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Risk Factors Defined

Conditions that influence a person's health status and are capable of causing illness or injury, including genetic or biological risk factors, life style, or environmental conditions.

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Happy Despite It All? Thank Your Friends, Harvard Study Says

Published December 4, 2008, 6:10 pm, Bloomberg

Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Global recession got you down? Happy friends could do more to improve your mood than money, U.S. researchers said in the British Medical Journal .

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State reports data on infant who died while sleeping with parents

Published December 4, 2008, 5:25 pm, The Daily Sentinel

Nearly every other day in Texas an infant or young child dies while sleeping with a parent, other adult or older children.

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Brain-Injured Troops Face Long-Term Risks

Published December 4, 2008, 5:11 pm, KCTV 5 Kansas City

Troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are at risk of long-term health problems, researchers say.

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Dunedin mum's rare illness puzzles doctors

Published December 4, 2008, 5:06 pm, Otago Daily Times

Young Dunedin mother Leah Craigie is one of nine Otago people infected by a puzzling national outbreak of a rare type of salmonella. Mrs Craigie (24) contracted salmonella Typhimurium phage type 42 about a month ago.

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Research group: Binghamton MSA is in "expansion"

Published December 4, 2008, 5:02 pm, Press & Sun-Bulletin

Broome and Tioga counties are among a handful of regions in the nation -- and the only part of New York -- that are classified as in "expansion," according to a recent report by Moody's Economy.com, but that label isn't necessarily an indicator of the area's economic reality.

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Brain-injured troops face unclear long-term risks

Published December 4, 2008, 4:59 pm, Seattle Times

Many of the thousands of troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are at risk of long-term health problems including depression and Alzheimer's-like dementia, but it's impossible to predict how high those risks are, researchers say.

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Laugh and the World Laughs With You: How Happiness Spreads

Published December 4, 2008, 4:58 pm, Time Magazine

Your happiness increases your friend's happiness, as well as that of her friend, and even her friend's friend, a study finds.

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DC Brands Signs Deal With Sports Training Legend

Published December 4, 2008, 4:55 pm, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance

Today, DC Brands International, Inc. (Pinksheets: DCBR) is proud to announce that they have reached a very significant deal with legendary professional sports strength coach and trainer Mr.

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American Heart Association offers winter weather warnings

Published December 4, 2008, 4:30 pm, Atlanticville

The American Heart Association's (AHA) Operation Winter Weather Warnings launched today with an educational campaign targeted to individuals with heart disease or history of stroke, and those who may be at high risk.

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An ill wind

Published December 4, 2008, 4:09 pm, InsideHousing

If you thought tuberculosis went out with the Brontë sisters, think again. According to the World Health Organisation around one-third of the planet’s population - 2 billion people - are infected with the disease today. Each year, it kills 2 million people worldwide.

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  • Cognitive Aging: What role does gender play in cognitive impairment? Learn which characteristic s put women or men at more risk than their counterparts, and other factors that reduce or increase the risk of dementia.

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  • Warning signs of breast cancer: The FDA-approved HALO Breast Pap Test is a simple, five-minute test that identifies warning signs of breast cancer risk long before cancer might develop and years before traditional mammograms and manual exams uncover an actual lump. The HALO test provides early warning signs of breast cancer risk, particularly among younger women who have no other known risk factors. This early breast cancer warning system gives women and their doctors precious extra time to implement a more vigilant, personalized breast health treatment plan.

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