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Pregnancy complications still high for women with diabetes
The risk of death and major birth defects are still high in babies born to women with diabetes, despite an international strategy to raise standards of diabetes care view more (2006-06-16)
Prevalence of religious congregations affects mortality rates
LSU associate professor of sociology Troy C. Blanchard recently found that a community's religious environment - that is, the type of religious congregations within a locale - affects mortality rates, often in a positive manner. These results were published in the June issue of Social Forces, a leading journal in the field of sociology. view more (2008-07-07)
Higher levels of obesity associated with greater health risks
The health risks for women who are extremely obese may be underestimated as a new study indicates they have a higher prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol than women at lower levels of obesity. view more (2006-07-05)
Cost-Effective Measures Could Stop Child Pneumonia Deaths
Implementing measures to improve nutrition, indoor air pollution, immunization coverage and the management of pneumonia cases could be cost-effective and significantly reduce child mortality from pneumonia. view more (2009-06-02)
Environmental manganese good in trace amounts but can correlate to cancer rates
In the first ecological study of its kind in the world, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center researcher has uncovered the unique finding that groundwater and airborne manganese in North Carolina correlates with cancer mortality at the county level. view more (2009-07-13)
Mayo researchers explore reasons for complications with kidney failure patients
Mayo Clinic researchers searching for explanations of high mortality rates among kidney failure patients undergoing hemodialysis are focusing their attention on the use of heparin, a drug used to reduce clotting of the blood. view more (2005-08-18)
Preventive treatments in elderly people needs rethinking
Rather than prolonging life, preventive treatments in elderly people may simply change the cause of death - the manner of our dying, say doctors in this week's BMJ. view more (2007-08-10)
Rising childhood leukaemia incidence prompts conference
London, UK: The advances in treating childhood leukaemia over the last forty years have been one of cancer's outstanding success stories - but the fall in mortality has diverted attention from a rise in incidence, a London conference will hear today (Monday 6 September). view more (2004-09-04)
Tackling Major Risk Factors Simultaneously Key To Improving Global Health (p 271)
Leading public-health scientists highlight in a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET how confronting major risk factors that lead to poor health could have a substantial effect in reducing premature deaths and morbidity globally-especially in the poorest areas of the world. This preventive approach would also reduce the prevailing health... view more... (2003-07-23)
NEW DRUG TREATMENT COULD PROVIDE LONG-TERM BENEFIT FOR HEART-ATTACK PATIENTS (p 1385)
Patients with acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), complicated by left-ventricular systolic dysfunction, could benefit from the ß-blocker carvedilol, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. In a randomised, placebo-controlled trial, this drug reduced the frequency of death from all causes, death from... view more... (2001-05-03)
Research ties tree mortality trends to climate warming
Global warming is speeding up the mortality of trees, and NAU research is providing some of the data to prove it. view more (2009-01-26)
New figures reveal changing patterns of stroke and heart disease-related deaths in Europe
New figures show there are still large variations between and within European countries in the numbers of stroke and heart disease-related deaths. view more (2008-02-06)
Level of education can predict death in the United States BMJ Volume 324, pp 23-25
Education, income inequality, and mortality: a multiple regression analysis Lack of high school education is a powerful predictor of death in the United States, concludes a study in this week's BMJ. Using census statistics for the years 1989 and 1990 for all US states, Professor Andreas Muller tested whether the relation between income inequality... view more... (2002-01-02)
ESC Congress 2003: Striking reduction in mortality after a "heart attack" - A National Study in 2002
IMPORTANT: This press release accompanies a poster or oral session given at the ESC Congress 2003. Written by the investigator himself/herself, this press release does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Society of Cardiology We observed a striking decline in mortality among consecutive patients with "heart attacks" hospitalized in... view more... (2003-08-31)
New therapy reduces mortality in patients with severe COPD
Patients with severe COPD may benefit more from therapy that combines salmeterol and fluticasone [SFC] than treatment with tiotropium, according to results from a long-term, multi-center study, "Investigating New Standards for Prophylaxis in Reducing Exacerbations" (INSPIRE) that directly compared the two therapies. view more (2007-12-28)
No Benefits From Vitamin Supplements In Protection Against Gastro-Intestinal Cancer (pp 1193, 1219)
A systematic review and meta-analysis (pooled analysis) of previously published randomised trials in this week's issue of THE LANCET provides strong evidence that antioxidant supplements (such as vitamin supplements) are not effective in protecting against gastro-intestinal cancer. Some combinations of supplements may slightly increase... view more... (2004-09-29)
Warning over nitric oxide for lung injury patients
Use of nitric oxide in patients with acute lung injury does not improve survival and may cause harm, warn researchers in a study published on bmj.com today. view more (2007-03-23)
Reducing fine particulate air pollution cuts mortality risk
Investigators who extended the Harvard Six Cities fine particulate air pollution study by eight years found that reduced levels of tiny particle pollution during this period lowered mortality risk for participants. view more (2006-03-15)
Findings released from 1 of the largest percutaneous coronary intervention trials ever
A study led by Gregg W. Stone, M.D., professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian and chairman of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, has shown that heart attack patients who were administered the direct thrombin inhibitor bivalirudin during primary angioplasty had a reduced rate of adverse clinical events,... view more... (2008-05-27)
Severe psoriasis associated with increased risk of death
Patients with severe psoriasis appear to have an increased risk of death compared with patients without the skin condition, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. view more (2007-12-18)
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