Sentences with phrase «rising epidemic»

Although cats may seem more resilient, abandoning them to live on the streets not only could get you in legal trouble, it also contributes to the rising epidemic of feral cats.

The rising epidemic of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents clearly proves this concept false.

JJ Virgin recommends against giving wheat or gluten to kids and Dr. David Perlmutter blames grain in large part of the rising epidemic of MS and other brain conditions.

This is a major step in reducing the rising epidemic of type 2 diabetes, which is projected to affect more than 30 percent of all Americans.

A steady rise in obesity in a patient population that has traditionally been underweight led Bincy Abraham, M.D., at Houston Methodist Hospital, to focus her research on two diseases seen as rising epidemics in the United States.

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The report noted that this drop is due in large part to the growing opioid epidemic in the U.S. — mortality from drug overdoses rose by 21 percent in 2016.

Hepatitis C cases are rising sharply because of the opioid epidemic.

Mortality levels, while still significantly above epidemic rates, are no longer rising.

This year, those social issues included the obesity epidemic in the U.S., U.S. veterans» affairs and the rising popularity of technology - driven education.

Such attacks are on the rise — recently, the IRS warned of a «phishing epidemic.»

Between the endless natural disasters, political paralysis, loneliness epidemic, job stealing (or even world - ending) robots, and regular threats of nuclear annihilation, it's no wonder the nation's mental health professionals claim anxiety (particularly among young people) is on the rise.

IT analyst forecasts remain unable to keep pace with the dramatic rise in cybercrime, the ransomware epidemic, the refocusing of malware from PCs and laptops to smartphones and mobile devices, the deployment of billions of under - protected Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the legions of hackers - for - hire, and the more sophisticated cyber-attacks launching at businesses, governments, educational institutions, and consumers globally.

But as the death toll in the opioid epidemic quickly rises to staggering new heights, experts say that fighting it is much more complicated than simply passing legislation.

I believe this is a great start, i work in this city and have had friends lose their lives due to the rising drug, violent crime epidemic.

There's been a high cost in terms of women's health, including an epidemic of infertility caused by sexually transmitted infections, and a startling rise in cervical and oral cancers among young women from the same cause.

Last June, TIME wrote about the «epidemic of nudity on prime - time TV,» which noted that flesh - baring scenes on TV may be on the rise, but the public's acceptance of such nudity is on the decline.

Unfortunately, it is also one of the most sensitive to climate change given its dependence on weather conditions, both directly and through climate - dependent stressors (pests, epidemics and sea level rise).

Yet if we preach and teach less, won't this lead to a rise is the biblical illiteracy of most Christians, which is already at epidemic proportions today?

But this is a far cry indeed from the public controversies that our current epidemic of so - called realist atheism has given rise to, such as whether it is permissible to pray or celebrate Christmas in schools and other public institutions, or to grant government support of one kind or another to private religious education.

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Excessive sugar consumption has been linked to America's obesity epidemic and the vigorous rise of type 2 diabetes in the last several decades.

A new study by USC and University of Oxford researchers indicates that large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) found in national food supplies across the world may be one explanation for the rising global epidemic of Type 2 diabetes and resulting higher health care costs.

Food, ingredient and drinks manufacturers are improving the content of food and beverages in response to the rising diabetes epidemic.

As wrongheaded commentators continue to decry the rise in transfers across college basketball as an «epidemic» afflicting the sport, head coach Eric Musselman has built a burgeoning mid-major power by attracting players looking to reboot their careers.

The Whole Child health report brings together a comprehensive picture of the effects to mind, body and spirit of the societal shift toward growing up indoors, including not only epidemic childhood obesity but also precipitously rising rates of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), childhood diabetes, and pediatric depression.

It may sound simple, but the scale of America's obesity epidemic has risen fast.

Charts showing both the rising rate of obesity and the growing quantity of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in the food stream demonstrate a startling fact: The obesity epidemic started at the same time as the introduction as HFCS into the U.S. around 1975, at about the same time as sugar tariffs and quotas made imported sugar very expensive.

Opioid addictions are on the rise, as is the number of families impacted by the hardship the epidemic inflicts.

The last forty years have shown a global epidemic rise in children suffering from poor health and chronic health conditions.

Gang violence, including the rise in violent crime connected to MS - 13 in western Suffolk and the opioid epidemic have direct ties to the inmate population.

Cuomo today signed an executive order to combat the flu epidemic in New York, allowing pharmacists to administer flu vaccines to children ages 2 to 18 to increase access and convenience for those seeking the vaccine as the number of reported cases across the state continues to rise.

The Erie County Legislature approved a $ 1.67 billion budget for next year that slightly reduces the property tax rate for the second year in a row and focuses more attention on the heroin and opioid epidemic that is contributing to the rising drug death toll in Erie County.

State lawmakers are stepping up efforts to curb a heroin epidemic after the CDC released a study showing a drastic rise in use and deaths related to the drug.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Hepatitis C virus («HCV») cases in the United States and in Erie County have continued to steadily rise between 2010 and 2016 — driven by injection drugs associated with the opioid epidemic.

The effort comes as a way to stem the tide of rising costs for government and public safety from a growing drug epidemic in Westchester County, which has seen opioid - related deaths increase by 60 percent in the last year, according to county Legislator Ben Boykin, a White Plains Democrat.

While the opioid epidemic is on the rise, there is hope for recovery.

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Segal says that the global rise in sweetener consumption — along with other major shifts in human nutrition — coincided with the dramatic increase in obesity and diabetes epidemics around the world.

Noninfectious diseases like allergies and asthma, already epidemic in America, are likely to get a boost from rising temperatures as well.

Deaths and cases of substance use disorders linked to opioid painkillers have risen to epidemic levels nationally, with more than 14,000 deaths from prescription opioids in 2014 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

If you are concerned about the obesity epidemic, the global surge of chronic noninfectious diseases, rising costs of health care, or your family's health, then ask yourself if you agree with the following three statements:

Americans in the middle third of the 20th century suffered from wild business cycles, surprise attacks on the nation's military bases, and epidemics that rose up seemingly in an instant.

Use and misuse of opioids — morphine and related drugs, including prescription pain medications — has risen rapidly in recent years, leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to declare a nationwide «opioid epidemic.»

The economic collapse that followed the end of communism in Russia in the early 1990s has given rise to a TB epidemic in vast regions of the continent - size country.

The Harnessing Online Peer Education (HOPE) intervention is just one of more than 200 research projects the Obama administration spotlighted on 6 July, as it announced new actions to tackle the rising opioid epidemic in the United States.

When the prevalence of diabetes in New York City nearly tripled in a decade, rising from 3.7 percent in 1994 to 9.2 percent in 2004, the city declared it an epidemic.

«Obesity and Type 2 diabetes in children is on the rise and there is the argument that it is related to lifestyle and availability of high calorie foods and reduced physical activity, but our study has found that maternal antidepressant use may also be a contributing factor to the obesity and diabetes epidemic,» said the study's senior investigator Alison Holloway, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at McMaster University.

Ever since, concern has risen that the vaccine may have triggered an epidemic of cancer (Science, 10 May, p. 1012).

This condition is more common in overweight individuals and is becoming increasingly prevalent in the United States, rising in tandem with the growing obesity epidemic.

«That matches the rise of population centers,» Gemmel explained, suggesting that urbanization around that time paved the way for the AIDS epidemic.