Risk

Smoking, sedentary behavior and physical inactivity were among lifestyle factors linked to increased risk nursing home admissions, a recent study found.

When you tell a patient that complications for their upcoming surgery are “rare” or that it is “uncommon” for their disease to result in blindness, do you know what you’re actually telling them?

Genetic variants located near KLF5 and SOX9 may be associated with a higher risk for hidradenitis suppurativa, according to a study.

Higher levels of niacin intake were associated with a decreased risk for glaucoma among participants in the 2005-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, according to study results published in the Journal of Glaucoma.

Sexually diverse individuals are at an increased risk for atopic diseases, including asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis, according to a research letter.

Organ transplant recipients diagnosed with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma are more likely to experience recurrence, metastasis and death from this cancer compared with non-organ transplant recipients, according to a study.

Higher dietary nitrate intake from vegetables was associated with a reduced risk for dementia, according to research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

People with HIV diagnosed with mpox were not at an increased risk for hospitalization unless they were immunosuppressed, according to findings presented at the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science.

Adults with HIV can lower their risk for serious cardiovascular events like heart attack or stroke by more than one-third if they take a daily statin, a large phase 3 trial found.

BOSTON — Replacing mayonnaise and margarine with olive oil may reduce the risk for mortality from dementia among adults in the United States, according to study results presented at NUTRITION 2023.