News tagged with personal risk


No link between anesthesia, dementia in elderly

Elderly patients who receive anesthesia are no more likely to develop long-term dementia or Alzheimer's disease than other seniors, according to new Mayo Clinic research. The study analyzed thousands of patients using the ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mental vulnerability associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease

People deemed to be "mentally vulnerable" are at a significantly increased risk of both fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease, according to results of a large population study from Denmark. The details of the study were ...

Cardiology created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diabetes patients need to be consulted to improve treatment

Patients with type 2 diabetes who tailor their own treatment in cooperation with their doctor can reduce their risk of complications such as heart attack with up to 20 percent. This is the result of a new Danish study from ...

Diabetes created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pathological gambling is associated with age

Researchers of the Psychiatry and Mental Health research group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), in the Bellvitge University Hospital, have shown that patient age influences the onset of pathological ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UN seeks to end toilet 'taboo'

The United Nations launched a campaign Friday to lift a deadly taboo on talking about toilets and to turn the world into an "open defecation-free zone."

Health created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How much sodium are you eating? New online salt calculator sums it up

Canadians can track how much salt they're eating and identify the main sources of sodium in their diet using a new online Salt Calculator.

Health created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Screening decisions better informed when risk information personalized

Patients' ability to make genuinely informed choices about undergoing disease screening increases when the risk information that they receive is related to their own personal risk, rather than average risks, according to ...

Health created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Personalized medicine eliminates need for drug in two children

Using genome-wide analysis, investigators at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center and the University of Montreal have potentially eliminated a lifetime drug prescription that two children with a previously ...

Genetics created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Following mammography, physicians must notify of breast density, NY law states

A New York state law that goes into effect Jan. 19, 2013, could impact up to half of all women who get annual mammograms, according to Avice O'Connell, M.D., director of Women's Imaging at the University ...

Cancer created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New report offers assurance, future research on kids' shots

New parents quickly learn that their kids have years of vaccinations ahead of them. The vast majority of parents keep up with the schedule but some parents diverge from the recommended timeline, and a small minority object ...

Health created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Psychology professor seeks clues to psychiatric disorders in DNA

Data, data everywhere. In genomics research, there is a data deluge, so innovative ways to analyze all that information will play a critical role in future breakthroughs.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescents with low status among peers are more likely to become adult smokers

A new study from Sweden reveals that having low peer status in adolescence is a strong risk factor for regular and heavy smoking in adulthood. Researchers from Stockholm University in Sweden used a large database that followed ...

Addiction created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Melanoma up to 2.5 times likelier to strike transplant, lymphoma patients

Melanoma is on the rise nationally, and transplant recipients and lymphoma patients are far likelier than the average person to get that form of skin cancer and to die from it, a Mayo Clinic review has found. That is because ...

Cancer created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obese adults with excess abdominal fat, insulin resistance may have higher risk of type 2 diabetes

Obese adults with excess visceral fat (fat located inside the abdominal cavity, around the body's internal organs) and biomarkers of insulin resistance had an associated increased risk for the development ...

Diabetes created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study supports tobacco link to ovarian cancer

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from Curtin University's School of Public Health have contributed to a comprehensive international study examining risk factors for ovarian cancer.

Cancer created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast