Health
People eventually adopt healthy behaviors – but it can take time we don't have during a pandemic
Why do we do things that are bad for us—or not do things that are good for us—even in light of overwhelming evidence?
Dec 30, 2020
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CDC: Life expectancy for U.S. population increased in 2019
(HealthDay)—Life expectancy for the U.S. population increased in 2019, while the rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 2018 to 2019, according to two December data briefs published by the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Dec 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted
This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time—due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic.
Dec 22, 2020
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Health
New study shows dramatic differences between average age of death in Ohio counties
A new study by the Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Public Health showed that there are dramatic differences between average age of death within Ohio counties.
Dec 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Review of 1st wave in Italy concludes using age alone to determine if someone gets COVID-19 IC treatment is not fair
Italy was one the countries first hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a new review presented at this weekend's Euroanaesthesia (the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care [ESAIC]) an ...
Nov 30, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
2010 to 2018 saw decrease in rate of death for people with HIV
(HealthDay)—From 2010 to 2018, there was a 36.6 percent decrease in the rate of death among persons with diagnosed HIV (PWDH), according to a Vital Signs report published in the Nov. 20 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Nov 20, 2020
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U.S. lifespans trail that of other affluent nations, even for the wealthy
The gap in life expectancy between disadvantaged and privileged Americans has widened over the past half-decade, but so has the gap between the most affluent Americans and their peers in other prosperous nations, according ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID leads to measurable life expectancy drop in Spain, study finds
Spain's annual life expectancy at birth dropped by 0.9 years between 2019 and the annual period up until July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ...
Nov 11, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Targeted therapies developed to reduce lung fibrosis
A new treatment option for lung fibrosis is being developed by Purdue University scientists. Lung fibrosis has been a concern for COVID-19 patients.
Nov 11, 2020
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Inflammatory disorders
People with inflammatory bowel disease still die earlier despite increase in life
A study comparing life expectancy of people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and without found that, while life expectancy increased for both groups, people with IBD generally died sooner. The study is published in CMAJ ...
Nov 9, 2020
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