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Corresponding author the University of Liverpool's Dr Eduard Shantsila said: "Modern anticoagulation therapy has dramatically reduced the risk of stroke and systemic thromboembolism in people with AF. However, AF still impairs quality of life, increases the risk of stroke and heart failure, and is linked to cognitive impairment. We wanted to help address the need for a more comprehensive understanding of risk factors predisposing to the development of this arrhythmia, its' complications and interventions to mitigate these risks."

However, the new study indicates that, without simultaneous maternal pulse recording, this method is a significant risk factor predisposing the fetus to labour-related hypoxia and its long-term neurological effects.

People with a gene variant predisposing to Alzheimer’s, called APOE4, are especially prone to this side effect; also potentially at higher risk are people with Alzheimer’s who take drugs to prevent or dissolve blood clots, including those who suffer a stroke and get powerful clot busters as emergency treatment.

Selenium itself is an oxidant, but in low doses it activates responses in a controlled manner, predisposing the body to better defense.

The team also showed that people with cocaine addiction were more likely to choose risky options compared with controls, and this risk tolerance was more apparent in people who had begun using cocaine at an earlier age, pointing to potential predisposing factors for developing addiction.