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Risking Your Health
Author | : Damien de Walque |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2013-12-11 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9780821399064 |
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Behaviors posing risks for an individual’s health include drug use, smoking, alcohol, unhealthy eating causing obesity, and unsafe sex. While traditionally associated with richer countries, risky behaviors are becoming prevalent also in low income countries, with associated individual and social costs.
Possible Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields
Author | : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on the Possible Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Biologic Systems |
Publsiher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 379 |
Release | : 1997-03-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780309054478 |
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Can the electric and magnetic fields (EMF) to which people are routinely exposed cause health effects? This volume assesses the data and draws conclusions about the consequences of human exposure to EMF. The committee examines what is known about three kinds of health effects associated with EMF: cancer, primarily childhood leukemia; reproduction and development; and neurobiological effects. This book provides a detailed discussion of hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization for each. Possible Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields also discusses the tools available to measure exposure, common types of exposures, and what is known about the effects of exposure. The committee looks at correlations between EMF exposure and carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, neurobehavioral effects, reproductive and developmental effects, effects on melatonin and other neurochemicals, and effects on bone healing and stimulated cell growth.
Risking Your Health
Author | : Damien de Walque |
Publsiher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2013-12-11 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780821399071 |
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Behaviors posing risks for an individual s health include drug use, smoking, alcohol, unhealthy eating causing obesity, and unsafe sex. While traditionally associated with richer countries, risky behaviors are becoming prevalent also in low income countries, with associated individual and social costs.
Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults
Author | : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on the Health and Medical Dimensions of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults |
Publsiher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2020-05-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780309671033 |
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Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of community-dwelling Americans aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated, and a significant proportion of adults in the United States report feeling lonely. People who are 50 years of age or older are more likely to experience many of the risk factors that can cause or exacerbate social isolation or loneliness, such as living alone, the loss of family or friends, chronic illness, and sensory impairments. Over a life course, social isolation and loneliness may be episodic or chronic, depending upon an individual's circumstances and perceptions. A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that social isolation presents a major risk for premature mortality, comparable to other risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, or obesity. As older adults are particularly high-volume and high-frequency users of the health care system, there is an opportunity for health care professionals to identify, prevent, and mitigate the adverse health impacts of social isolation and loneliness in older adults. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults summarizes the evidence base and explores how social isolation and loneliness affect health and quality of life in adults aged 50 and older, particularly among low income, underserved, and vulnerable populations. This report makes recommendations specifically for clinical settings of health care to identify those who suffer the resultant negative health impacts of social isolation and loneliness and target interventions to improve their social conditions. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults considers clinical tools and methodologies, better education and training for the health care workforce, and dissemination and implementation that will be important for translating research into practice, especially as the evidence base for effective interventions continues to flourish.
The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder
Author | : American Psychiatric Association |
Publsiher | : American Psychiatric Pub |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2018-01-11 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780890426821 |
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The guideline focuses specifically on evidence-based pharmacological treatments for AUD in outpatient settings and includes additional information on assessment and treatment planning, which are an integral part of using pharmacotherapy to treat AUD.
Communicating Risk in Public Health Emergencies
Author | : World Health Organization |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9241550201 |
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"During public health emergencies, people need to know what health risks they face, and what actions they can take to protect their health and lives. Accurate information provided early, often, and in languages and channels that people understand, trust and use, enables individuals to make choices and take actions to protect themselves, their families and communities from threatening health hazards." -- Publisher's description.
Getting Risk Right
Author | : Geoffrey C. Kabat |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 023116646X |
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A study of the health industry and possible risks involved.
Ethical Conduct of Clinical Research Involving Children
Author | : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Clinical Research Involving Children |
Publsiher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2004-07-09 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780309133388 |
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In recent decades, advances in biomedical research have helped save or lengthen the lives of children around the world. With improved therapies, child and adolescent mortality rates have decreased significantly in the last half century. Despite these advances, pediatricians and others argue that children have not shared equally with adults in biomedical advances. Even though we want children to benefit from the dramatic and accelerating rate of progress in medical care that has been fueled by scientific research, we do not want to place children at risk of being harmed by participating in clinical studies. Ethical Conduct of Clinical Research Involving Children considers the necessities and challenges of this type of research and reviews the ethical and legal standards for conducting it. It also considers problems with the interpretation and application of these standards and conduct, concluding that while children should not be excluded from potentially beneficial clinical studies, some research that is ethically permissible for adults is not acceptable for children, who usually do not have the legal capacity or maturity to make informed decisions about research participation. The book looks at the need for appropriate pediatric expertise at all stages of the design, review, and conduct of a research project to effectively implement policies to protect children. It argues persuasively that a robust system for protecting human research participants in general is a necessary foundation for protecting child research participants in particular.