Sentences with phrase «risk of major illnesses»

Heart and vascular disease may be created in this way, and vitamin E therapy may help reduce the risks of these major illnesses.

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Led by King's College London, the research shows that people with severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression, have a 53 per cent higher risk for having cardiovascular disease than healthy controls, with a 78 per cent higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease over the longer term.

In a new report on climate change and human health in Virginia, the Natural Resources Defense Council says the risk of heat - related illnesses will grow; coastal flooding, already a major concern, will worsen; and allergy season will start earlier and last longer.

Behind the scenes, however, there has been a fundamental debate brewing over what foods increase the risk of today's major chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Mental illness is one of the major causes of suffering in the United States, and extreme weather events can affect mental health in several ways.113, 223,114,115,116 First, following disasters, mental health problems increase, both among people with no history of mental illness, and those at risk — a phenomenon known as «common reactions to abnormal events.»

«Doctors or other healthcare professionals can measure grip strength to identify patients with major illnesses such as heart failure or stroke who are at particularly high risk of dying from their illness.»

Have high deductible plans and want to mitigate that financial risk: Some major medical plans (both short - term health and Obamacare insurance) have very high deductibles but Agile Secure can provide cash to pay down those deductibles in the event of a covered accident or diagnosis of a critical illness.

Nearly any type of major illness suffered by an applicant for life insurance will raise his or her risk factor, and therefore lessen their insurability in the eyes of life insurance companies.

When shopping for plans, individuals must weigh the benefits of lower monthly costs against the potential risk of large out - of - pocket expenses in the case of a major illness or accident.

The experience of major psychosocial risk factors (such as poverty, traumatic stress or abuse) can be sufficient in itself to trigger mental illness.

The factor most strongly associated with high risk of clinically significant emotional or behavioural difficulties in children was the number of major life stress events (e.g. illness, family break up, arrests or financial difficulties) experienced by the family in the 12 months prior to the survey.