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 ...

The World Health Organization released a sweeping global analysis on February 3, 2026, concluding that 37% of all new cancer cases recorded in 2022 could have been prevented. Out of 18.7 million new ...

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 ...

Maggie O’Neill is a health writer and reporter based in New York who specializes in covering medical research and emerging wellness trends, with a focus on cancer and addiction. Prior to her time at ...

In a recent study published in the PLOS ONE Journal, researchers investigated how the effects of potentially modifiable risk factors on dementia vary among people of South Asian, Black, and White ...

Smoking, infections, alcohol consumption top list of 30 mostly behavioral factors ...

Evaluation of differential contribution of a circulating epithelial cell signal component in a multimodal colorectal neoplasia assay. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting ...

A recent review found that there were several modifiable and nonmodifiable factors that can affect the treatment adherence of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Modifiable and nonmodifiable risk ...

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, ...

Alzheimer disease and other dementias (ADOD) have a substantial impact on the prevalence and costs of certain comorbid conditions compared with matched beneficiaries without ADOD. Objectives: To use ...