Cardiology
When it comes to jogging, easy does it, study suggests
(HealthDay)—A little jogging is good for your health, researchers say, but too much might not be.
Feb 2, 2015
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News tagged with lower mortality
Health
Walking below minimum recommended levels linked to lower mortality risk compared to inactivity
A new study concludes that walking has the potential to significantly improve the public's health. It finds regular walking, even if not meeting the minimum recommended levels, is associated with lower mortality compared ...
Oct 19, 2017
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Surgery
Does patient-surgeon gender concordance lead to lower patient mortality? Mostly no, research suggests
New research finds little evidence that post-surgical patient mortality is lower when patient and surgeon are the same gender.
Nov 22, 2023
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Surgery
Keyhole surgery more effective than open surgery for ruptured aneurysm
The use of keyhole surgery to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is both clinically and cost effective and should be adopted more widely, concludes a randomised trial published by The BMJ today.
Nov 14, 2017
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Health
Study reveals UK's declining health performance compared to other high income countries over past 20 years
Six decades of universal free health care, the introduction of widespread public health initiatives (e.g., tobacco control, cancer screening, and immunization), and substantial increases in health expenditure have failed ...
Mar 4, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Better understanding what causes small cell lung cancer
A new understanding of the causes of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) could lead to more personalized treatments and lower mortality from this deadly disease.
Nov 29, 2021
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Medical research
Academic medical centers are linked to better health outcomes at neighboring hospitals, researchers find
An academic medical center (AMC), sometimes called a teaching hospital, is a hospital that is integrated with a medical school and that serves as the principal site for the education of medical students and trainees. Many ...
Feb 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vitamin C-B1-steroid combo linked to lower septic shock mortality in kids
Treating septic shock in children with a combination of intravenous vitamin C, vitamin B1 and hydrocortisone (a commonly used steroid) is associated with lower mortality, according to a study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Cardiology
No mortality increase with paclitaxel-coated balloons and stents in peripheral arterial disease
An interim analysis from the Swedish Drug-Elution Trial in Peripheral Arterial Disease (SWEDEPAD) has now been presented. It shows that, for patients with lower limb occlusive arterial disease, paclitaxel-coated balloons ...
Dec 10, 2020
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Cardiology
Recommended therapies for polycythemia vera underused
(HealthDay)—Among older patients with polycythemia vera (PV), therapeutic phlebotomy and hydroxyurea (HU) are associated with improved overall survival and decreased risk for thrombosis but are underused, according to a ...
Nov 27, 2018
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