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Age is one of the risk factors for this disease.
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And although stalking is a risk factor for crimes of violence and homicide, the behavior is often misunderstood or downplayed in the legal system, Pohl and Beathard said.
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Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
By the end of that time, participants’ VO2 max had improved and their cardiac stiffness—a major risk factor for cardiovascular events—was down.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 8 Oct. 2025
Our findings, published in the Journal of Health Economics, show that minor physical health conditions like mild seasonal allergies, previously thought not to be an immediate trigger of suicide, are indeed a risk factor.
—Shooshan Danagoulian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Women under 60 years old were the least likely to have at least one risk factor — but even in this group, more than 95 percent of participants did, the study found.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
By the end of that time, participants’ VO2 max had improved and their cardiac stiffness—a major risk factor for cardiovascular events—was down.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 8 Oct. 2025
Our findings, published in the Journal of Health Economics, show that minor physical health conditions like mild seasonal allergies, previously thought not to be an immediate trigger of suicide, are indeed a risk factor.
—Shooshan Danagoulian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Women under 60 years old were the least likely to have at least one risk factor — but even in this group, more than 95 percent of participants did, the study found.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Risk factor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risk%20factor. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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