Sentences with phrase «show risks to human health»

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Even just a cursory Internet search shows that breastfeeding promotion materials framed in terms of «the risks of formula feeding» are currently being used by some state breastfeeding coalitions, two hospitals, two private corporations, the Departments of Public Health in California and New York, the City of New York, as well as The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs in at least five states... The United States Department of Health and Human Services» Office on Women's Health publishes a 50 - page guide to breastfeeding that points out that «among formula - fed babies, ear infections and diarrhea are more common».

Epidemiologic research shows that human milk and breastfeeding of infants provide advantages with regard to general health, growth, and development, while significantly decreasing risk for a large number of acute and chronic diseases.

Just as research has shown that smoking has a serious negative effect on health and the world's health organizations now strongly recommend against it, not breastfeeding has been shown to have definite health risks and consequences, and breastfeeding is now clearly understood to be the normal way to feed a human baby.

A growing number of human studies suggest that a low plasma Aβ42 / Aβ40 ratio is a risk factor for major depression, 45, 46 dementia47 and higher mortality.48 The Framingham Study also showed that increased plasma Aβ42: Aβ40 ratios are associated with decreased risk of AD and dementia.13 Thus, the higher Aβ42 / Aβ40 ratio observed in regular meditators at baseline and the increase in this ratio from pre - to post intervention in the novice meditator and vacation groups may be salutary to brain health.

Kennel Cough was once thought to not be a human health risk, but recent studies show that one of the agents that causes it, Bordetella bronchiseptica, may cause disease in people with compromised immune systems and young children.

Like other foods containing allicin, chives have been shown to protect heart health in humans and some other animals; they may be able to help reduce bad cholesterol levels, which can directly lower heart disease risk.

Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that cats are rarely a source of disease, and that it is unlikely for anyone to get sick from touching or owning a cat.3 «Feral cats pose even less risk to public health than pet cats because they have minimal human contact, and any contact that does occur is almost always initiated by the person,» says Ackerman.

False Statement: «Science Shows Feral Cat Colonies Pose No Disease Risk to Humans — The health risks that catch and kill advocates most often blame on cats are intestinal parasites, rabies, flea - borne typhus, and toxoplasmosis.

The studies, which covered all areas of concern, have «not shown any new risks to human health or the environment, beyond the usual uncertainties of conventional plant breeding.

Perchlorate is well - known to pose risks for both human health and wildlife and has been shown to arise from many natural and anthropogenic sources, including ammonium perchlorate and lightning discharges.

Triclosan and triclocarban are common additions to liquid hand soaps and a wide range of skin care products and are supposed to perform antibacterial functions, but CELA's study in the Great Lakes region has shown that they pose serious risks to the environment and to human health.