Health
Black Americans may be more resilient to stress than white Americans
White Americans live on average 3.6 years longer than black Americans. If you look only at men, the difference becomes 4.4 years.
Sep 19, 2016
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News tagged with mortality risk
Cardiology
Early-onset menopause associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, CVD mortality, all-cause mortality
In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Taulant Muka, M.D., Ph.D., of Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues evaluated the effect of age at onset of menopause and duration since ...
Sep 15, 2016
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Cardiology
Sharp rise in cardiovascular risk factors among young adults may foreshadow public health crisis
In the United States, one person dies every 34 seconds from cardiovascular disease, making it the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups. While medical advances prompted steady ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Medical research
Death of a family member may increase heart failure mortality risk
Heart failure patients experiencing grief or in mourning following the loss of a close family member are at an increased risk of death, particularly during the first week following the family member's death, according to ...
Jul 6, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Magnetic resonance surveillance reduces mortality in women at high risk of BRCA1 breast cancer: Study
An international study, published in JAMA Oncology, in which the Clinical Oncology group of the Sant Pau Research Institute participated, has revealed that MRI monitoring in women with mutations in the BRCA1 genes significantly ...
Mar 1, 2024
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Health
Smoking, drink, obesity may shorten European lives: WHO (Update)
"Alarming" rates of smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity in Europe could mean the next generation live shorter lives, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.
Sep 23, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Health providers should emphasize breast cancer screening, research finds
Wayne State University researchers believe medical practitioners can help reduce the number of breast cancer deaths among low-income African-American women by more effectively educating their patients about the importance ...
Jul 1, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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 ...
Apr 26, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Study confirms long-term benefits of weight loss surgery in the prevention of cancer
After adding follow-up years, increased sample sizes and examining multiple surgical procedures, new research shows bariatric surgery is associated with lower all-cancer and obesity-related cancer incidence among females. ...
Aug 22, 2023
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Cardiology
Minimally invasive surgery works well for abdominal aortic aneurysms, Mayo finds
A minimally invasive procedure known as endovascular repair used for abdominal aortic aneurysms has a low rate of complications, even in high-risk patients such as those with kidney, heart or lung problems, a Mayo Clinic ...
Sep 6, 2012
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