restricts blood supply (thrombotic stroke) or when a blood clot from elsewhere in the body is pumped through arteries
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March 2009 Social risk factors for involvement in crime This brief provides an introductory discussion of five areas of social risk factors for involvement in crime: family‚ education‚ economics‚ community and peers‚ and alcohol and other drugs. Family Family environment and parental behaviour are important risk or protective factors for involvement in crime because of their influence on a child’s development Parental behaviours play a strong role in shaping a child’s risk of later involvement
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Although the term cardiovascular disease refers to a disorder of the cardiovascular system‚ it is usually associated with atherosclerosis‚ also known as arterial disease. It is considered the leading cause of deaths in the world‚ taking 17.1 million lives a year. There are only a few factors that are non-modifiable‚ these being the persons age‚ gender‚ family history and their race and ethnicity. Although there are non-modifiable risk factors‚ there are multiple
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Adolescent Sexuality and Risk Factors Adolescence is that period between childhood and adulthood‚ when the adolescent is discovering his or her own identity and dealing with the transition. It is also a time of becoming more aware of sexuality and establishing patterns for future relationships. Those identifying as nonheterosexual i.e. Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual or Transgender (LGBT)‚ face even more challenges than their heterosexual counterparts. One challenge is their health. Russell and Consolacion
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Preventive Medicine 51 (2010) 73–77 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Preventive Medicine j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s e v i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / y p m e d Lifestyle risk factors of students: A cluster analytical approach Lorna J. Dodd a‚⁎‚ Yahya Al-Nakeeb b‚ Alan Nevill c‚ Mark J. Forshaw d a Department of Psychology and Counselling‚ Newman University College‚ Genners Lane‚ Bartley Green‚ Birmingham‚ B32 3NT‚ United Kingdom Department of Physical Education and Sports
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Risk Factors Risks Relating to Honda’s Industry 1. Honda may be adversely affected by market conditions Honda conducts its operations in Japan and throughout the world‚ including North America‚ Europe and Asia. A sustained loss of consumer confidence in these markets‚ which may be caused by continued economic slowdown‚ recession‚ changes in consumer preferences‚ rising fuel prices‚ financial crisis or other factors could trigger a decline in demand for automobiles‚ motorcycles and power products
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Risk Factors of ABC Company Risk Factors of ABC Company ABC Company is a manufacturing firm that specializes in making cedar roofing and siding shingles. The current annual sales of the company are roughly $1.2 million. This is a 25% increase from the previous year. The goal of this company is to reach $3 million in annual sales within the next 3 years. The CEO has decided to expand the product line to include an additional product. The product expansion consists of manufacturing cedar
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Name: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Definition: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder. It affects the small joints of hands and feets‚ and the lining of joints that results in painful swelling. Swelling can cause bone erosion and joint deformity. RA is an autoimmune disorder‚ in which the immune system falsely attacks own body’s tissues. Rheumatoid arthritis not only causes a joint problem‚ but it can also affect the other organs of the body such as the skin‚ eyes‚ lungs‚ and blood
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Osteoporosis: A periodontal perception Osteoporosis a bone disorder of compromised bone strength causing a person to increased risk of fractures. Whereas periodontal disease is a locally occurring immunoinflammatory response “body attacks self‚” to bacteria in the oral cavity resulting in alveolar bone “ the thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth socket on the bone that holds teeth the maxilla and the mandible‚” loss. Both disease entities show synonymous risk factors and hence
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child turn to be fat as an adult. “ A child who is obese at age 6 has a 25% chance of being obese as an adult‚ and a child who is obese at age 12 has a 75% chance of being obese as an adult” (Barness‚ 2007). The roots of childhood obesity and their risk factors can be unhealthy eating‚ heritage and lifestyles. For example‚ children with parents that are already obese and with poor eating habit and sedentary lifestyle and their heritage will likely embrace the same lifestyles as their parents when growing
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