Disclosure Of Organ Transplant Risks: A Question Of When, Not If Jun 27, 2008
Because of the nation's ongoing shortage of organs -- 10 percent of patients awaiting transplant die each year -- patients with behavioral risk factors for HIV are not barred from donating organs as they are from donating blood. In their paper, the authors provide new data indicating that more than five percent of organ donors are classified as "high risk" for undetectable HIV infection. (Science Daily)
Patients With Psoriasis At Increased Risk For Developing Other Serious Medical Conditions Mar 26, 2008
Initially, this was attributed to the increased prevalence of behavioral risk factors such as obesity and smoking, which are thought to be linked to the psychosocial burden of psoriasis. However, two recent studies have enhanced dermatologists understanding of cardiovascular risk in psoriasis patients. (Science Daily)
Zila to Launch ViziLite Plus in the United Kingdom Mar 4, 2008
"Given that 25% of oral cancers occur in people who do not smoke and have no other behavioral risk factors, it is imperative that every adult, particularly those who are at high risk for oral cancer, be screened at least once a year. ViziLite Plus is a proven technology used by thousands of dental offices across the United States and should prove to be a valuable aid to practitioners in the United Kingdom and throughout the European Union. ViziLite Plus sales in the U.K. and Europe are expected... (BusinessWire)
Sexual History Shouldn't Guide HPV Vaccination, Researchers Urge Feb 14, 2008
According to study results, behavioral risk factors should not be used by health care providers to determine if a young woman should be vaccinated ... They evaluated how well certain risk factors correlate with having HPV, as well as what would happen if behavioral risk factors were used as a way to target the vaccine to only certain groups of women ... As the number of behavioral risk factors increases, the likelihood that a woman is infected with at least one of the four types of HPV found in... (Science Daily)
Feeling Fat May Be Worse for You Than Being Fat Feb 1, 2008
To investigate, they examined data on 170,577 people participating in a study of behavioral risk factors. All had reported their actual weight, perceived ideal weight, and the number of days in the past 30 days when they felt that their physical or mental health was not good. (MEDLINEplus)
Battling an epidemicFHC to sponsor walkto raise awareness of diabetes Nov 20, 2007
Behavioral risk factors, such as being overweight, physical inactive and eating an unhealthy diet, are partially responsible for development of the type 2 diabetes. There are three main types of diabetes -- type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
WHO official: Chronic disease death rate to rise 17% Nov 16, 2007
It has been shown that addressing these underlying behavioral risk factors would prevent 80 percent of premature heart disease, 80 percent of premature stroke, 80 percent of type 2 diabetes and 40 percent of cancer, Milan said. "As many countries do not have comprehensive and integrated or individual strategies, policies or action plans to tackle the problem, more WHO technical support on these areas is essential in helping them to prevent and control chronic non-communicable diseases," she... (Xinhuanet, China)
Marital Stress Linked to Heart Disease Oct 25, 2007
"Besides all the usual and very important biomedical and behavioral risk factors people should consider in evaluating their level of risk, and any possible risk-reducing plan, they should consider chronic stress and negative emotions," he advised. HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
Infant mortality: Health Dept.'s focus is set Oct 3, 2007
Several factors enter in to determine the rate - such as health status of the mother, race and age of the mother, behavioral risk factors such as smoking, alcohol and other drug usage, etc. Almost 70 percent of the disparity between black and white infant mortality is due to the significantly higher percentage of black infants born premature. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Are Angry Men at Greater Risk for Heart Disease? Aug 2, 2007
Maybe its time to incorporate psychosocial, behavioral risk factors. . (MSNBC -- Health)
Social Factors Tied to Asthma Hospitalizations May 18, 2007
Prior research has "shown high rates of psychosocial and behavioral risk factors amongst patients admitted to hospital with severe asthma," Dr. Nicholas Wainwright, of the University of Cambridge, UK, and colleagues write. "General population studies have shown associations between psychosocial factors and...asthma but few have investigated...asthma outcomes.". (MEDLINEplus)
Venting anger being challenged as better than just staying calm Mar 3, 2007
Underlying public anger has become so pronounced, in fact, that Men's Health magazine identified the 100 most angry cities in America in August, rating them by behavioral risk factors, plus health, traffic, labor and crime statistics. Orlando -- home to Disney World -- was the angriest city; Manchester, N.H., the least angry. (Washington Times)
Young Cancer Survivors At Risk For Behaviors That Raise Future Cancer Risk Jan 25, 2007
This is among the first studies to look at multiple behavioral risk factors among adolescent cancer survivors ... Patients with these behavioral risk factors tended to be older, had greater symptoms of stress, and reported greater family discord. (Science Daily)
Doctors aren't chaplains Dec 2, 2006
By Richard P. Sloan, RICHARD P. SLOAN, director of the behavioral medical program at Columbia University Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, is the author of "Blind Faith: The Unholy Alliance of R December 2, 2006 HOW WOULD you like your doctor, at your next examination, to ask not only about your diet and symptoms but about your spiritual life? How would you like your surgeon to ask, while you're on the gurney ready to be wheeled in for an operation, if you'd mind if he... (Los Angeles Times)
Web-Based Health Information Can Improve Health of Children Sep 5, 2006
Families were then contacted by phone to obtain consent and administer a baseline questionnaire that measured demographic characteristics of the family and specific health and behavioral risk factors, such as parental smoking and gun ownership. The baseline survey found more than 80 percent of the households had Web access. (PR Newswire)
Miss. must continue to address infant mortality rates Aug 7, 2006
Infant mortality rates are influenced by many factors such as health status of the mother, race and age of the mother, behavioral risk factors such as smoking, alcohol and other drug usage, etc. In the United States and in Mississippi, the black infant mortality rate is about twice the rate for whites. (The Clarion-Ledger)
PNHP: U.S.-Canada health care Jul 4, 2006
The JCUSH surveyed 3,505 Canadians and 5,183 U.S. residents between November 2002 and March 2003 in order to gauge health status, rates of illness, behavioral risk factors, use of health care, and access to health care services in the two countries. . (Zmag.org)
DSU gets money for tobacco prevention Jun 21, 2006
Additionally, 2004 statistics from the Department of Health's Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System shows 26. 1 percent of young adults age 18-24 currently smoke. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Heart Disease in Mother Means More Risk for Offspring Apr 29, 2006
Sundquist and Li hypothesized that the increased maternal transmission may have been attributable to behavioral risk factors and to the fact that children spend more time with their mothers. As a result, children might be likely to pick up a mother's risky habits such as poor diet, smoking, and physical inactivity. (MedPage Today)
