Sentences with phrase «public health problem which»

The Census Bureau has estimated that the number of people over 65 will increase by 2050 to 88.5 million; thus, Alzheimer's disease presents an enormous future public health problem which was recently recognized by Congress with the allocation of 300 million in additional NIH research funding.

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John F. Kennedy had several health problems, most notably Addison's disease, an adrenal gland disorder, which was concealed from the public.

«Expect a burden of mental health problems, which will include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and it's particularly going to impact groups who don't have access to rapid opportunities for recovery,» Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, told Vox after Hurricane Harvey hit health problems, which will include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and it's particularly going to impact groups who don't have access to rapid opportunities for recovery,» Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, told Vox after Hurricane Harvey hit Health, told Vox after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas.

Articles explore: the idea that violence should be thought of as a public health problem analogous to infectious disease; examine from a scientific perspective the impacts on children's social, emotional, and cognitive development of growing up in a violent community; share first - hand insights from children and caregivers; and explore various interventions, from the favelas of Recife, Brazil, to the inner cities of Chicago, Illinois, United States (US), and Glasgow, Scotland, which are offering a tangible sense of hope.

«Undiagnosed and uncorrected eye and vision problems are a significant public health concern, which is why the AOA developed the evidence - based guideline for comprehensive pediatric eye and vision examinations,» said Christopher Quinn, O.D., president of the AOA.

Both Tookey and officials at the Du Page County Health Department, which monitors the county «s 415 public swimming pools, said they were investigating the cause of the problem.

The original judgment, which was made public at an Upper Tribunal hearing in May this year, was the result of a Judicial Review brought by two anonymous claimants with mental health problems.

Lady Thatcher has suffered a number of health problems over the last few years, including a series of minor strokes which led her to cancel public speaking engagements.

But the monitor's primary task would be to expedite repairs to problems like broken boilers, mold and lead paint, which pose a threat to public health.

The goal of the city's bed bug plan is to help New Yorkers learn how to prevent, identify and treat the bed bug problem, which has become a serious public health concern, Brewer said.

Both local and international environmental and public health groups have tried to address this problem by bringing more efficient stoves into the countryside, which burn only half as much wood and are better at funneling the resulting smoke outside.

Up to one third of children are involved in bullying, and a growing body of evidence has shown that bullying is a significant public health concern, which can cause long lasting health and social problems.

Dobrzyn knew she wanted to work for Ntambi when she saw him give a conference presentation on his work in diabetes, which is as major a public health problem in Poland as it is in the rest of the world.

The root of the problem, according to EWG, is failure on the part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), despite repeated requests from public health and consumer advocates, to implement sunscreen safety standards, some of which were proposed by government scientists more than three decades ago.

«The findings of this study demonstrate that neonatal abstinence syndrome is a growing public health problem in the United States and places a tremendous burden on babies, their families, and the communities in which they live,» said William Cooper, M.D., MPH, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy and the senior author for the health problem in the United States and places a tremendous burden on babies, their families, and the communities in which they live,» said William Cooper, M.D., MPH, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy and the senior author for the Health Policy and the senior author for the study.

PAHO / WHO has been working with member countries for a number of years on vector control and in the coming weeks will convene experts from throughout the Americas to discuss new, more effective and integrated mosquito control strategies that would help reduce not only Zika infections but also cases of dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and West Nile virus — all of which are spread by mosquitoes and are significant public health problems in the Americas.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

Public address systems have become part of the escalating problem, which according to the World Health Organization, costs Europeans alone the equivalent of 654,000 years of healthy life annually.

Recognize moral problems in public health practice, research and health policy, including identifying which ethical principles or foundational ethical theories are at stake and potentially in tension.

Dr. Pope's research on the adverse effects of anabolic - androgenic steroids (AAS) and other performance - enhancing drugs addresses psychiatric effects of AAS use and ASS withdrawal, the cardiac toxicity of AAS (which is emerging as a serious public health problem), and cognitive deficits in AAS users.

The Area of Genomic Medicine is devised as a scientific production structure which will preferably include research groups centred on work in the area of genetic epidemiology of some of the main public health problems (cancer, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, rare diseases, etc.).

However, these restrictions may explain the observed rates of corticoids consumption, which raise a new public health problem, given that corticoids may have severe side effects.

