Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: risk factors http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New version of WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) launched The WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX®) is an important new calculation tool, available free online at http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/, that is being used by a steadily increasing number of physicians around the world to calculate a patient's 10-year probability of fracture based on scientifically validated risk factors. The tool is country specific and can be used with or without the input of Bone Mineral Density (BMD) values. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-version-fracture-tool-frax.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:21:18 EST news226146069 Younger doctors prescribe more drugs to reduce heart risk but offer less lifestyle advice Patients with heart disease risks are more likely to be prescribed cardiovascular (CV) drugs if they see a younger doctor and recommended to change their lifestyle if they see an older doctor, according to research in the June issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-younger-doctors-drugs-heart-lifestyle.html Health Mon, 16 May 2011 09:55:26 EST news224758489 'Sitting down’ risk for diabetes in South Asians regardless of exercise, waist size For South Asians, time spent sitting down is a risk factor for diabetes which is not counteracted by time spent exercising or decreased waist size. These are the findings of a new study funded by the National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI), which is led by the Medical Research Council. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-diabetes-south-asians-waist-size.html Health Tue, 10 May 2011 12:42:33 EST news224250135 Research identifies risk factors associated with progression of glaucoma Elevated pressure inside the eye, cornea thinning, and visual field loss are all markers that glaucoma may progress, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-factors-glaucoma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 09 May 2011 17:06:59 EST news224179593 1 in 7 strokes occurs during sleep, many go without clot-busting treatment Approximately 14 percent of all strokes occur during sleep, preventing many from getting clot-busting treatment, according to a study published in the May 10, 2011, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-clot-busting-treatment.html Neuroscience Mon, 09 May 2011 16:40:01 EST news224177252 Evidence insufficient on relationship of modifiable factors with risk of Alzheimer's disease The available evidence is insufficient to draw firm conclusions about the association of modifiable factors and risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to a report posted online today that will appear in the September issue of Archives of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-evidence-insufficient-relationship-factors-alzheimer.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Mon, 09 May 2011 16:33:12 EST news224177519