News tagged with risk behaviors

Genetic screening could reveal hidden high risk for coronary heart disease

Finnish researchers have shown that genetic marker information can improve risk evaluation of coronary heart disease. The study comprised over 24,000 Finnish subjects and was led by Professor Samuli Ripatti. The results revealed ...

Cardiology May 20, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Substance use, aggression linked in new study focused on Latino youth

(Medical Xpress)—Are high school age students who show aggression toward their peers more likely to consume alcohol, tobacco and marijuana? A new study of Latino adolescents in Kansas City, Mo., confirms this idea. But ...

Psychology & Psychiatry May 14, 2013 | not rated yet | 1