The New Year has just begun, but there are already plenty of health theories out there that have the potential to turn 2014 into a very risky year. Here are five health-related stories to hit the news this year that, for one reason or another, we hope are not true. If they are, then 2014 could end up being a very sick year (and not in the good way).

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The Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has set its 2014 Doomsday Clock at five minutes to midnight, with midnight representing the end of life as we know it.

The Doomsday Clock serves as a visual representation of impending "civilization-threatening technological catastrophe." The clock's time changes every year after the board analyzes threats such as climate change and nuclear arsenals.

Midnight represents doom, so the closer to midnight the clock is, the closer we are to doom, allegedly.

"Technological changes are outpacing humanity's ability to manage them in ways that ensure our safety and security," the board wrote in a letter to the United Nations. "...we also know that new technologies can be used to diminish humanity and destroy societies. We can manage our technology, or become victims of it. The choice is ours, and the Clock is ticking."

According to the letter, the biggest threat this year is in the United States' and Russia's nuclear weapons stock, as well as China, India and Pakistan's growing arsenals.

Hopefully we have more than five metaphorical minutes left to thrive on Earth. If history is any indication, we might. The Doomsday Clock has not advanced since last year's matching time of 11:55. Civilization also hasn't ended since the Doomsday Clock was at its closet to midnight in 1953 with a time of 11: 58.