Tag: MORT
Losing Weight Before Midlife Cuts Mortality Risk
Risk lower for those who dropped from obese to overweight versus those who remained obese
Alcoholic Liver Disease Death Rates Up for Non-Hispanic Whites
Death rates higher for men, but male-to-female ratio decreased in past two decades
Preterm Delivery Ups Risk for Premature Mortality in Mothers
Risk for all-cause mortality up in 10 years after delivery and still elevated at 10 to 19, 20 to 44 years
CDC: Mortality Rates Lowest for Infants of Normal-Weight Women
Total, neonatal, postneonatal mortality rates higher for infants of prepregnancy underweight women
Bariatric Surgery Linked to Reduction in Mortality Rate
And RYGB is effective for blood pressure control in patients with hypertension and obesity
Higher BPA Exposure Linked to Increased Risk for All-Cause Mortality
Nonstatistically significantly increased risk for cardiovascular disease mortality also observed
Diabetes Cuts Life Expectancy in U.K. by 6 Million Life Years
Findings based on a population-level model of U.K. residents with type 1 or type 2 diabetes
Breast Cancer Mortality Decreased With Mammography From Age 40
Breast cancer mortality significantly dropped at 10 years of follow-up, attenuated after 10 years
Sharp Drop in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Mortality Seen in Recent Years
Reduction in incidence plus treatment advances explain the reduction in mortality
Alcohol Abuse Ups Mortality Risk Among Arrhythmia Patients
Among patients hospitalized for arrhythmia, those with alcohol abuse 72 percent more likely to die