Posts Tagged ‘mortality’
Lower death risk tied to 3 primary care traits
UC DAVIS (US) — Patients with greater access to three specific attributes of high-quality primary care have a reduced risk of death, research shows. Continue…
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 13:25 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Dec 19, 2011 12:16 - 1 Comment
Education tied to better cancer outcomes
EMORY (US) — The first large study in the United States to examine mortality rates of patients with mouth and throat cancers by educational levels find the greatest decreases among those with at least 12 years of education. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 21, 2011 11:45 - 4 Comments
Life expectancy in US in a free fall
U. WASHINGTON (US) — More than 80 percent of counties in the United States have life expectancies behind the 10 nations with the best records. (more…)
Top Stories - May 25, 2011 12:19 - 4 Comments
Whites in U.S. still live longer than blacks
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — While life expectancy in the United States has risen from 47 years in 1900 to 78 today, statistics show African Americans, on average, die five years earlier than whites. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 18, 2011 10:18 - 2 Comments
Warming may spark killer heat waves
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Hundreds to thousands more city residents could die by the end of the century because of longer, more frequent heat waves brought on by global climate change. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 14, 2011 14:55 - 7 Comments
Blame vodka for Russian mortality
STANFORD (US) — The end of an effective anti-alcohol campaign, not capitalism, can be blamed for a 40 percent surge in deaths in Russia between 1990 and 1994. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 3, 2011 14:00 - 2 Comments
Low mortality at high-spending hospitals
USC (US) — When hospitalized for a major acute medical condition, patients are less likely to die in high-spending hospitals, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 31, 2010 15:28 - 2 Comments
Drink a day keeps Grim Reaper away
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—Moderate drinking—about one to two drinks per day—reduces mortality among older and middle-aged adults. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 14, 2010 13:35 - 2 Comments
Uninsured more likely to die from trauma
U. BUFFALO (US)—Trauma patients without insurance are more likely to die of their injuries from auto accidents and gunshot wounds than privately insured patients with similar injuries, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2010 12:41 - 2 Comments
UK’s poor hit hard by alcohol-related deaths
U. SHEFFIELD (UK)—Death rates from alcohol-related diseases increase substantially in the socioeconomically deprived areas of England and Wales. Mortality rates of men and women in the most deprived areas were more than four times the rates in less deprived areas. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 3, 2010 11:50 - 5 Comments
Women outpace men in mortality gains
U. WASHINGTON (US)—Inequality in adult mortality has grown to the point where adult men in Swaziland—the country with the worst mortality rate—now have a probability of premature death that is nine times the mortality rate of the best country, Cyprus. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 13, 2010 12:36 - 1 Comment
Is mistrust deadly for diabetes patients?
U. WASHINGTON (US)—Diabetes patients who are less likely to reach out to others for support have a 33 percent higher mortality rate than those who feel comfortable doing so, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 2, 2010 23:11 - 3 Comments
Ancient teeth show effects of early stress
EMORY (US)—Ancient human teeth are telling secrets that may relate to modern-day health: Some stressful events that occurred early in development are linked to shorter life spans. (more…)
