Sentences with phrase «widespread use of medicines»

This is mainly thanks to better healthcare, such as widespread use of medicines to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

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Scientists from Yale have devised a way to ensure genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can be safely confined in the environment, overcoming a major obstacle to widespread use of GMOs in agriculture, energy production, waste management, and medicine.

Susan Gould Fogerite, director of research for the Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the School of Health Related Professions, said that although there is widespread evidence that yoga is being used as a form of exercise by those with MS, much of the feedback has been anecdotal and there isn't much empirical data regarding its safety and efficacy.

Despite its widespread use, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report potentially serious consequences of long - term exposure to the chemical.

These side effects have prevented more widespread use,» says study lead Sudha Chakrapani, PhD, associate professor of physiology and biophysics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

This research, coupled with the fact that it has been used in traditional medicine for hundreds of years, has led to a surge in marketing of the plant and its compounds, along with widespread online discussion of its benefits relating to the treatment of hair loss, and a huge increase in sales, particularly in North America.

In the rural regions of Southern China where SARS broke out, the people and animals lived in inordinately close contact and there was widespread use of wild species for food and traditional medicine, along with little testing available to catch new strains of diseases, the conditions there promoted the emergence of the virus.