News tagged with death rates
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Flu season's approaching so roll up your sleeve
(HealthDay)—The only thing predictable about the flu is its unpredictability, U.S. health officials said Thursday, as they urged virtually all Americans to get vaccinated for the coming season.
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Sep 27, 2012 |
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Smoking relapse prevention a healthy step for mothers, babies
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, concerned that women who quit smoking during their pregnancies often resume smoking after they deliver their baby, tested self-help interventions designed to prevent ...
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Sep 26, 2012 |
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Cancer death rates set to drop 17 per cent by 2030
(Medical Xpress)—The rates of people dying from cancer are predicted to fall by 17 per cent (16.8) in the UK by 2030 according to new statistics released today by Cancer Research UK. ...
Cancer
Sep 25, 2012 |
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Suicide now kills more Americans than car crashes: study
(HealthDay)—More Americans now commit suicide than die in car crashes, making suicide the leading cause of injury deaths, according to a new study.
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Sep 20, 2012 |
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Report: Cancer now leading cause of death in US hispanics
A new report from American Cancer Society researchers finds that despite declining death rates, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death among Hispanics in the U.S. In 2009, the most recent year for ...
Cancer
Sep 17, 2012 |
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Children's intensive care units performing well despite low staffing levels
Standards of care in children's intensive care units come under scrutiny in a new audit report published today by the University of Leeds and the University of Leicester.
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Sep 13, 2012 |
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Hispanic lung cancer patients have higher survival than non-Hispanic white patients
Analysis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient records in the California Cancer Registry (CCR) database during the 20-year period of 1988-2008 indicates that Hispanics/Latinos with NSCLC have a higher overall survival ...
Cancer
Sep 06, 2012 |
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Clopidogrel after MI less effective in diabetes patients
(HealthDay)—Clopidogrel therapy following a heart attack does less to reduce the risk of death in patients with diabetes than in those without diabetes, according to a study published in the Sept. 5 issue ...
Diabetes
Sep 05, 2012 |
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Increased mortality in HIV-positive South African men versus women is unrelated to HIV/AIDS
In South Africa, HIV-infected men who are receiving treatment with anti-HIV drugs (antiretroviral therapy) are almost a third more likely to die than HIV-positive women who are receiving similar treatment: however, these ...
HIV & AIDS
Sep 04, 2012 |
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A sad legacy—Victims of childhood asbestos exposure
(Medical Xpress)—"Wittenoom kids" who spent their childhoods exposed to asbestos in the north-west of Western Australia are now developing a range of cancers or dying at a rate well above the average population, ...
Cancer
Sep 04, 2012 |
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US performs worst on potentially preventable death rates compared to France, Germany, and the UK
The United States lags three other industrialized nations—France, Germany, and the United Kingdom—in its potentially preventable death rate, and in the pace of improvement in preventing deaths that could have been avoided ...
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Aug 29, 2012 |
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ER study shows drop in deaths after trauma injury
(HealthDay)—New research suggests that doctors are doing a better job of treating—and saving—emergency room patients whose injuries fall between mild and severe.
Surgery
Aug 29, 2012 |
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Common treatment for mild hypertension challenged
Doctors often prescribe drugs for people with mild high blood pressure with the hope of preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, a new review from The Cochrane Library has found that this treatm ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 15, 2012 |
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Physical activity associated with lower risk of death in patients with diabetes
Higher levels of physical activity were related to lower risk of death in patients with diabetes, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine.
Diabetes
Aug 06, 2012 |
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Benefits of prostate-specific antigen testing remain unclear
(HealthDay) -- It remains unclear whether the benefits of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing outweigh the harms, but evidence suggests that men with a longer life expectancy may benefit from testing, ...
Cancer
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