Lung Composite Allocation Score System Cuts Waiting-List Mortality
MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The new Composite Allocation Score (CAS) system developed to improve equity in organ allocation by eliminating geographical barriers and prioritizing candidates’ medical needs results in a decrease in waiting-l…
Learn MoreAdherence to Healthy Eating Patterns Linked to Lower Mortality Risk
MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Greater adherence to various healthy eating patterns is associated with a lower risk for total and cause-specific mortality, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Zhilei Shan, M…
Learn MoreU.S. Stroke Deaths Fall, But New Rise in Strokes Is Likely
MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — U.S. stroke deaths have dramatically declined in the past several decades. But, researchers caution, their new study also found the potential for a resurgence.“After nearly four decades of declining stroke-rela…
Learn MoreNew Hope Against ‘Incurable’ Liver Disease That Kills Children
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with an incurable, genetic liver disease have new hope after an animal study showed that a single drug could reverse its effects.Alagille syndrome is caused by a mutation that prevents the formation an…
Learn MoreHay áreas urbanas de EE. UU. donde los hombres tienen más riesgo de morir con armas de fuego que en la guerra
JUEVES, 22 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — En algunas partes de Estados Unidos, los hombres jóvenes se enfrentan a un riesgo más alto de morir por violencia con las armas de fuego que si hubieran ido a la guerra en Afganistán e Irak, informa …
Learn MoreEn 2021 hubo otro gran descenso en la esperanza de vida de EE. UU.
JUEVES, 22 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La esperanza de vida del estadounidense promedio al nacer sufrió otro gran revés en 2021, según los datos finales sobre las tasas de mortalidad de ese año de pandemia.Mientras que en 2019 el estadoun…
Learn MorePeritonitis Tied to Cardiovascular Mortality in Peritoneal Dialysis Population
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients receiving peritoneal dialysis, peritonitis is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular mortality, according to a study published in the November issue of Kidney International Reports….
Learn MoreU.S. Men’s Race, Residence Could Raise Odds for Fatal Prostate Cancer
TUESDAY, Dec. 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The color of his skin and where he lives may influence an American man’s odds of dying from prostate cancer, a new study reveals.Black men and men living in the Western United States face the most dire progno…
Learn MoreLife Expectancy Down to 76.4 Years in 2021
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — From 2020 to 2021, life expectancy decreased by 0.6 years among U.S. residents, reaching 76.4 years in 2021, according to a December data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventio…
Learn MoreChild Homicides Up Across Several Subpopulations
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Rates of child homicide recently increased across several subpopulations, with some racial and ethnic disparities persisting for more than 20 years, according to a study published online Dec. 19 in JAMA Pedi…
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