modifiable

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The team emphasized that many of the risk factors identified in the study are modifiable, meaning there may be opportunities to reduce risk through targeted interventions.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

"Because these feelings are modifiable, our goal is for this research to inform culturally sensitive stress-reduction interventions to mitigate these feelings in older adults."

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

"These findings show that the higher heart disease risks among evening types are partly due to modifiable behaviors such as smoking and sleep. Therefore, evening types have options to improve their cardiovascular health," she said.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026

Men were more likely than women to die from cancers associated with modifiable risks.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

We have assumed, in the past, that these things and the likes of these are modifiable by nurture, and that where they cannot be cured they must be endured.

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