Sentences with phrase «public health epidemic»

The ACEs study, along with other major epidemiological studies, show that we have a Major Public Health Epidemic that is actually getting relatively little attention in public discourse and has yet to seriously impact policy.

Insufficient sleep is a public health epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control says.

Today, arguably more than ever, Americans understand that gun violence is a public health epidemic killing innocent people, just the way a virus does.

The CDC says sleep deprivation is so widespread that it's become a «public health epidemic» that's linked to accidents, workplace errors, disease, and reduced quality of life.

Obesity is a public health epidemic and it's a lifestyle that's hard to change.

The protagonist of Just Life is Samantha Lewis, a veterinarian who runs a no - kill shelter and gets drawn into the public health epidemic.

The public health epidemic of dog bites — which number more than 4.5 million each year — is due in part to uncontrolled breeding of pets.

«Science continues to support the many health benefits of Montmorency tart cherries such as helping regulate natural sleep patterns, which is especially important as the CDC now considers lack of sleep a «public health epidemic.

Insufficient sleep has been termed a «public health epidemic» by the CDC.

In 2014, the Center for Disease Control declared that insufficient sleep is a public health epidemic.

Many sleep experts feel that sleep deprivation may be the next public health epidemic.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes sleep deprivation as a «public health epidemic» linked to a wide range of medical issues, including hypertension, diabetes, depression, obesity and cancer.

«Heroin and opioid abuse and addiction are nothing short of a public health epidemic,» said Marchione.

The United States is in the midst of a public health epidemic due to poor diet.

«Globesity» gets more critical every day — but people still crave the sweets, snacks and desserts they have loved for so long.How are companies responding to this public health epidemic, and is «self - regulation» in the form of smaller portions and low - sugar...

When Sherry Turkle looks at how obsessed people have become with their personal devices, she sees the traces of another public health epidemic: obesity.

Not exact matches

The good doctor has spent much of the past 35 years reframing our national epidemic of gun violence as though it were any other epidemic — that is to say, as a public health problem.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions» wide - ranging new crackdown on drug offenders could exacerbate one of America's most persistent public health tragedies: the heroin and opioid addiction epidemic that's been ravaging the country and killed nearly 35,000 Americans in 2015 alone.

It's been a busy week for health care news between some high - profile setbacks for certain major cancer drug makers, high - profile victories for others, the confirmation of a new FDA chief, health care merger drama, and a slew of public health reports about the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C, and U.S. life expectancy.

President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the nation's opioid epidemic a public health emergency.

That level of death led President Donald Trump in October to declare the opioid epidemic a public health emergency.

President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the nation's opioid epidemic a public health emergency, the first time since 2010 that the federal government has designated such an emergency nationwide.

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Now that President Trump has officially declared the nation's opioid epidemic a public health emergency, what happens next is anyone's guess.

While declining sales may be bad for soft drink companies, they're good for a public health system straining under an obesity epidemic posing as much or more of a threat than cancer.

The drug overdose epidemic has become one of the most concerning public health issues of recent time, and in an effort to stem the tide, moreg and more patients and doctors are turning to pot over pills.

The opioid epidemic was recently designated a national public health emergency by President Trump.

But consider the history of the AIDS epidemic in this country, and how it was veiled in secrecy and shame for ten years before we faced it as a public - health problem.

And on the subject of public health, it is worth exploding the number one myth of anti-GM lobbyists that the antibiotic resistance genes carried by some GM crops might lead to devastating human epidemics if transferred to bacteria.

In January 2013 the non-governmental organisation Sustain, supported by 61 health organisations, called for a 20 pence per litre excise duty on sugar sweetened drinks.4 In February, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges called for a 20 % tax on sugar sweetened drinks as part of its enquiry into clinical and public health solutions to the obesity epidemic.1 Although the UK government has indicated a preference for voluntary approaches to the control of obesity, it has not ruled out fiscal measures.14 Clearly, the idea of a sugar sweetened drink tax is gaining traction in the UK, but its effect on health remains uncertain.

Every era has its health crisis, and as obesity rates in the U.S. population continue to soar to epidemic levels, sugar has become public enemy number one.

While attending the Institute of Coaching's Fifth Annual Conference in Boston recently, along with 700 other health and leadership coaches, I had the opportunity to listen to public health guru Dr. David Katz spread his health message: that we, as a society, need to curb the obesity epidemic.

«Lead poisoning is one of those silent epidemics,» says Dr. Jeffrey Griffiths, professor of public health at Tufts University in Boston, who has advised the EPA on water quality for some time.

We're facing a dual public health crisis — on the one hand, the childhood obesity epidemic is threatening the health and security of our children and our nation.

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Kathleen Kendall - Tackett, Ph.D., IBCLC Public health officials have been sounding the alarm about the «obesity epidemic,» not only in the U.S., but in industrialized nations around the world.

The move would come as New York and most of the nation continues to battle what public health officials say is an epidemic of heroin and opioid addiction, an issue that has especially ravaged parts of upstate New York.

«When President Trump and Governor Cuomo can both agree that the heroin and opioid epidemic has become a public health crisis and requires action, you know it truly is a pervasive issue,» Akshar said in a statement.

«Heroin has become a public health crisis in communities across the nation, but today New York State is taking a stand to turn the tide on this epidemic,» Governor Cuomo said.

«Thanks to our aggressive public health initiatives that attack the disease from all angles, we are on track to meet our nation - leading goals and end the epidemic.»

«Today, we launch an aggressive assault on a public health crisis that is reaching epidemic proportions: the scourge of dangerous new drugs that are killing people and sending thousands upon thousands to emergency rooms in New York City and around the country,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.

Another way in which Erie County is protecting the public's health is in addressing the terrible opioid addiction epidemic facing our community.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a public health emergency for New York State because of the flu epidemic.

A proper public health approach would treat knife crime like an epidemic.

Reports that Grayling blocked the investigation into sex in prison outraged penal reform campaigners and public health experts, some of whom believe there could be an unaddressed epidemic of sexual assaults behind bars.

The Oneida County Health Department overcame numerous obstacles including an evolving epidemic and the pressure to deliver medications that were sometimes in short supply in its efforts to protect the public health during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of New... ReaHealth Department overcame numerous obstacles including an evolving epidemic and the pressure to deliver medications that were sometimes in short supply in its efforts to protect the public health during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of New... Reahealth during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of New... ReaHealth for the State of New... Read more

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, shown in an April file photo, called synthetic marijuana use «a public health crisis that is reaching epidemic proportions.»

EAST NEW YORK — The six major mayoral candidates accused Mayor Michael Bloomberg of turning his back on the victims of Superstorm Sandy Thursday night, and warned the mold epidemic that has emerged in its wake is now a public health emergency.

«With no ambiguity about opioid abuse being a public health crisis, New Yorkers hold many groups responsible for the current epidemic,» said Siena College Research Institute Director Don Levy.

When President Trump and Governor Cuomo can both agree that the heroin and opioid epidemic has become a public health crisis and requires action, you know it truly is a pervasive issue.