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Widowed facing higher mortality risk, researcher finds
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Married people in the United States are living longer these days, but the widowed are experiencing a higher mortality rate, according to new research by a Michigan State University sociologist.
Since introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV death rate has decreased
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 01, 2008 |
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In industrialized countries, persons infected sexually with HIV now appear to experience mortality rates similar to those of the general population in the first 5 years following infection, though a higher risk of death remains ...
Research examines organization of militaries and its effects on society
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2009 |
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New research out of the University of Cincinnati is a rare examination of the social impact of armed conflict and militarization. Steve Carlton-Ford, a UC associate professor of sociology, presented the findings Aug. 11 at ...
How accurate are hospital report cards?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 08, 2009 |
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A key statistic that consumer groups and the media often use when compiling hospital report cards and national rankings can be misleading, researchers report in a new study.
Study reveals high death rates and short life expectancy among the homeless and marginally housed
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Homeless and marginally housed people have much higher mortality and shorter life expectancy than could be expected on the basis of low income alone, concludes a study from Canada published on bmj.com today.
Treating bone loss in breast cancer survivors
Sep 15, 2009 |
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A key statistic that consumer groups and the media often use when compiling hospital report cards and national rankings can be misleading, researchers report in a new study.
Study challenges notion of 'pandemic' flu
Apr 14, 2008 |
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The widespread assumption that pandemic influenza is an exceptionally deadly form of seasonal, or nonpandemic, flu is hard to support, according to a new study in the May issue of the American Journal of Pu ...
Higher hospital safety rating not associated with lower risk of in-hospital death
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Hospitals that reported higher scores on measures of safe practices did not have a significantly lower rate of in-hospital deaths compared to hospitals that reported lower scores on these measures, according to a study in ...
The effect of economic recessions on population health
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Paradoxically, mortality rates during economic recessions in developed countries decline rather than increase, according to an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). In poor countries with less than $50 ...
Instances of mass die-offs in wild lions precipitated by extreme climate change
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Jul 03, 2008 |
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An international research team has published the first clear example of how climate extremes can create conditions in which diseases that are normally tolerated singly may converge and bring about mass die-offs in wildlife.
Pre-hospital organization: The first links in the chain of survival for heart attack patients
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Mortality rate following a heart attack has fallen by more than 50% in Europe over the past 25 years. However, because only minor advances in the medical treatment of AMI are expected over the next decade, it is through organisational ...
Obesity and overweight linked to higher prostate cancer mortality
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Men who are overweight or obese when diagnosed with prostate cancer are at greater risk of death after treatment, according to a new study in the December 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American ...
Study: Life and death during the Great Depression
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2009 |
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The Great Depression had a silver lining: During that hard time, U.S. life expectancy actually increased by 6.2 years, according to a University of Michigan study published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the Na ...
Study finds hemlock trees dying rapidly, affecting forest carbon cycle
Feb 26, 2009 |
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New research by U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists and partners suggests the hemlock woolly adelgid is killing hemlock trees faster than expected in the southern Appalachians and rapidly altering ...
Extreme weather events can unleash a 'perfect storm' of infectious diseases, research study says
Jun 25, 2008 |
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Climatic conditions can alter normal host-pathogen relationships An international research team, including University of Minnesota researcher Craig Packer, has found the first clear example of how climate extremes, such as th ...
