The average doctor in a high-risk practice like surgery or obstetrics is sued about once every six years.

They contend that high judgments in malpractice cases have inflated costs and undermined health care by discouraging doctors from high-risk practices.

Yesterday, the council recommended that the law be amended to add vaginal intercourse without a condom to the list of high-risk sexual practices.

If you're not a professional trader it is a high-risk practice that often leaves tales of woe.

You are correct in asserting that as patients feel better, there is a tendency to resume high-risk practices that fuel the transmission of disease.

The tests will seek to determine how effective the vaccine can be in protecting people exposed to H.I.V. because of high-risk sexual practices or drug use.

In years past, borrowing was a high-risk practice left to professional money managers.

Vince Cable is reflecting the widespread concern that not enough has been done to wean the City off its addiction to the high-risk, high-bonus practices that caused the great crash of 2008.

The high-risk practice, known as a margin loan, is more often a tool of speculators aiming to buy additional stock without additional money.