Sentences with phrase «poses less health»

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According to a new study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the belief that e-cigarettes pose less of a health risk may lead to increased experimentation with e-cigarettes among young adults.

At first, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the contaminant posed little risk to public health, because concentrations of crude MCHM were measured at less than 1 part per million.

ATLANTA — If the West Nile virus spreads to Central and South America — as many researchers think it will — it may pose less of a health threat than in the United States.

Research has found that flame retardants are less effective than previously thought and pose potentially serious health risks.

Back in the 70's, when the nation was threatened by the rapidly increasing number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases and science had just uncovered that a diet high in saturated fats and cholesterol poses a serious threat for cardiovascular health, health officials issued dietary advice that entailed consuming less fat.

Consuming this desert perhaps once a week or less will probably do no harm, but eating this type of food too often could indeed pose some potential health risks.

Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that cats are rarely a source of disease, and that it is unlikely for anyone to get sick from touching or owning a cat.3 «Feral cats pose even less risk to public health than pet cats because they have minimal human contact, and any contact that does occur is almost always initiated by the person,» says Ackerman.

In Super Mario 64 DS, they were redesigned to resemble the usual appearance of Cheep Cheeps, and they pose even less of a threat to the heroes, though they still cause the heroes to lose health if they run into them.

It will reduce exposure to the many toxins in plastic that pose a risk to human health, such as bisphenol A, styrene, lead, and phthalates, and you will have less plastic waste to send to landfill or recycling.

Unfortunately the German public has its priorities backwards, phasing - out the energy source which poses less of a threat to both public health and the global climate.

During extreme heat events, nighttime temperatures in the region's big cities are generally several degrees higher28 than surrounding regions, leading to increased heat - related death among those less able to recover from the heat of the day.36 Since the hottest days in the Northeast are often associated with high concentrations of ground - level ozone and other pollutants, 37 the combination of heat stress and poor air quality can pose a major health risk to vulnerable groups: young children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions including asthma.29 Vulnerability is further increased as key infrastructure, including electricity for potentially life - saving air conditioning, is more likely to fail precisely when it is most needed — when demand exceeds available supply.

Excessive media exposure in early childhood poses many developmental and behavioral health risks.1 Exposure to television (TV) and videos before 3 years of age is associated with later problems with language development, 2 — 4 cognition, 5 attention, 6,7 executive functioning, 8 and school achievement.9 These effects may be more pronounced in low - income populations, where high media exposure is more prevalent.2 Proposed mechanisms for these detrimental effects include replacement of enriching activities with caregivers, 10 reduced language - based and play interactions with parents, 11 — 13 and less creative child play14 while the TV is on.

Less well known, though also well documented, are the dangers that low - wage work and unemployment pose to health by exposing people to physical hazards and psychological stressors that satisfactory employment could prevent.

This update poses the biggest benefit for women in Ohio, Texas and North Dakota, where restrictions have compelled health care providers to use the outdated, inferior, and less effective regimen when prescribing medication abortion.

But for many others it could pose problems, especially for people who transfer jobs in less than five years, and owners forced to sell because of divorce, health or other issues.