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Breast cancer may be accountable for rare variants, background risk
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct.23 (ANI): A new finding has suggested that rare variants combined with background genetic risk factors may account for many unexplained cases of familial breast cancer.
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Passive smoking hidden risk factor of heart disease
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): According to statistics, about six million people die of tobacco use or exposure to secondhand smoke. This accounts for six percent of female and 12% of male deaths worldwide every year.
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Here's how gender influences high blood pressure risk factors
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 16 (ANI): A recent study has found that there are marked gender differences in what drives blood pressure in middle-age and adulthood, suggesting the need for gender-specific treatments for hypertension.
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Transgender diabetics may not be effectively treated for risk factors
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 13 (ANI): Transgender patients with diabetes may not be adequately treated for risk factors, says a recent study.
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Half of cancer risk factors in China modifiable: Report
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): It has been revealed in a new report that half of all the cancer deaths in men, in 2013 in China, and more than a third of those in women were regarded as being caused by potentially modifiable risk factors such as smoking, alcohol, nutrition, weight, physica
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Ozone exposure ups autism odds in at-risk people
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 24 (ANI): Elevated exposure to ozone can put individuals with high levels of genetic variation at an even higher risk for developing autism than would be expected by adding the two risk factors together, according to a recent analysis.
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Micronutrients deficiency most pervasive health condition among infants
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): According to experts, micronutrients deficiencies are a major risk factor of illness in infants. Every day, over 6,000 children die in India under the age of five and more than half of these deaths are caused by micronutrient malnutrition-primarily due to lac
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Indian Council for Medical Research along others to raise awareness of Blo
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI-NewsVoir): Recognizing that raised blood pressure or Hypertension is the biggest single contributing risk factor to death and the burden of disease worldwide, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) - Government of India, along with Public Health Foundation o
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Do skilled professionals make more mistakes at workplace?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 18 (ANI): Which organisation does not want a highly skilled professional at workplace? But 'to err is human' suggests a new study as faster things happen, the worse we remember them, thereby increasing the risk factor for making errors when interrupted.
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Study reveals new risk factors for anxiety disorders
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin (Germany), Feb 25 (ANI): People experiencing anxiety disorders, we have got some bad news for you.
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New research indicates regular fresh pear consumption may improve blood pr
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI-NewsVoir): An abstract of an ongoing study, "Fresh pear (Pyruscommunis) consumption may improve blood pressure in middle-aged men and women with metabolic syndrome," presented at Experimental Biology in San Diego indicates regular fresh pear consumpti
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Cut down on booze, it's affecting your heart
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 3 (ANI): According to a recent study, alcohol abuse affects your heart as much as other well-established risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and obesity.
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