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Health Encyclopedia: Anxiety Disorders Risk Factors

Risk Factors

As many as 25% of all American adults experience intense anxiety at sometime in their lives. The prevalence of true anxiety disorders is much lower, although they are still the most common psychiatric conditions in the United States and affect more than 20 million Americans.

Gender. With the exception of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and possibly social anxiety, women have twice the risk for most anxiety disorders as men. A number of factors may increase the reported risk in wom...

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Follow Up on Abortion versus Choice

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Teen Pregnancies Linked to Sexual Content on TV

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Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers: Risk Factors

In the US, the incidence of melanoma is rising more rapidly than any other cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, about 59,580 new melanomas were to be diagnosed in the United... Read more »

High Blood Pressure, Hypertension Patient Guide

It is estimated that one in four adults (approximately 50 million) in the United States has elevated blood pressure – and more than 30 percent of them are unaware of it. Since people with... Read more »

What do I need to know about diabetes?"

Diabetes is called a disorder of metabolism. More simply put, diabetes keeps your body from properly utilizing the sugar obtained from food. Your body changes most of the food you eat into a form of... Read more »

Causes of Cardiac Enlargement

What is cardiac enlargement? Cardiac enlargement refers to an increase in the size of the heart. There are two types of cardiac enlargement: hypertrophy and dilation. (Though usually occurring... Read more »

How does diabetes impact lifestyle?"

There is no doubt that diabetes has an impact on the lifestyle of the patient. Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the U.S. Diabetes is associated with long-term... Read more »

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