A new study led by researchers from Uppsala University shows a clear link between economic inequality and mortality during severe flood disasters. Countries with an uneven distribution of income had many times higher mortality ...
Apr 18, 2023
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A new study to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2023, Copenhagen April 15-18), and published in The Lancet, shows that compared with standard care that included ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Despite vastly different health care systems, low-income patients across six different countries have mortality rates 10 to 20 percent greater than their high-income peers, according to a new study led by researchers from ...
Apr 4, 2023
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A new analysis shows that, compared to similarly high-income European countries, the U.S. continues to have substantially higher death rates at all but the oldest ages, resulting in more "excess deaths," and this gap widened ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Walking 8,000 steps—about four miles (6.4 kilometers)—one or two days a week may significantly reduce the risk of an early death, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Mar 28, 2023
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A new study from the University of Illinois Chicago has used death certificate data to compare mortality rates in states that legalized recreational cannabis dispensaries with states that only provided access to medical cannabis. ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Stronger regulations lowering levels of fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) would benefit the health of all Americans, but Black Americans and low-income Americans would likely reap the most benefits, including a lower ...
Mar 24, 2023
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Intracerebral hemorrhage, and bleeding into the brain tissue, is a devastating neurological condition affecting millions of people annually. It has a high mortality rate, while survivors are affected by long-term neurological ...
Mar 16, 2023
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A global maternal immunization program for group B Streptococcus—strep B—would save millions in health care costs by reducing death and disability, but without tiered pricing, equitable access would likely not be achieved. ...
Mar 14, 2023
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A new study from Karolinska Institutet suggests that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), lithium, and clozapine may reduce suicide rates in adolescent men with severe mental illness, consistent with previous findings in adults. ...
Mar 14, 2023
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