As there was no medical risk to wearing headscarves when playing a game of football, it has decided to relent on a ban introduced in 2007.
Indeed, some experts argue that regular bleeding is a medical risk, leaving a woman open to such complications as endometriosis (abnormal growth of the uterine lining) and anaemia.
However, with the exception of offering premium discounts for those who engage in a limited set of less risky behaviors (such as not smoking), premiums after 2014 no longer reflect individual medical risk factors.
People, in consultation with their doctors and other medical professionals, should be allowed to make different decisions reflecting their unique medical needs and risk assessments.
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Seven of the children who died were younger than 5 years old, the report said, and 24 had underlying disabilities, such as muscular dystrophy or cerebral palsy, or one or more high-risk medical conditions.
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Dr Fraser and the other specialists called for a standardised guidance system on assessing high risk medical devices, the introduction of rules for newer devices such as electronic medical records that are not currently scrutinised, more consistent advice on clinical testing and more information on standards and study results.
But an additional indication, for acutely ill medical patients at risk for VTE, does not appear likely in the near future, as a new trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that one of these novel drugs, though effective at preventing VTE, also resulted in a significant increase in bleeding risk.
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Just as flight simulators made it possible to train pilots without putting real planes and lives at risk, medical technicians, nurses and even M.
Often forgotten by the proponents of free enterprise medical care is that risk is the key element of the system free-marketers hold so dear.
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He also warned that because of the government's current policy to disperse asylum seekers, many of whom are at high risk of medical problems like Tuberculosis (TB), that many more GPs would be coming into contact with the disease.
Pregnancy increases the risk of certain medical problems and creating complications from the flu, Schuchat said.
Because it has antibacterial and antifungal properties, it is included in catheters and other medical devices to reduce the risk of infection.
English hospitals face being "named and shamed" for not screening patients for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) risk, NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has said.
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Under the law, small businesses' health plans would have to cover a range of required benefits and face pricing rules that spread the risk of costly medical bills.
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However, because this is such a novel approach to mitigating the risk associated with medical care and with profiting from making care more efficient, other regulatory bodies are bound to step in.
Perhaps, she suggests, discussing height and weight in terms of clothing size may help parents better understand if their child is overweight or obese and at risk for serious medical problems as a result.
That rise in servicemen and women surviving multiple injuries is the result of improved care and lessons learned from increasing experience with battlefield injuries, from the military medics who treat the wounded on the frontline, to the medical teams and pilots who risk their own lives to evacuate the wounded, and the staff who give emergency care in Afghanistan.
It offers no medical benefit and carries a real risk of harm for some patients.
Medical-related institutions hosting data, such as date of birth information, social security numbers and medical records, are also higher risk.
They said longer quarantines might be necessary to stop the virus' spread and noted people with underlying medical conditions could be at higher risk.
For most medical tests, the added cancer risk is so small it can only be measured on a population rather than an individual basis.
Patients have not because medical care is too critical to risk any reduction in the quality of care a limitation of liability might foster.
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She added that the report underlined the need for long-term health monitoring of those who were at high risk, along with medical follow-up and support.
However, subtle changes to their body chemistry caused by space flight may place them at greater risk if they undergo medical treatment back on Earth.
Recent studies by researchers at Massachusetts General make the case that the risks of death from a current medical condition often far outweigh the risk of radiation.
Perniciously, victimized medical records are altered, introducing risk that a patient could receive harmful medication, be denied insurance or wrongly fail an employee health test and lose a job.
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So the panel said such studies would be ethical only if they presented no more than minimal risk to participants like the risk from a routine medical check-up.
"The recent counterfeit incidents highlight vulnerabilities in the drug-supply chain and the possible health risk to patients if medical practices are choosing to buy unapproved drugs from a foreign supplier, " FDA spokeswoman Sarah Clark-Lynn said in an email.
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