Non-communicable respiratory diseases are an increasing problem at both ends of the age range in low-income and middle-income countries.
The requirement for multiple daily dosing of MPH increases the likelihood of poor adherence, particularly in adolescents, and poor persistence with therapy has been shown to be associated with increased maternal psychological distress, indifferent parenting, maternal overprotection/control, poor family support, decreased interaction with parents and increased problems at home [ 32].
Increasing scores indicate increasing problems.
Women's infertility is an increasing problem due at least partly from the increasing prevalence of pregnancies occurring later in life.
Cao et al. (2009) reported a nonsignificant trend of increasing problem behavior scores at 7 years of age with increasing blood cadmium levels measured at 2 years of age, but there were no obvious trends with increasing blood cadmium in the attention/executive subdomains, the hyperactivity subdomain, or the ADHD index.
Adherence interventions aimed at increasing problem-solving skills have enhanced adherence to life-long treatment regimens in diabetes, HIV, and asthma [ 28- 30].
"It's an increasing problem," said Darren Whitehurst, an executive at the Texas Hospital Association, who says some Texas hospitals have been unable to find neurosurgeons and other specialists to cover emergency rooms.
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Why do we then have a worldwide increasing problem with overweight and obesity, and at the same time we have not the capability to solve the problem with starvation and malnutrition?
Michelle Mitchell, charity director at Age UK, said the increasing problem of fuel poverty was "scandalous".
