Tag: Risk
UC Davis Study Finds Preeclampsia During Mother’s Pregnancy Associated with Greater Autism Risk
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (PRWEB) December 08, 2014 Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were more than twice as likely to have been exposed in utero to preeclampsia, and the likelihood of an autism diagnosis was even greater if the mother experienced more severe disease, a large study by researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute has […]
Supplemented Framingham risk model published by Dove Medical Press
(PRWEB) October 01, 2014 Vascular Health and Risk Management has published the original research “Adding multiple risk factors improves Framingham coronary heart disease risk scores”. As corresponding author Dr Martin Root says “For decades, the Framingham heart disease risk score, in its various forms, has been the gold standard for estimating heart disease risk […]
NIH Research Finds Chemical May Raise Mesothelioma Risk, According to Surviving Mesothelioma
Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) July 01, 2014 Researchers with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences say an industrial chemical called vinylidene chloride (VDC) may cause cellular damage that can lead to malignant mesothelioma. Click here to read details of new study, just posted on the Surviving Mesothelioma website. Laboratory scientists based in North Carolina’s […]