Science news articles about 'risk'

The polar bear has become an icon of global warming vulnerability, but a new study found an Arctic mammal that may be even more at risk to climate change: the narwhal.

... of experimental blood substitutes nearly tripled the risk of heart attacks and caused a 30% increase ...

... to organochlorine pesticide metabolites, such as DDE, had an increased risk of testicular germ cell tumors. Previous ... that persistent exposure to organochlorine pesticides may increase the risk for some types of testicular cancer, but that observation had not been replicated ...

... taking hormone therapy appear to have an increased risk of stroke regardless of when they started treatment, according to a new ... currently taking hormone therapy had an increased risk for stroke (39 percent for those taking estrogen ...

... about 2000 that the Internet has dramatically changed HIV risk for gay men and other men who have sex with men ... beyond broad generalizations to a real understanding of the risk, and then design effective responses.” Young ...

... , who also is a Saint Louis University urogynecologist. “Other major risk factors within a woman’s control are having children ... during bowel movements,” she says. McLennan found that the risk of prolapse in women with a family history dramatically ...

... gene markers indicating that the patients had a high risk of relapse. All the patients had been treated through a clinical ... -181 family were associated with lower recurrence risk. In addition, the researchers used a computer program to predict ...

Timber workers have high dioxin levels in their blood and many are heavily exposed to PCP, resulting in an increased risk of respiratory disease, a study has found.

... in the brain. A variation in the ApoE gene, a known risk factor for dementia, was also more common among those whose ... were twice as likely to do so. Stroke was not a risk factor for women, despite a similar rate ...

... quiet when operating only with their electric motors that they may pose a risk to the blind and some other pedestrians, research by a psychologist suggests ...

... , you may be interested in the new book, "Operational Risk Management," by Mark D. Abkowitz, professor ...

... between inflammation and the dangerous mix of heart disease risk factors known as the metabolic syndrome. Its combined ... were included in the scientists’ statistical analysis, the heightened risk from obesity disappeared. “What this tells us ...

... risks of developing Alzheimer's disease differ between the sexes, with stroke in men, and depression in women, critical ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government regulators on Friday said encouraging wider use of a powerful painkiller made by Cephalon Inc. raises the risk of potentially fatal misuse of the drug....

... source of health care – and that puts their health at risk.” The first study shows that children whose ...