For too long, financial advisors have been making asset allocation decisions for their clients according to a “risk score,” a figure developed around client questionnaires to determine how much risk ...

Who Should Be Given a TIMI Risk Score? Only people who are considered at high or medium risk are given a TIMI classification. The main risk factors that prompt calculating a TIMI score are: Each one ...

Medication risk scores analyze an individual’s medication regimen to look for the potential for simultaneous, multi-drug interactions, which can cause adverse drug events and other medication-related ...

A risk-assessment tool incorporating NT-proBNP and high-sensitivity troponin performs better than clinical scores for predicting stroke among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who are taking oral ...

A cyber risk score identifies an organization’s level of exposure to cyber crime and the liabilities that stem from IT vulnerabilities. Think of cyber risk scores as a kind of credit score for ...

Using polygenic risk scores along with positive family histories and breast cancer-associated gene mutations improves risk stratification for breast cancer screening. Compared with a lower polygenic ...

Precision medicine experts take into account several factors when developing appropriate treatments for diseases, including population risk or incidence, the underlying genetic cause and potential ...

A polygenic risk score (PRS) based on genes associated with endothelial cell function identifies patients at a higher risk of coronary artery disease, according to a new study. The risk score, which ...