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 ...

Vitamin D may be a potentially modifiable factor to reduce dementia risk, study suggests ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four in 10 cancer cases and about half of cancer deaths among U.S. adults 30 years old and older in 2019 were linked to “modifiable” risk factors like smoking, drinking, poor diet and not getting ...

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 ...

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 ...

For most of veterinary medicine's history, aging has been accepted as a fact of life rather than a target for intervention.