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Elderly individuals who frequently leave the house have a lower risk of mortality

Leaving the House Tied to Lower Mortality Risk in Seniors

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In adults aged 70 to 95, going out more often is linked to higher survival rates versus rarely leaving
Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking is a course that patients may choose to hasten their death

Legal Aspects to Consider in Voluntary Refusal to Eat, Drink

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Patients, families, clinicians must consider clinical, ethical, legal aspects of VSED to hasten death
Among patients with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Sudden Death Most Common CV Death in T2DM/ASCVD

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27 percent of CV deaths in diabetes patients with atherosclerotic CVD are categorized as sudden death
Recent immigrants to Canada are more likely to receive aggressive care and die in intensive care than long-standing residents

Recent Immigrants to Canada More Likely to Die in ICU

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Immigrants more likely than long-standing residents to receive aggressive care in six months before death
More than one-third of Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2011 had at least four care transitions during their last six months of life

Care Transitions Common at End of Life for Medicare Recipients

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More than 80 percent have at least one transition, with many experiencing four or more
An 11-factor index predicts 10- and 14-year mortality with excellent calibration and discrimination among community-dwelling U.S. adults aged ≥65 years

Index Predicts 10-, 14-Year Mortality in Older Adults

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Eleven-factor index predicts mortality with excellent calibration and discrimination
Americans who live in rural areas have a higher risk of death from five leading causes than people who live in urban locations

CDC: Higher Risk of Death From Leading Causes in Rural America

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More smoking, obesity and less use of seatbelts are some possible reasons why
There was an increase in the age-adjusted death rate from 2014 to 2015

Age-Adjusted Mortality Rate Up From 2014 to 2015 in U.S.

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Decrease of 0.1 year in life expectancy from 2014 to 2015 in U.S. population
Diabetes is associated with increased mortality from cardiovascular disease

Diabetes Linked to Increased CVD, Cancer, Other Mortality

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Increases in cardiovascular death, cancer death, noncardiovascular noncancer death in men, women
California on Thursday becomes the fifth and largest state in the country to allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives.

California’s Right-to-Die Law Now in Effect

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Move raises percentage of terminally ill patients in United States who will now have this option