Sentences with phrase «rising health loss»

«The fact that mortality is declining faster than non-fatal disease and injury prevalence is further evidence of the importance of paying attention to the rising health loss from these leading causes of disability, and not simply focusing on reducing mortality,» [3] says Theo Vos, lead author and Professor of Global Health at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, USA.

Not exact matches

The loss of heavy manufacturing hit the lifelong Ohio resident hard — manufacturing employment down more than a third — but the rise of the health care industry has offered a much - needed replacement.

As the financial markets opened this morning in New York, speculation that President Trump will pursue more business - friendly policies has offset the fear of the unknown with the S&P 500 Index rising as a surge in health - care shares offset losses in consumer and technology companies.

But this dramatic rise masks progress in recent years; since 2005, health loss due to HIV / AIDS has diminished by 23.9 % because of global focus on the disease.

Global life expectancy has risen by more than six years since 1990 as healthy life expectancy grows; ischemic heart disease, lower respiratory infections, and stroke cause the most health loss around the world.

One - third of adults in the United States are obese, so regulators must balance the risks of a new weight - loss drug with the health consequences of obesity, including rising diabetes rates.

The loss of potential revenues presents significant challenges to these health centers, which already struggle to care for rising numbers of uninsured patients.

But now, fueled by growing awareness of the health risks of obesity and the popularity of weight - loss shows such as The Biggest Loser, they seem to be on the rise.

With chronic health conditions like obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension on the rise, many weight - loss researchers are on the hunt for dietary patterns that are effective at reversing the root causes of these conditions.Most weight - loss studies -LSB-...]

With chronic health conditions like obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension on the rise, many weight - loss researchers are on the hunt for dietary patterns that are effective at reversing the root causes of these conditions.

As body function diminishes and ill health rises, sarcopenia can worsen to a more advanced condition called cachexia — a metabolic syndrome with chronic inflammation at its root, with even more loss of the body's muscles.

But there is a problem - when those people don't have the money to pay, the hospitals and private insurers incur even more losses, and then the people who have health insurance through their employers will witness what we have witnessed in 2000 - 2009, the steadily rising cost of health insurance (in California it was about 11 % growth rate in costs per year in that period).

In considering next steps, I think it's important to acknowledge that it is the consequences of climate change we are concerned about; ocean acidification, sea level rise, drought, wildfires, health, crop losses, etc..

SCC is effectively an estimate of the direct effects of carbon emissions on the economy, and takes into consideration such factors as net agricultural productivity loss, human health effects, property damages from sea level rise, and changes in ecosystem services.

(Thomson Reuters Foundation)-- As economic losses from disasters rise around the world, more effort is needed to reduce the risks from extreme weather and earthquakes in every area, from infrastructure to health, the United Nations disaster prevention chief said.

The social cost of carbon is the discounted monetary value of future climate change damages due to additional CO2 emissions (for example, the costs of adverse agricultural effects, protecting against rising sea levels, health impacts, species loss, risks of extreme warming scenarios, and so on).

Rising emissions raise the likelihood of catastrophic events like the melting of the Greenland ice sheets, and hit countries» prosperity through loss of agriculture and higher health costs.