A recent study found that people who smoke are nearly two times as likely as non-smokers to develop Alzheimers disease.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

Female and minority students would face the most harm,it says, as they are more likely to attend career colleges.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Other studies suggest that as adults, they might be less likely to get called for a job interview.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

The soldiers without spleens were two times as likely to die of heart disease as the soldiers who still had their spleens.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Experts say demand for low-priced automobiles is likely to increase as the international economic crisis continues.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

Black men are three times more likely than white men in the United States to die from high blood pressure, also known as hypertension.

VOA: special.2010.10.27

The more contact the boys had with tobacco smoke the more likely they were to have recognizable behavior problems, such as extreme excitability and aggression.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

The data shows that these patients were twice as likely to die as those who did not succumb to infections.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Felgenhauer says Russia most likely will need to buy technologies and components from the West, as well as entire weapons systems.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

But these days, many younger Poles are more likely to see communism as a source of satirical fun and creativity.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

Those pressures are likely to grow as European economies recover and start to grow after the crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

They must be able to respond to a world that is likely to experience more extreme weather events, such as floods and hurricanes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

As key mid-term elections near in November, the immigration issue is likely to draw more attention.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

His remarks come as scientists released new data showing the first decade of this century will likely turn out to be the warmest ever.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09