The fog is mostly created by doctors who really, really want you to put down the French fries and the unfiltered Camels. So let me quiz you: what would you guess was the preventable risk factor with the highest PAF? It has a high PAF in the table because 40 per cent of the world’s population still has this risk factor. (“Peripheral” deafness is hearing loss that is without an obvious cause in the brain or central nervous system. In plain English, it is hearing loss that a hearing aid would fix.)

Source: National Post July 21, 2017 18:31 UTC