Sentences with phrase «weighed against the risk»

Prior to applying new products, the benefits of soil fertility must be carefully weighed against the risks, and the first step is identifying potential sources of contamination.

«Of course, these risks must also be weighed against the risk of doing nothing.»

However, the benefits of the transfusion therapy must be weighed against the risks of excessive iron stores, transfusion reactions and the burden of missed work and school days.

«We recognize that in many cases these exposures may be medically necessary and these new data regarding the potential harms must be carefully weighed against the risk of not performing a specific medical procedure,» Dr. Janet Woodcock, the director of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.

Antipsychotic polypharmacy and long - term use should be avoided and drug choice should be weighed against risk / benefit evidence.

«The authors of the recent study in JAMA Pediatrics stated that further studies are required to determine a causal explanation, and that the benefits of using any medication during pregnancy should be carefully weighed against any risks.»

Whatever immediate gains that might come from our efforts must be weighed against the risk of injury and longer term outcomes.

The risk of the market being down seems like the only real problem, and you have to weigh that against the risk of missing out on market gains by not investing your emergency fund.

«The risks of an infestation of fleas and the resulting diseases they can bring must be carefully weighed against the risks of using toxic, imported chemicals to keep them away.

The benefits that this plan provides must be carefully weighed against the risks that it presents.

The substantial morbidity of untreated depression during pregnancy must be weighed against the risk of medication [56].

Not exact matches

Things like brand curiosity, possessing an ownership mentality, being a team player, and willingness to take calculated risk are all attributes I weigh potential hires against.

But when weighed against the need for energy security, all that now looks like a tolerable risk to Democrats and Republicans alike.

Intelligence and law enforcement officials said the authorities in Boston weighed the risks of some mayhem against their growing fear that time was slipping away and that heavily armed and increasingly dangerous men, and possibly accomplices, could wage new attacks in the Boston area or beyond.

Investors should fully understand the features of any products or business projects they intend to invest in, and carefully weigh the risks against the return before making an investment.

Investors should fully understand the features of cryptocurrencies and such products, and carefully weigh them against their own risk appetite.

I don't want this to be critical as I love your website, I just want to warn others that they may not like these and to weigh that risk up against the expense.

So Wenger has to decide whether to risk them and weigh that against the need to win the game.

Each woman must weigh for herself the risks of birthing outside an emergency facility against the risks of in ‐ hospital birthing, where the risks of unnecessary interventions, emergency ‐ mentality, and hospital born infections present their own dangers.

It is up to parents to make sure that the helmet their child wears fits properly, maintains that fit over the course of a season, and has been properly reconditioned, and, if the football program does not buy impact sensors for the whole team, to consider buying one on their own, weighing the benefits of knowing the magnitude and frequency of the hits that their child is taking to the head against the risk that adding a two - ounce piece of plastic to the inside or outside of their helmet may void the manufacturer's warranty and NOCSAE certification or increase the risk that the protection the helmet's polycarbonate shell provides against skull fractures will be compromised;

But if you believe that breastfeeding has a modest impact on the risk of infection, then you can step back and say, «OK, it's totally reasonable for a family to weigh the modest reduction in the risk of infection against all the other things that are going on in their lives and make their own decision.»

When direct breastfeeding is not possible, expressed human milk, fortified when necessary for the premature infant, should be provided.78, 79 Before advising against breastfeeding or recommending premature weaning, the practitioner should weigh thoughtfully the benefits of breastfeeding against the risks of not receiving human milk.

Deciding to take an antidepressant while breastfeeding involves weighing these benefits against the potential risks of your baby being exposed to the medication in your breast milk.

The authors of the study recognise the risks associated with an elective caesarean, and decisions about subsequent mode of delivery in women who had a severe perineal tear in an earlier pregnancy must be weighed against the clinical and psychological impacts of severe perineal tearing.

And it is this risk that weighs most heavily against homebirth.

When a drug falls into this last category, it's because there's not enough safety information available or the potential risk of the drug needs to be carefully weighed against the harmful effects of the condition it's being used to treat.

Before advising against breastfeeding or recommending premature weaning, weigh the benefits of breastfeeding against the risks of not receiving human milk.

Thus, the risk of infant exposure to codeine and morphine through breast milk should be weighed against the benefits of breastfeeding for both the mother and the baby.

Once a child is four or five years old and meets the criteria for ADHD, also keep in mind that the AAP states that «In areas where evidence - based behavioral treatments are not available, the clinician needs to weigh the risks of starting medication at an early age against the harm of delaying diagnosis and treatment.»

«Since it is best to have all that we need to finish the job, combined with the fact that these sites must be weighed against other cleanup projects that post greater risks, we have suspended work until we can return in 2018,» Region 2 Press Officer Tayler Covington said.

As all surgery carries some risk women must weigh up carefully how much they are troubled by their urine leakage against taking a small chance that things may go wrong as a result of surgery.»

Breast cancer patients may be at an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and may benefit from a treatment approach that weighs the benefits of specific therapies against potential damage to the heart, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in its journal Circulation.

But in the post-Rio world, the environmental risk of spent nuclear fuel must be weighed against the potential environmental harm of the CO2 produced by burning fossil fuels.

«Sure,» says Segovia, «but people are exposed to similar or worse scenarios in TV and video games all the time» — only in those cases, there is no review board to weigh the benefits against the risks.

When you weigh the risk of death by terrorist attack (less than 1 in 10,000) against that from heart disease or cancer (nearly 1 in 3), it makes much more sense to forgo the drama and join a gym.

But when weighing the risks of encountering life - threatening disease against the benefits of receiving a vaccine there's no contest.

«The risk of skin cancer must, of course, be weighed against the fact that hydrochlorothiazide is an effective and otherwise safe treatment for most patients.

The study authors conclude that physicians must weigh risks of adverse events «against the uncertain benefits» of combing mitral - valve repair during CABG.

He and Wilens also note that decisions regarding medical cannabis use need to weigh the likely benefits against the known risks, which — based on the results of studies in recreational cannabis users — are probably even greater for children and adolescents.

But these potential gains must be weighed against a greater risk of premature birth associated with surgery in the womb.

Doing so would have treated a gun as a consumer product, like a power drill or a lawn mower or a food processor, that carries with it a certain risk of accidental injury or death that must be weighed against its benefits.

Forte notes that many of the users they studied are likely weighing a difficult decision between choosing a higher level of perceived anonymity provided by a throwaway account — while risking not being believed or offered the desired kind of support — against using an identifiable account — to gain more credibility — but taking the chance that it will divulge their true identity.

The only way to weigh risks against benefits, she says, is to evaluate all - cause morbidity (sickness) and all - cause mortality (death).

It is important to recognise that severe psychiatric illness may have negative consequences for the woman, her baby and her family, and these must be weighed against what is known about the risks of taking medication.»

«There is a risk of not treating fever or pain during pregnancy, and this should be carefully weighed against any potential harm to the offspring,» she said.

«You need to weigh the risks of hormonal birth control against the benefits.»

That said, it's important to weigh the risks against the benefits, as the potential complications can be debilitating.

Greek yogurt, cruciferous veggies, almonds / nuts, more protein, flaxseed... if they're really as detrimental as you say, I might just need to compromise and weigh the risks against the benefits.

And, HRT or bioidentical hormones are incredibly personal decisions — after weighing the risks and benefits against your stage in life, health, and needs, you may indeed decide it's a helpful course of action for you.

So it often comes down to weighing the risks against the incredible potential this technology offers, with the ultimate goal of getting the boss on - board with e-learning.