Health
Do more gun laws mean fewer gun deaths?
(HealthDay)—States with the strongest gun laws have fewer gun-related suicides and murders, a new study suggests.
Mar 6, 2013
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News tagged with death rates
Diabetes
Study documents declining death rates in people with type 1 diabetes
Death rates in people living with type 1 diabetes across a wide range of ages have declined in countries including Australia, the U.S., Scotland and Denmark, according to a study led by researchers from the Baker Heart and ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Omicron variant's perceived lower severity of infections likely due to more population immunity
The SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant's "milder" outcomes are likely due to more population immunity rather than the virus' properties, according to a paper by William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Cardiology
Heart-related deaths spike at Christmas
Heart-related deaths spike during Christmas, but the effect may have nothing to do with the cold winter season, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American ...
Dec 22, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
'There are two Americas': Pregnancy-related deaths up to three times more likely in states with abortion bans
Women in states with abortions bans are up to three times more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth or soon after giving birth, according to a new report.
Jan 27, 2023
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Surgery
Men aged 40-80 more likely to die after surgery than women of the same age, German study finds
Middle-aged men are around 50% more likely to die after surgery than middle-aged women, according to new research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive ...
Dec 19, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer replaces heart disease and stroke as the leading cause of death among people with diabetes
Cancer is the leading cause of death among people with diabetes in England.
Feb 4, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Death rates from ovarian cancer will fall in the EU and UK in 2022
Death rates from ovarian cancer are predicted to fall by 17 percent in the UK and by 7 percent in EU countries in 2022 compared to 2017, according to new research published in the journal Annals of Oncology today.
Jan 26, 2022
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Medications
Study urges life-saving drug treatment to combat Ukraine's HIV epidemic
University researchers finds that scaling up use of methadone and buprenorphine—medications for treating opioid use disorder known as opioid agonist therapies (OATs)—could greatly reduce HIV transmission rates and prevent ...
Jan 3, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pesticides and suicide prevention – why research needs to be put into practice
As many as 800,000 people around the world die every year by suicide, with 76 percent of these deaths in low and middle income countries like India and China. Between 110,000 and 168,000 people die from self-poisoning using ...
Oct 19, 2018
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