Andrew Fenelon, Ph.D., of the National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Md., and colleagues estimated the contribution of 3 causes of injury death to the gap in life expectancy between the United States and 12 comparable ...
Feb 9, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Three renal biomarkers, acute kidney injury (AKI), albuminuria, and low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), considered separately or together, can predict adverse outcomes in diabetes, according to ...
Nov 10, 2015
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Drug overdoses have reached epidemic levels in the United States where they are the leading cause of injury deaths, surpassing car accidents and gunshots, the Drug Enforcement Administration said Wednesday.
Nov 4, 2015
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A report on injury prevention says West Virginia has by far the highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the nation.
Jun 17, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The number of American seniors who die from fall-related injuries has nearly doubled since 2000, according to a May data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center ...
May 7, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The number of American seniors who die from fall-related injuries has nearly doubled since 2000, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals.
May 7, 2015
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What happens in the moments just before death is widely believed to be a slowdown of the body's systems as the heart stops beating and blood flow ends.
Apr 6, 2015
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Preventable deaths caused by acute kidney injury (AKI) could be nearly eliminated in just 10 years, according to leading medical experts. This often forgotten condition - which affects around 13 million people every year ...
Mar 13, 2015
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In a recent study Dianna Smith and Graham Kirkwood, of QMUL's Blizard Institute, found there were more childhood injuries in areas of deprivation but, they write, with a thorough recording process better prevention can take ...
Feb 9, 2015
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Strokes, heart attacks and traumatic brain injuries are separate diseases with certain shared pathologies that achieve a common end - cell death and human injury due to hypoxia, or lack of oxygen. In these diseases, a lack ...
Feb 8, 2015
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