7 Need to Know Bizarre Risk factors to your health

1.   Researchers warn that men that wear a tie too tight can increase their risk of glaucoma. 

2.   Roller Coaster fans beware: People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot form in the brain. 

3.   Women that drink alcohol excessively increase their risk of breast cancer. 

4.   People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack. 

5.   Surgery patients that are overweight are at higher risk of having a surgical tool left inside the body.   There are approximately 1,500 incidents of this occurrence in the USA each year with the majority of the incidents at the expense of overweight patients.  

6.   Cell phones increase the likelihood by 2.5 times of developing cancer in areas of the brain that are closest to the ear used to talk on the mobile phone 

7.   Being struck by lightning increases your chance of developing motor neuron disease.

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Posted on March 31, 2008 by Vicki | Filed Under Health, Body
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One Response to “7 Need to Know Bizarre Risk factors to your health”

  1. Paul Eilers on April 5th, 2008 1:10 am

    These are all truly bizarre!

    I still can’t get over the fact that so many surgeons leave surgical instruments inside the body! I thought this was a rare occurrence, not something that happens 1,500 times a year.

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