According to European recommendations, a wider awareness of the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases allows understanding on the part of the patient, as well as performance of comprehensive ...

Background. This study sought to identify modifiable risk factors for pneumonia in elderly nursing home residents. Methods. A cohort of 613 elderly residents (age, >65 years) of 5 nursing homes in the ...

Prognostic Impact of Deficient DNA Mismatch Repair in Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer From a Randomized Trial of FOLFOX-Based Adjuvant Chemotherapy Among 10,724 5-year survivors (median age, 33.7 ...

Figure 1. The role of (non-)modifiable factors on tau-spatial-extent and level-rise. Factors that were tested in this study are illustrated on the left. Tau-spatial-extent (light blue) relates to the ...

A new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City finds that patients without standard modifiable heart risk factors who experience a heart attack are common and more likely to ...

Findings of a Mendelian randomization analysis showed that greater body mass index as a child and adult and incidence of smoking were associated with an increased risk of psoriasis, whereas having ...

A total of 770 citations were reviewed. Eighteen studies were identified for qualitative synthesis, with seven colorectal cancer (CRC) studies eligible for meta-analysis. Obesity (HR, 2.38 [95% CI, ...

Nearly 40% of new cancer cases worldwide in 2022 may be associated with modifiable risk factors, according to an analysis of 36 cancer types from 185 countries. The findings suggest that reducing ...

Modifiable health risks, such as obesity, high blood pressure and smoking, were linked to more than $730 billion in healthcare spending in the U.S. in 2016, according to a study published in The ...

CHICAGO and SEATTLE - September 30, 2020 - Modifiable health risks, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and smoking, were linked to over $730 billion in health care spending in the US in 2016, ...

Correspondence to Dr Karin Grävare Silbernagel, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19713, USA; kgs{at}udel.edu Objective To perform a systematic review and ...