News tagged with increased risk
New research links genetic variant, poor glycemic control to coronary artery disease
Nov 25, 2008 |
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A new study led by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School has found that a common genetic variant associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the general population ...
Donor-Recipient Genetics and Early Kidney Transplant Complications
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found an association between the genetics of donor-recipient matches in kidney transplants and complications during the ...
Hairspray is linked to common genital birth defect, says study
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Women who are exposed to hairspray in the workplace during pregnancy have more than double the risk of having a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias, according to a new study published today in the ...
Overuse of narcotics and barbiturates may make migraine worse
Nov 19, 2008 |
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A team of researchers led by investigators at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has determined that certain commonly-prescribed medications may have the unintended consequence of increasing the ...
Patients with depressive disorders or schizophrenia more likely to re-attempt suicide
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Men and women who have tried to kill themselves and are suffering from unipolar disorder (major depression), bipolar disorder (manic depression) or schizophrenia are at a very high risk of committing suicide within a year ...
Widely used cancer drug associated with significantly increased risk of blood clots
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 18, 2008 |
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An analysis of randomized controlled trials indicates that use of the cancer drug bevacizumab is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (blood clots in the deep veins of the legs or in the lungs), according ...
Individuals with HIV have higher risk of non-AIDS cancers
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 18, 2008 |
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The risk of non-AIDS cancer is higher for individuals infected with HIV than for the general population, according to a meta-analysis presented here at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International ...
Study links inflammation and coagulation to non-AIDS deaths in people with HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 21, 2008 |
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In an analysis of deaths occurring during a large international trial of treatments for HIV-positive patients, researchers have found a strong association between markers of inflammation and coagulation and increased risk ...
Study examines association between caffeine consumption and breast cancer risk
Oct 13, 2008 |
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Caffeine consumption does not appear to be associated with overall breast cancer risk, according to a report in the October 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. However, there is a possibility of increased risk for wo ...
Reason for sickness absence can predict employee deaths
Oct 03, 2008 |
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Employees who take long spells of sick leave more than once in three years are at a higher risk of death than their colleagues who take no such absence, particularly if their absence is due to circulatory or psychiatric problems ...
Driving fatalities surge on US presidential election days
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Toronto, ON (September 30, 2008) – Sunnybrook researcher Dr. Donald Redelmeier and Stanford University statistician Robert Tibshirani have found an increased risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes on United States (US) presidential ...
Study links depression to higher death rate from all causes among Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes
Sep 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a large group of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, depression was associated with a higher death rate from all causes during a two-year study period. The findings are published in the October 2008 ...
Blood-Thinning Drug Linked to Increased Bleeding in Brain
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients who take the commonly used blood-thinning drug warfarin face larger amounts of bleeding in the brain and increased risk of mortality if they suffer a hemorrhagic stroke, new research from the University ...
Too much calcium in blood may increase risk of fatal prostate cancer
Sep 03, 2008 |
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Men who have too much calcium in their bloodstreams may have an increased risk of fatal prostate cancer, according to a new analysis from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin.
Study examines relationship between low birth weight and psychiatric problems in children
Sep 01, 2008 |
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Low-birth-weight children appear to be at higher risk for psychiatric disturbances from childhood through high school than normal-birth-weight children, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Ps ...
