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Diabetes is an Independent Risk Factor that Increases by 26% a Woman's Risk of Atrial Fibrillation by Mellanie H. Patient Expert

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Posted Mon 05 Oct 2009 10:40am In a newly-published study, diabetes was found to be an independent risk factor for atrial fibrillation in women, increasing their risk of afib by 26%. The connection was not as strong for men, who were more at risk of obesity and high blood pressure from diabetes. Read more: Diabetes Increases a Woman's Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Read on »

research: increased risk and obesity, decreased risk and activity by Donna Peach Patient Expert

Posted Tue 01 Mar 2011 12:00am Certain subtypes of breast cancer, specifically HER2 positive and triple-negative, show a relationship between obesity and increased risk and a relationship between high levels of physical activity and decreased risk. Amanda I. Phipps, Kathleen E. Malone, Peggy L. Porter, Janet … Continue reading → Read on »

Risk Management - Saving Lives, Reducing Risk. by Dr. Aniruddha M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:16am Risk Management - Saving Lives, Reducing Risk.: "The Sullivan Group has created a proven system to reduce medical risk and promote safety: web-based standardised risk and safety education, intelligent medical record tools for doctors and nurses, and a web-based clinical & system performance audit. The airline industry utilises this approach Read on »

Are you at risk of bleeding from Coumadin or warfarin: New HAS-BLED tool assesses risk for those with atrial fibrillation by Mellanie H. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 22 Apr 2010 5:34am or not an atrial fibrillation patient should be on them. Anticoagulants decrease stroke risk, but can also increase bleeding risk. How do you sort it all out? It’s just as frustrating for our doctors as it is for us. A new tool, called “HAS-BLED”, may help. Used in conjunction with CHADS2 scores, it can help doctors assess our risks and determine whether Read on »

Are you at risk of bleeding from anticoagulants Coumadin or warfarin: New “HAS-BLED” tool assesses risk for those wi by Mellanie H. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 22 Apr 2010 12:00am or not an atrial fibrillation patient should be on them. Anticoagulants decrease stroke risk, but can also increase bleeding risk. How do you sort it all out? It’s just as frustrating for our doctors as it is for us. A new tool, called “HAS-BLED”, may help. Used in conjunction with CHADS2 scores , it can help doctors assess our risks and determine whether Read on »

Risk of Postpartum Bleeding Higher After Cesarean - Study suggests induction also increases risk of severe hemorrhage - Modern M by Jodi K. Posted Fri 25 Sep 2009 12:00am Study suggests induction also increases risk of severe hemorrhage Publish date: Sep 24, 2009 THURSDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of severe postpartum hemorrhage increases after induction and pre-labor cesarean section, according to a study in the September issue Read on »

MRI Doesn't Reduce Risk for High-Risk Women by catattack Posted Fri 19 Jun 2009 10:13pm This is from the National Breast Cancer Coalition. Basically, they found that surgery on the healthy breast once a woman is found with breast cancer only reduces the risk... who are diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast fear that they are at increased risk of getting cancer in their other breast. Actually, the risk of that happening Read on »

Obesity, Increased Risk and Decreased Risk of Disease by JaanS Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 02 Dec 2008 3:08am two conditions for which obesity may LOWER the risk? Answers here and here. Extra credit: name a cancer for which tobacco use may lower the risk. Answer here. Read on »

Age and co-morbidity as risk factors for over-treatment of low-risk prostate cancer by Dr. Arnon Krongrad Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 11 Jan 2011 12:00am In recent years, it has become increasingly well understood that patients diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer are potentially susceptible to over-treatment... investigated the impact of co-morbidity and age on treatment choice by using data from a sample of 509 men with low-risk prostate cancer diagnosed at the Greater Los Angeles and Long Read on »

Extended radiotherapy may increase risk of biochemical failure in low risk patients by Dr. Arnon Krongrad Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 29 Sep 2008 4:46pm It appears that extending the amount of time over which radiotherapy (RT) is given to patients in treatment of localized prostate cancer may increase the risk for biochemical failure in a subset of those patients — the ones already at low risk for rapidly progressive disease. Patients at low risk for progressive prostate cancer who decide Read on »