modifiable

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"This work represents a critical step toward identifying modifiable environmental factors that may contribute to lung cancer in young adults," said Nieva.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 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

"Both of those things can be difficult for people to stop or to reverse, but they are probably the most modifiable ones," says Dr McCartney.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

Prior to the meeting, Stallman had argued that free software manuals should be as freely copyable and modifiable as free software programs.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam