Sentences with phrase «potentially risk life»

They have a strong survival instinct and being physically injured could potentially risk life itself.

The feds are threatening to nix bomb - sniffing dogs that patrol Big Apple airports and train stations as a cost - cutting measure — potentially risking the lives of millions of New Yorkers, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned.

This could deter her - and other caretakers who learn what happened - from participating in the future and potentially risking the lives of their cats.

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The technology could potentially make it faster, cheaper, and simpler for healthcare providers to accurately predict a patient's cardiovascular risk, which could save millions of lives and billions of dollars.

The human tendency is to automatically assume the question refers to consuming illegal narcotics or engaging in high - risk behaviors with potentially life - threatening consequences.

The Food and Drug Administration is alerting people to a voluntary recall of 465,000 pacemakers after security vulnerabilities were discovered that could let hackers reprogram the devices, potentially putting patient lives at risk.

That way, workers can adjust their workload accordingly and set themselves up for success, not failure — or worse, unhealthy habits or a potentially life - threatening health risk.

This is a low - risk, low fee way to build a large portfolio that you can potentially live off if you intend to retire early.

There are a lot of costs that go into insuring someone including administrative costs, the medical exam and testing costs, and potentially having to pay out a large death benefit, so life insurance companies weigh all the risks for those who apply for coverage.

He notes, too, that those saving for college may also be positioned to assume greater risk in their 529 portfolio if they otherwise have sufficient assets in an IRA or cash value life insurance policy from which they could potentially borrow for college expenses penalty - free.

Yes, there is a «risk» that new laws may be passed, and there may be some unforeseen political implications, but if you take action, lives of the poor can potentially be saved.

No New Age proponent of the culture of death and instant gratification would risk a potentially cheesy postscript in which the ideal of happiness is not the celebration of occult power or the human ego, but ordinary family life.

Anyone who lives in a home with lead pipes may be at risk, and since more than 80 percent of the city's housing stock was built before they were banned, lead is potentially leaching into the drinking water of thousands of children.

While not everyone will have access to a birth center or a home birth because of where you live or because of medical conditions, these are potentially safe options for low - risk women with qualified providers.

The agency determined the child's living situation constituted sexual molestation and risk of harm, but Einhorn quickly ruled out sexual abuse and framed the case around whether the boy was being used to serve his mother's needs, potentially at his expense.

Under consideration now by school board members is a districtwide ban, which supporters say would eliminate a risk to students suffering from potentially life - threatening allergies.

So if we anticipate that the babies are less than 36 weeks and potentially at risk for respiratory problems, we will usually have the ALS team there which Advance Life Support team and that usually consist of a nurse and a respiratory technician and if there's two, two babies you have to multiple everything by two.

Despite a 56 % decrease in the national incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) from 1.2 deaths per 1000 live births in 19921 to 0.53 death per 1000 live births in 2003,2 SIDS continues to be the leading cause of postneonatal mortality in the United States.3 The decreased rate of SIDS is largely attributed to the increased use of the supine sleep position after the introduction of the «Back to Sleep» campaign in 1994.4 - 7 More recently, it has been suggested that the decrease in the SIDS rate has leveled off coincident with a plateau in the uptake of the supine sleep position.8 Although caretakers should continue to be encouraged to place infants on their backs to sleep, other potentially modifiable risk factors in the sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of SIDS.

Without action to reduce this risk, across the UK, the effect on our homes, businesses, communities, infrastructure and way of life is potentially devastating.

So a few of the DNA notes that people rack up during their lives could potentially pass from generation to generation, possibly transmitting risk for diseases such as schizophrenia far down the family tree.

«If this trial is successful, it could change the way postpartum hemorrhage is treated around the world and potentially save many lives, especially in developing countries where the risk of death is greater,» Gross said.

Previous research has demonstrated that the post-hospitalization period is associated with increased risk for self - directed violence, so it is crucial that we not only assess, but engage patients in potentially life - saving care.»

Even on the front lines of the Ebola battle in Monrovia, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) temporarily stopped giving patients potentially life - saving intravenous fluids to reduce the risk of healthcare worker infection, The New York Times recently reported.

I wonder how many people with slightly elevated cholesterol would feel this rather minimal risk reduction to be worth the cost and the potentially bad side effects of taking this type of drug for the rest of their lives.

Physicians now have access to at least 1,000 genetic tests that diagnose or assess the risk of developing potentially life - threatening diseases, including breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease and Parkinson's.

