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Since introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV death rate has decreased

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...





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Research examines organization of militaries and its effects on society

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Study challenges notion of 'pandemic' flu

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 14, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Biology /

created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 12, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...



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