Sentences with phrase «survivors at increased risk»

The therapies leave survivors at an increased risk for cognitive declines that reduce academic, social and work - related achievement.

«Many diseases, such as Ebola, severe sepsis, dengue, and others are thought to put survivors at increased risk of persistent health problems, but further research is needed,» said Dr. Danielle Clark, lead author on the paper and deputy director of the Austere Environments Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes at the Naval Medical Research Center.

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Black survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, say that the gun control debate that has been raging since the tragedy has largely overlooked them — and argue that recent moves to increase school safety by increasing security would actually put them more at risk.

The results of a comprehensive study conducted at the University of Haifa have shown that Holocaust survivors are at increased risk of developing schizophrenia.

Researchers found that survivors were at significantly increased risk of ocular deficits, blurred vision, hearing loss, and neurologic abnormalities such as difficulty swallowing and sleeping.

So far there have been no reports of Parkinson's disease in human survivors of the H5N1 flu, Smeyne says, but because only a few years have passed since the first cases were reported, it's too early to know whether those infected are at increased risk.

Hodgkin lymphoma survivors who received certain radiation and chemotherapy regimens were at increased risk of subsequently developing stomach cancer, according to a study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

AYA cancer survivors are at increased risk for heart problems, infertility, and secondary cancers from cancer treatment.

Caregiver spouses of stroke survivors are at an increased risk of mental and physical health issues that may continue for years, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.

Among survivors who were previously treated with radiotherapy, those who carried pathogenic or likely pathogenic mutations were at a 12-fold increased risk for subsequent breast cancer, a four-fold elevated risk of thyroid cancer and a 12-fold elevated risk of sarcoma compared to survivors without such mutations.

Indeed, sexual - assault survivors are at an increased risk for mental health conditions like eating disorders, substance abuse, self - harm, and post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).

Older age at the time of the study was linked to an 8.2-fold increased risk for cardiovascular risk factor clustering among survivors compared with children who had never had cancer.

A just published study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center finds that obesity, alcohol use and smoking all significantly increase the risk of second breast cancer among breast cancer survivors.

Extremely low birth weight (ELBW; < 1000 g) survivors are at increased risk for experiencing both peer victimization and overprotective parenting.