But public health officials have also had to consider the risks if the public overreacts to a pandemic declaration.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

Older women might be less likely to delay because they know that the older they get, the higher the risks.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

That study began 60 years ago in Framingham, Massachusetts, to learn more about the risks of heart attack and stroke.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

Much harder,of course, is changing a system that let companies take the risks that led to the current financial crisis.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

Plants with names like coast fiddleneck, common cocklebur,low larkspur and common groundsel all present risks to people or animals.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

The researchers did a study of adult beliefs about the possibility of health risks to children from third-hand smoke.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

They expressed concerns that information about risks to financial systems in central and eastern Europe is "often simplified and misleading."

VOA: special.2009.03.06

"That's why we need strong rules of the road to guard against the kind of systemic risks we have seen.

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But activities that some schools offer now, like rock climbing walls and skateboarding, can also expand the risks, says Cheryl Richardson.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

It means a person who starts and operates a new business and has responsibility for any risks involved.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

Experts say forty percent of cancers could be prevented by avoiding health risks like smoking and tobacco use.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

The report said these risks are also increasing in developing countries, especially Asian countries like China and Thailand.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

The agency notes that many medicines to treat the disease have serious side effects while some carry risks.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Yet,he said,the unevenness shows that Faulkner was willing to take risks, to explore new material, and new ways to talk about it.

VOA: special.2010.01.10