Tag: risk
Worrying Too Much Might Raise Your Risk for Stroke
by on Feb.02, 2012, under Health and Fitness
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) — High levels of a personality trait called harm avoidance — which includes excessive worrying, pessimism, fear and fatigue — is associated with a higher stroke risk, a new study indicates.
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Diabetes drugs tied to pancreatic cancer risk
by on Jan.31, 2012, under Health and Fitness
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study links the diabetes drug metformin to fewer cases of pancreatic cancer — at least in women — but finds other diabetes medications are associated with a higher risk of the disease. The differences in medicat…
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Car, TV Ownership Tied to Higher Risk for Heart Attack
by on Jan.11, 2012, under Health and Fitness
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) — People who own a car and a television tend to be at increased risk for heart attack, a new study finds.
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Breast implant scandal shows regulators in dark on risk
by on Dec.30, 2011, under Health and Fitness
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Long before the latest global breast implant scare, American health officials were toying with the idea of building a registry that would track patients with implants. The registry would give a better idea of the number of c…
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Women’s lung cancer risk not tied to childbirths
by on Dec.26, 2011, under Health and Fitness
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A woman's lung cancer risk doesn't appear to be linked to the number of children she has, although some scientists had thought hormonal changes during pregnancy might protect against the disease. That's acco…
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Health Tip: Are You at Risk for Macular Degeneration?
by on Dec.19, 2011, under Health and Fitness
(HealthDay News) — Macular degeneration is a disease of the eye's macula, the portion responsible for your ability to see fine detail. Age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of vision loss, affects many people as they get older.
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Cancer Outpatients at Greater Risk for Blood Clots
by on Dec.13, 2011, under Health and Fitness
MONDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) — Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy most often develop blood clots after they are discharged from the hospital, according to a large new study.
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Child "sexters" risk arrest, but problem uncommon
by on Dec.05, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Sexually explicit material isn't as widespread on kids' cell phones as some surveys have suggested, researchers have found.
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3-D TV Doesn't Raise Seizure Risk for Kids With Epilepsy: Study
by on Dec.04, 2011, under Health and Fitness
SUNDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) — Children with epilepsy do not
appear to face an increased risk for seizures while watching 3-D TV, a new
German-Austrian study suggests.
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Funding crunch puts progress on AIDS at risk
by on Nov.30, 2011, under Health and Fitness
The international community has made extraordinary progress in the past decade in the fight against AIDS, but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk, the United Nations health agencies said on Wednesday.
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