly believes that cholesterol lowering is only sensible in the very few who are at an extremely high risk of heart disease.

«In fact, while the risk in rosacea patients may be slightly increased compared with the general population, the absolute risk [to any one patient] is still quite low,» said Egeberg, of the department of dermato - allergology at Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

«Many trainers adopt the super-short 10 - or 20 - second intervals; but in my experience, especially with the general population, these short blasts are done either at a lower, less effective intensity, or the all - out 110 per cent effort increases the risk of injury,» says Phillips.

The typical school at risk of receiving a Low - Performing rating was large and had a majority nonwhite population, with many students who had previously failed an 8th - grade exam.

In our data, the student populations of schools at risk of a Low - Performing rating were, on average, 23 percent African American and 32 percent Hispanic, and 44 percent of students were poor.

The department and the charter board also prefer to back charter schools «serving a high population of at - risk students,» such as minorities and those from low - income families.

Give priority to opening public charter schools that serve at - risk student populations or students from low - performing public schools.

PARCC scores tend to be lower for high schools with larger at - risk populations, but some schools defy expectations (by Ginger Moored)

The larger a school's at - risk population, the more likely it was to have lower scores — though there were plenty of exceptions, especially among charter schools.

PARCC scores tend to be lower for high schools with larger at - risk populations, though some schools defy expectations, especially charters.

Elementary educators who serve low - income populations understand the challenges posed by these issues; at - risk students frequently enter kindergarten significantly behind their peers and require extensive catch - up.

The report, «A Better Picture of Poverty: What Chronic Absenteeism and Risk Load Reveal About NYC's Lowest - Income Elementary Schools,» released Nov. 6, 2014 by the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School, is part of a growing body of literature that argues that the poverty level of schools» populations isn't necessarily a good way to identify schools that need extra resources.

But then when I threw geography into the mix, and found there were quite a few charters with relatively low at - risk numbers in areas where DCPS schools had at - risk populations near 50 percent, my takeaway was charters aren't creating as much diversity as you'd expect for a 100 % lottery system.

In areas where DCPS schools have smaller at - risk populations, some nearby charters have at - risk populations closer to those of DCPS, while others have some of the lowest concentrations of at - risk students in the city.

Special education advocates are angry about the change, claiming that the cost of services for students with disabilities rarely decreases and that lowering such spending puts an already vulnerable population even more at risk.

Considering that schools who have fully incorporated the IMSE approach into their literacy instruction have seen a significant decrease in special education referrals and a lower at - risk population in the general education classrooms, our trainings are very cost effective.

All these schools serve populations who come to school at risk of low achievement.

We focus on reaching pets in low - income and underserved communities, prioritizing aid for those animals at highest risk in local shelters, and supporting efforts to control feral cat populations.

Historically, this subset of the canine population was less likely to be vaccinated both because they are perceived to be at lower risk of exposure — after all, pugs and pomeraneans are not typically romping around woodland swamps — as well as because there is some evidence small breeds may be more predisposed to reactions to this particular vaccine.