Sentences with phrase «while known risk factors»

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Usually when the safety of bedsharing with crib sleeping is compared, and bedsharing is said to be 22 - 40 times more dangerous, none of the confounding factors that are known to increase risks while bedsharing are mentioned.

And while we know that the development of food allergies is a highly complex mix of both genetic and environmental factors, decreasing that risk would mean less children at risk for anaphylaxis and more parents able to breathe a little bit easier whenever they send their children off to school or to a birthday party.

Subsequently, by virtue of defining that an adult and infant are unable to safely sleep on the same surface together, such as what occurs during bedsharing, even when all known adverse bedsharing risk factors are absent and safe bedsharing practices involving breastfeeding mothers are followed, an infant that dies while sharing a sleeping surface with his / her mother is labeled a SUID, and not SIDS.26 In this way the infant death statistics increasingly supplement the idea that bedsharing is inherently and always hazardous and lend credence, artificially, to the belief that under no circumstance can a mother, breastfeeding or not, safely care for, or protect her infant if asleep together in a bed.27 The legitimacy of such a sweeping inference is highly problematic, we argue, in light of the fact that when careful and complete examination of death scenes, the results revealed that 99 % of bedsharing deaths could be explained by the presence of at least one and usually multiple independent risk factors for SIDS such as maternal smoking, prone infant sleep, use of alcohol and / or drugs by the bedsharing adults.28 Moreover, this new ideology is especially troubling because it leads to condemnations of bedsharing parents that border on charges of being neglectful and / or abusive.

We also discuss how the same underlying cultural beliefs that supported the idea that infants sleep best alone serve presently to permit the acceptance of an inappropriate set of assumptions related to explaining why some babies die unexpectedly while sleeping in their parents beds.9 These assumptions are that regardless of circumstances, including maternal motivations and / or the absence of all known bedsharing risk factors, even nonsmoking, sober, breastfeeding mothers place their infants at significantly increased risk for SUID by bedsharing.

Patients also have to factor in their own sense of how much they fear a heart attack or stroke — all the while knowing there are other means of prevention with almost no risk that can get lost in the statin debate, including weight loss, exercise and a better diet.

The method used in the study is known as the Hirsch Index and while the study authors acknowledge factors such as there being high public interest leading to more studies of a particular illness, they believe that because it is objective and evidence - based it will be a useful complement and guide to more traditional methods of risk assessment and can be used to produce a shortlist of pathogens for authorities to focus on.

«Because of the concept that e-cigarettes are safer than commonly used cigarettes, you may have pregnant women — and the data show this — taking e-cigarettes during pregnancy so as not to smoke, because the risk factors and the dangers of smoking cigarettes while pregnant are well - known,» Zelikoff said.

While the negative effects of stress on the body have been known for a long time, loneliness is a more recently recognized health risk factor.

Although existing eating disorder risk models comprehensively address psychological factors, we know of very few biologically - based factors that help us predict who may be more likely to develop eating disorder behaviors,» said lead author Laura Berner, PhD, who completed the research while pursuing a doctoral degree at Drexel.

Professor Samani concluded: «While we know about many lifestyle factors such as smoking that affect risk of coronary heart disease, our findings underscore the fact that the causes of this common disease are very complex and other things that we understand much more poorly have a significant impact.

While we know that other donor characteristics can influence the risk of the patient developing Graft versus Host disease or other complications, more research is needed to determine how important different donor factors are on outcomes other than patient survival.»

«While there is extensive scientific literature on the late effects of cancer therapy, including the risk that survivors will develop subsequent malignancies, until now little was known about the contribution of genetic factors,» said Jinghui Zhang, PhD, Computational Biology chair.

Also, while red hair is a known risk factor for developing a melanoma it may indicate a higher chance of survival.

«While people know stress plays a role in how they feel physically, they're often unaware that it is a risk factor for heart disease,» says Suzanne Steinbaum, MD, an attending cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

While he was able to survive his cardiac episode, others are not so lucky, which is why it is so important to know so that we can cut down our risk factors appropriately.

While we've known for decades that perceived social isolation, or loneliness, is a major risk factor for chronic illness and death, only more recently have we gained deeper clues into why loneliness is such a health risk.

While there's still some content about mammograms on the site, «informational pages and factsheets about the disease, including symptoms, treatment, risk factors, and public no - or low - cost cancer screening programs, have been entirely removed and are no longer found elsewhere on the [Office on Women's Health] site,» according to the foundation's report.

While complex statistical methods are often used to «control» or «account» for students» levels of risk or risk factors, much debate exists about the extent to which such statistical controls, no matter how sophisticated, indeed work (e.g., to partly / wholly eliminate «bias»).

But while these known inherited risk haplotypes convey a significant percentage (~ 20 %) of the risk of hemangiosarcoma and lymphoma, it is likely that there are additional genetic risk factors too.

While cats are the definitive host for T. gondii, research has shown that contact with cats is not a risk factor for infection and even vets are no more likely to be infected with the parasite than non-vets.

While some birth injuries are completely unavoidable, it is important to realize that there are important risk factors that are well known — if your practitioner did not take steps to help avoid this injury, they could be deemed negligent and responsible for the injury.

By knowing the key factors insurance companies use to evaluate your piloting risk and working with an independent agent that is a specialist, you can find a competitive life insurance policy that will cover you while flying.

While it is impossible to know the exact formula any auto insurance carrier uses to calculate risk and determine premium rates, knowing common rating factors can help you shop smarter for your car insurance.

While the impacts of some risk factors on child development are known, whether and how children's physical environments affect developmental outcomes remains largely unstudied.