News tagged with independent risk factor


NAFLD increases the risk of early atherosclerotic lesions

A study presented today at the International Liver Congress 2013 – which evaluated the relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), early predictors of atherosclerosis and the 10-year Framingham risk ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weight loss may prevent, treat osteoarthritis in obese patients

Weight loss may prevent and significantly alleviate the symptoms of osteoarthritis, a progressive disease of the joints known as "wear and tear" arthritis, according to a literature review appearing in the March 2013 issue ...

Surgery created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Time spent watching television is not associated with death among breast cancer survivors

Spending a lot of time watching television after breast cancer diagnosis is not linked to death in these breast cancer survivors. It appears that after accounting for self-reported physical activity levels after diagnosis, ...

Cancer created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows COPD is not independent risk factor for lung cancer

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are two of the most important smoking-related diseases worldwide, with a huge combined mortality bur¬den. Many consider the presence of COPD itself to be an independent ...

Cancer created Dec 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women with dense breasts welcome additional screening

A survey of women undergoing routine screening mammography found that many of them would be interested in pursuing additional screening tests if notified they had dense breast tissue, despite the possibility of false positives, ...

Cancer created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More antibiotic use tied to rise in diarrheal infections in hospitals, study finds

(HealthDay)—Greater use of antibiotics is the main reason for an increase in the number and severity of Clostridium difficile infections among hospitalized children and elderly people, researchers report ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Curb kids' screen time to stave off major health and developmental problems

Curbs on children's daily screen time and delaying the age at which they start "the world's favorite pastime" are urgently needed to stave off the risk of serious health and developmental problems, argues a leading psychologist ...

Health created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

General surgeons identify postoperative complications posing strongest readmission risk

Postoperative complications are the most significant independent risk factor leading to 30-day hospital readmissions among general surgery patients, according to a new exploratory study published in the September issue of ...

Surgery created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low HDL cholesterol ups risk of diabetic nephropathy

(HealthDay) -- High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is an independent risk factor for the development of diabetic nephropathy, but not retinopathy, in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to research ...

Diabetes created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High blood sugar, obesity increase risk for surgical site infection

Two recent studies in the July issues of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) looked at surgical site infections and hyperglycemia, the technical term for high blood glucose, or high blood sugar. According to the ...

Surgery created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blood condition is highly predictive of graft failure in pediatric kidney transplant

For children receiving kidney transplants, a potentially correctable blood condition present in about one in four recipients is associated with a moderately increased risk of the graft's later failure, suggesting that clinicians ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mothers who give birth to large infants at increased risk for breast cancer

Delivering a high-birth-weight infant more than doubles a woman's breast cancer risk, according to research from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. The researchers suggest that having a large infant is associated ...

Cancer created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Eat slowly and reduce diabetes risk

Your parents must have told you a thousand times - don't eat so fast, slow down! Now it appears that scientific research is backing them up. At the recent joint International Congress of Endocrinology and European Congress ...

Diabetes created Jun 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk factors ID'd for SCA in heart defect repair survivors

(HealthDay) -- In adult survivors of surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD), severe subaortic ventricular systolic dysfunction is a significant and independent predictor of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), ...

Cardiology created Jun 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sleep apnea linked to increased risk for carbohydrate craving among diabetics

Researchers in New Jersey are encouraging primary care physicians to screen for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with Type 2 diabetes. They found that in a small sample of clinic patients, the risk for sleep apnea ...

Sleep apnea created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0