Mitchell Katz, MD, the director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health and author of an editorial accompanying the studies, estimates that 30 % to 40 % of the people who take proton pump inhibitors need them for health problems such as ulcers and Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition in which the lining of the esophagus is damaged by excess stomachHealth and author of an editorial accompanying the studies, estimates that 30 % to 40 % of the people who take proton pump inhibitors need them for health problems such as ulcers and Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition in which the lining of the esophagus is damaged by excess stomachhealth problems such as ulcers and Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition in which the lining of the esophagus is damaged by excess stomach acid.

Back problems are almost epidemic in our society; in fact, chronic back pain lies at the root of the escalating opioid crisis, which has turned into a major public health issue in the U.S. Not surprisingly, the American College of Physicians now recommends that doctors recommend self - care techniques like yoga and Tai Chi for back pain sufferers before prescribing addictive drugs.

On its website, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls insufficient sleep a public health problem in America, «which may be caused by broad scale societal factors such as round - the - clock access to technology and work schedules.»

The issues stem from health and safety concerns over serious structural problems at 10 primaries, five secondaries and two additional support schools which were built and managed under the same # 130 million public - private partnership (PPP) programme.

Public Health England recognises that fundings are best spent in the Early Years since preventative interventions reduce behaviour problems, which counteracts towards spendings for high risk pupils in KS2 and high schools.

Especially given that alcoholism is a rising problem in the U.S. (a recent study indicates that 1 in 8 Americans are problem drinkers), which may provide tax - hungry politicians cover to raise alcohol taxes in the name of improving public health.

When dogs — in fact any animal — is kept invisible to the public — it's sadly not uncommon that this then allows animal cruelty including untreated health problems which breeding dogs, just like little Lucy, suffered from.

Changing temperature and precipitation patterns can affect the life cycle and distribution of insects, many of which transmit diseases that already pose problems to public health in Wisconsin.

Changing temperature and precipitation patterns can affect the lifecycle and distribution of insects, many of which transmit diseases that already pose problems for public health in Illinois.

Changing temperature and precipitation patterns can affect the life cycle and distribution of insects, many of which transmit diseases that already pose problems to public health in Pennsylvania.

Changing temperature and precipitation patterns can affect the life cycle and distribution of insects, many of which transmit diseases that already pose problems to public health in California.

Changing temperature and precipitation patterns can affect the life cycle and distribution of insects, many of which transmit diseases that already pose problems to public health in West Virginia.

Changing temperature and precipitation patterns can affect the life cycle and distribution of insects, many of which transmit diseases that already pose problems to public health in New Hampshire.

Welcome to the RFF Weekly Policy Commentary, which is meant to provide an easy way to learn about important policy issues related to environmental, natural resource, energy, urban, and public health problems.

Respondents from each of the six audience segments were randomly assigned to three different experimental conditions in which they read brief essays about climate change discussed as either an environmental problem, a public health problem or a national security problem.

Per the WTD website: «2.5 billion people worldwide are without access to proper sanitation, which risks their health, strips their dignity, and kills 1.8 million people, mostly children, a year;» and, «Because even the world's wealthiest people still have toilet problems - from unhygienic public toilets to sewage disposal that destroys our waterways.»

Big thank you to Richard Mann for his determined promulgation of the tellingly long chronology of wind turbine noise related health problems and now his own history and concern for public welfare which seems so lacking in our ruling class.

The 80 % by 2018 initiative is a National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT) campaign in which hundreds of organizations have committed to substantially reducing colorectal cancer as a major public health problem.

public health dentistry, including settings such as schools and clinics which focus on the prevention of dental problems within entire communities

It is a national project with buy - in from state and local governments and non-government organisations, and is featured in the first issue of the relaunched journal (formerly the NSW Public Health Bulletin), which has a focus on using systems approaches to address the problem of chronic disease.

[2] More public health benefit is gained through interventions which aim to shift the population mean than by reducing the level of the problem in the most affected group.

Population Served: WCLC is a separate public school special education facility which provides services in grades 1 - 12 for 63 students experiencing social and emotional problems — mental health disorders, autism, and other health impairments.

Forced pregnancy is an urgent public health problem, which can seriously damage the physical, emotional, psychological health of a girls and interfere with her life plans including educational and employment opportunities;