Risk of death has decreased for children initially treated with dialysis for ESKD
In a study that included more than 20,000 patients, there was a significant decrease in the United States in mortality rates over time among children and adolescents initiating end-stage kidney disease treatment with dialysis ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 05, 2013 |
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Vitamin D: More may not be better
In recent years, healthy people have been bombarded by stories in the media and on health websites warning about the dangers of too-low vitamin D levels, and urging high doses of supplements to protect against everything ...
Health
May 01, 2013 |
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NAFLD increases the risk of early atherosclerotic lesions
A study presented today at the International Liver Congress 2013 – which evaluated the relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), early predictors of atherosclerosis and the 10-year Framingham risk ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 26, 2013 |
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C-peptide levels linked to death and heart disease in nondiabetic adults
High blood levels of the serum C-peptide are linked to heart disease and death in people without diabetes, according to a large study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Frequency of surveillance scans for small aneurysms can be reduced for most patients
In contrast to the commonly adopted surveillance intervals in current abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programs, surveillance intervals of several years may be clinically acceptable for the majority of patients with ...
Cardiology
Feb 26, 2013 |
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Pregnant mother's blood pressure may affect future health of children
Up to 10 percent of all women experience some form of elevated blood pressure during pregnancy. Researchers from the Centre for Social Evolution at the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen show that mild maternal ...
Pediatrics
Feb 25, 2013 |
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Lung cancer set to overtake breast cancer as the main cause of cancer deaths among European women
Lung cancer is likely to overtake breast cancer as the main cause of cancer death among European women by the middle of this decade, according to new research published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology. In the UK ...
Cancer
Feb 12, 2013 |
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AMA reviews challenges of signing death certificates
(HealthDay)—Signing death certificates is not always straightforward and has long-term ramifications on mortality data and funding, according to a report published by the American Medical Association (AMA).
Health
Jan 29, 2013 |
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Ulcerative colitis, not crohn's, deaths down from 1982
(HealthDay)—Over the past 30 years in Denmark, mortality from ulcerative colitis (UC) has decreased, but mortality from Crohn's disease (CD) has remained persistently higher than the general population, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 21, 2013 |
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Cancer mortality down 20 percent from 1991 peak
Jan. 17, 2013–As of 2009, the overall death rate for cancer in the United States had declined 20 percent from its peak in 1991, translating to the avoidance of approximately 1.2 million deaths from cancer, 152,900 of these ...
Cancer
Jan 17, 2013 |
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Education, wealth levels impact mortality in diabetes patients
(HealthDay)—Socioeconomic status, as measured by education and financial wealth, is a strong independent predictor of mortality risk among adult diabetes patients, according to a study published in the ...
Diabetes
Jan 16, 2013 |
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Pulmonary hypertension deaths and hospitalizations on the rise
New research indicates an increase in the number of US deaths and hospitalizations related to pulmonary hypertension. A research team from Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, examined multiple cause of death mortality ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 22, 2012 |
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People with schizophrenia more likely to die of heart attack, study finds
The risk of death resulting from heart attack is higher in people with schizophrenia than in the general public, according to scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Institute for Clinical ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 03, 2012 |
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Bonanza of genomic sequence data gives researchers valuable new insights into a poorly understood cancer
Stomach cancer doesn't get the same publicity as lung or breast cancer, but it is a health threat to be taken very seriously. "Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of worldwide cancer mortality, with ...
Genetics
Sep 12, 2012 |
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Chickenpox cases fall 80% over decade: CDC
(HealthDay) -- Chickenpox cases in the United States dropped almost 80 percent between 2000 and 2010 in 31 states following routine use of the varicella vaccine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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Aug 16, 2012 |
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