Historically, clinicians evaluating a patient for transplant have sought to identify donor cells that are perfectly matched to the patient's cell type, which is considered to be the optimal approach to help ensure successful outcomes and to minimize risk of graft - versus - host disease (GVHD), a serious and potentially life - threatening complication that occurs when the donated immune cells attack the patient's cells as foreign tissue.

The report from investigators from MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) and Newton - Wellesley Hospital (NWH), which has been published online in the Journal of Pediatrics, identifies several potentially modifiable factors that may contribute to the persistent risk of sudden, unexplained death during the first days and weeks of life.

The raw data showed that taking COX - 2 inhibitors correlated with a 9 percent higher risk of gastrointestinal bleeds, a potentially life - threatening side effect — a surprise, since a raft of clinical studies had previously shown that those drugs were less likely to cause gi bleeds.

It is particularly important that pregnant women be vaccinated against pertussis, since infants are at greatest risk for having severe, potentially life - threatening complications from pertussis.

Scientists have found that if a pregnant woman is exposed, the deadly contaminant can alter the activity of several genes in her fetus, potentially increasing the child's risk of cancer later in life.

In their «Editorial comment to the «NIA - AA Research Framework: Towards a Biological Definition of Alzheimer's Disease,»» Nina Silverberg, Ph.D., Cerise Elliott, Ph.D., Laurie Ryan, Ph.D., Eliezer Masliah, M.D., and Richard Hodes, M.D., of NIA point out that the Framework — in addition to improving early detection and the development of new therapies — could potentially «allow more precise estimates of how many people are at risk [for or living with] Alzheimer's disease, how best to monitor response to therapies, and how to distinguish the effects of Alzheimer's disease from other similar pathologies.»

ViaCyte is developing PEC - Direct to address the urgent medical need of high - risk type 1 diabetes and provide a potentially life - saving therapy

DR ANDREW WAKEFIELD: Well as yet we don't know, but there is no doubt that if you give three viruses together, three live viruses, then you potentially increase the risk of an adverse event occurring, particularly when one of those viruses influences the immune system in the way that measles does.

Thus, living in a healthy manner to reduce cardiovascular risk factors may potentially be able to reduce risk of SCI progressing to greater cognitive impairment.

Although football players had lower blood pressure in the pre-season than a control group of undergraduates, stiffer arteries could potentially predict playersâ $ ™ future high blood pressure, a risk factor for stroke and heart disease later in life.

Undercooked meat puts you at risk for potentially life - threatening illness from a subtype of E. coli bacteria called O157: H7.

Coffee has been linked to a variety of health benefits like healthier arteries, a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and potentially even a longer life.

When used to treat a viral infection, such as the flu or chicken pox, aspirin and other medications containing salicylates have been linked to an increased risk of developing Reye's syndrome, a potentially life - threatening illness.)

And for those at high risk for complications — such as anyone 65 years or older, people with chronic medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, or heart disease), pregnant women, and young children — the flu is much more than a nuisance; it's potentially life - threatening.

There is evidence that long - haul flights lasting more than four hours can increase your risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT)-- a potentially life - threatening blood clot that forms in the veins of the leg.

So what should you do now to assess your risk and potentially change how you're living your life?

When muscle is lost, so is stability and ability to provide yourself with care, causing a decrease in quality of life and potentially increasing risk of injury or death due to complications from falls.

(Naturalhealth365) Extensive studies have shown that the Mediterranean diet has proven abilities to lower the risk of potentially life - threatening conditions such as cancer, heart disease, obesity and diabetes.

The risk of potentially not living life to it's fullest also had to be considered.

In fact, short - term effects include impaired concentration and altered mood, while long - term consequences — such as cardiovascular disease, accelerated kidney disease and raised cancer risk — can be potentially life - threatening.

A Harvard University study of nearly 48,000 men found that bladder cancer risk decreased by 7 percent for every extra daily cup of fluid consumed, and a high intake of water — say, eight cups daily — may reduce risk by about 50 percent, potentially saving thousands of lives.

Excess cortisol can increase the risk of developing a laundry list of potentially debilitating and life - threatening conditions, including diabetes, metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, depression and neurodegenerative illnesses like Alzheimer's disease.

In other words — consistently making a series of simple, healthy dietary choices can dramatically lower the risk of a potentially life - threatening and costly disease.

He knew he was at risk of diabetes (a potentially life - threatening condition) yet at this point he conducted no further research before changing?

Harry, Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) risk their own lives to solve this 50 - year - old, potentially deadly mystery.