News tagged with risk assessment


Researchers find certain kind of brain damage can cause people to be more reckless with investments

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers from several universities in Europe has found that human test subjects with a damaged portion of their brain were likely to invest more money in a risky trustee than ...

Neuroscience created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

New prostate cancer test improves risk assessment

(Medical Xpress)—A new genomic test for prostate cancer can help predict whether men are more likely to harbor an aggressive form of the disease, according to a new UC San Francisco study. The test, which improves risk ...

Cancer created May 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scholar looks to genes to make sense of the dollars you invest

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers say how much risk you're willing to take in your investments may be linked to genetics. The results may help investors understand how emotions affect their choices.

Genetics created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop automated breast density test linked to cancer risk

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have developed a novel computer algorithm to easily quantify a major risk factor for breast cancer based on analysis of a screening ...

Cancer created Feb 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows heart calcium scan predictive of diabetes-related death from cardiovascular disease

People with Type 2 diabetes have two to four times the risk of cardiovascular disease compared to people without the disease. The best way for doctors to predict which diabetes patients are at the greatest risk for heart ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify depression and anxiety biomarker in youths

Scientists have discovered a cognitive biomarker – a biological indicator of a disease – for young adolescents who are at high risk of developing depression and anxiety. Their findings were published today, 28 November, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Simple tool may help evaluate risk for violence among patients with mental illness

Mental health professionals, who often are tasked with evaluating and managing the risk of violence by their patients, may benefit from a simple tool to more accurately make a risk assessment, according to a recent study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ultrasounds spot heart disease early in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Special echocardiograms show promise for early detection of a potentially deadly complication in rheumatoid arthritis: heart disease, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings were being presented at The European League Against ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jun 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify facial expression for anxiety

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London have, for the first time, identified the facial expression of anxiety. The facial expression for the emotion ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Time to test assumptions about health effects that guide risk assessment: toxicologist

Governments and the nuclear industry have failed to address serious data gaps and untested assumptions guiding exposure limits to Cesium (Cs)-137 released in the Chernobyl accident in 1986 and this year's incident at Fukushima, ...

Health created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop risk assessment model for advanced age-related macular degeneration

A new risk assessment model may help predict development of advanced age-related macular degeneration, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breast cancer risk calculator updated for Asian-Americans

Researchers have developed a more accurate method for estimating breast cancer risk for Asian and Pacific Islander American (APA) women. Most current risk estimates rely on data from non-Hispanic white women, but researchers ...

Cancer created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US health authorities in bird flu vaccine effort

US health authorities are liaising with domestic and international partners to develop a vaccine for the H7N9 bird flu virus that has killed five people in China.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell-cycle progression panel identifies prostate cancer risk

(HealthDay)—The cell-cycle progression (CCP) gene panel is useful to improve the risk stratification for men with even low-risk, clinically localized prostate cancer, according to research published online ...

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Letter from doctor boosts cholesterol medication use

In a new study, Northwestern Medicine researchers found that patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) are more likely to receive a prescription for cholesterol-lowering medication, and to achieve lower long-term ...

Health created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0