title: True Odds: How Risk Affects Your Everyday Life  First Edition
author:  James Walsh 
description: The definition of risk has changed in modern society: with new indicators for risk assessment and management, it's important to understand modern definitions and comparisons of risk factors. Walsh's title discusses sixteen key issues which show how risk is measured, examining studies, media influences on risk presentation, and individual influences on risk factors. An important guide for understanding the latest statistics. -- <i>Midwest Book Review</i>
zlib_text: Fighting The Odds
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  Chapter One
  Luke
   
  The mundane repetition of my life is exactly what I deserve.  I'm
  taking each day at a time and it doesn't help that I can't shake the guilt of no