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High mortality rates may explain small body size
A new study suggests that high mortality rates in small-bodied people, commonly known as pygmies, may be part of the reason for their small stature. view more (2009-10-06)
Acinetobacter baumannii, the hospital opportunist
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen operating in hospitals creating serious infections such as pneumonia. It principally affects patients who have weakened health and this is why we call it opportunistic. Moreover, the mortality rate from these infections are usually high given, on the one hand, the weakness of the patient and, on... view more... (2004-01-13)
Researchers say lack of sleep doubles risk of death- but so can too much sleep
Researchers from the University of Warwick, and University College London, have found that lack of sleep can more than double the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. However they have also found that point comes when too much sleep can also more than double the risk of death. view more (2007-09-25)
Ethnicity plays a role in neonatal deaths
Researchers have uncovered ethnic differences in the risk of neonatal mortality and morbidity (disease) in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Of grave concern is the noted elevation in mortality rate in the NICU among infants of South Asian (East Indian) origin, which is over three times that of Caucasian infants. view more (2007-07-24)
Drug abuse accounts for a third of the deaths behind Scotland's higher mortality rate
Drug abuse accounts for a third of the deaths behind Scotland's higher mortality rate, according to a study published on bmj.com today. view more (2008-07-23)
Swedish Trials Suggest Modest Benefit For Screening Mammography (PP 904, 909)
New data with longer follow-up from four Swedish trials published in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggests there may be a modest benefit from screening mammography for women aged 55 years or over. Considerable debate surrounds the issue of screening mammography and its possible benefits. A research letter by Ole Olsen and Peter Gotzsche (Lancet... view more... (2002-03-13)
Elderly spinal cord injuries increase five-fold in 30 years, Jefferson neurosurgeons find
The number of spinal cord injuries among senior citizens (age 70 and above) has increased five times in the past 30 years, as compared with younger spinal cord injury patients, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson's Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley recently reported. view more (2007-03-20)
To manage a fishery, you must know how the fish die
Recreational anglers and commercial fishermen understand you need good fishery management to make sure there will be healthy populations of fish for generations to come. view more (2009-08-10)
ESC Congress 2004: Body weight: How low is low enough for preventing heart disease?
In most Western societies, more than half the adults are overweight and the prevalence of obesity in developing countries is also rising rapidly, which poses a considerable public health concern given the association of obesity with risk of cardiovascular diseases. Even individuals with normal body weight are still at increased risk of dying from... view more... (2004-08-31)
INCREASED MORTALITY FROM IMPAIRED PITUITARY GLAND FUNCTION (p 425)
Patients with impaired function of the pituitary gland have increased death rates associated with vascular and respiratory disease, conclude authors of a study published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET. Four previous retrospective studies have reported premature death in patients with hypopituitarism (impairment of the pituitary gland... view more... (2001-02-07)
US prostate cancer deaths down one third in men aged 50-74: Europe following?
Copenhagen, Denmark: New findings presented today (Tuesday 23 September) at ECCO 12 - The European Cancer Conference, show that US prostate cancer mortality rates, which had been increasing slowly during the 1970s and 1980s, suddenly started to fall rapidly during the 1990s. view more (2003-09-21)
Cancer Mortality Rates Experience Steady Decline
The number of cancer deaths has declined steadily in the last three decades. Although younger people have experienced the steepest declines, all age groups have shown some improvement, according to a recent report in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. view more (2009-08-14)
Vitamin D supplements appear to be associated with lower risk of death
Individuals who take vitamin D supplements appear to have a lower risk of death from any cause over an average follow-up time of six-years. view more (2007-09-11)
Consumption of green tea associated with reduced mortality in Japanese adults
Adults in Japan who consumed higher amounts of green tea had a lower risk of death due to all causes and due to cardiovascular disease. view more (2006-09-13)
Big-brained birds survive better in nature
Birds with brains that are large in relation to their body size have a lower mortality rate than those with smaller brains, according to new research published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences today. view more (2007-01-10)
Experts predict high mortality rates from pulmonary fibrosis will continue to rise
Mortality rates from pulmonary fibrosis (PF) have increased significantly in recent years, and are predicted to continue to rise, according to researchers from the University of Colorado. view more (2007-08-01)
Evolutionary forces explain why women live longer than men
Despite research efforts to find modern factors that would explain the different life expectancies of men and women, the gap is actually ancient and universal. view more (2006-05-10)
Henry Ford Hospital study: A MRSA strain linked to high death rates
A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. view more (2009-11-02)
Causes of global death and disease in the next 25 years
In 1993, the World Bank sponsored the 1990 Global Burden of Disease study carried out by researchers at Harvard University and the World Health Organization (WHO). This study provided the first comprehensive global estimates of death and illness by age, sex, and region. view more (2006-11-28)
Increasing age of mothers in Spain leads to rise in mortality rates
A new study examining the evolution of maternal mortality rates in Spain since 1996 shows a 17% increase in deaths. This trend is linked to the widespread increase in maternal age. The highest death rates are among foreign women and those who live in the province of Malaga. view more (2009-07-02)
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