Health informatics
COVID dropped to 4th leading cause of death in US last year
U.S. deaths fell last year, and COVID-19 dropped to the nation's No. 4 cause, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
May 4, 2023
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News tagged with death rates
Addiction
U.S. deaths due to fentanyl nearly quadrupled in 5 years
Overdose deaths in the United States tied to the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl soared 279% from 2016 to 2021, health officials reported Wednesday.
May 3, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study highlights three US regions hit the hardest by deaths of despair since 2010
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine identified three overlapping clusters of deaths of despair (i.e., suicide, overdose, and chronic liver disease and cirrhosis deaths) across the United States since ...
Apr 26, 2023
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Health
Achieving prevention and health, rather than more health care
Rutgers is researching a new health care model that emphasizes primary care and prevention over emergency care in underserved communities
Apr 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Economic growth alone is not enough to eliminate rabies, says study
Economic growth alone may not be enough to deliver the internationally agreed target to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies, according to new research from the University of Surrey. The study identifies that targeting ...
Apr 20, 2023
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Medical economics
Poverty is the fourth greatest cause of US deaths, analysis finds
Poverty has long been linked to shorter lives. But just how many deaths in the United States are associated with poverty? The number has been elusive—until now.
Apr 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New study shows more deaths with cancer as contributing cause during first year of pandemic
In a new study, American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers have discovered that deaths with cancer as the underlying or primary cause decreased in the United States during the first year of the pandemic in 2020 compared to ...
Apr 11, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows patterns of opioid prescribing linked to suicide risk
Controversy surrounds the effects of policies to reduce opioid prescriptions on suicide rates. There are concerns that rapid reductions in prescription opioids might provoke increased suicide risk among people who become ...
Apr 11, 2023
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Health
Excess death gap widens between US and Europe
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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Addiction
Legal cannabis markets linked to increased motor vehicle deaths
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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