One-Year Mortality 13.4 Percent for Seniors After Major Surgery
TUESDAY, Oct. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For community-dwelling older adults, one-year mortality after surgery is 13.4 percent, with higher mortality for nonelective than elective procedures, according to a study published online Oct. 19 in JAMA Sur…
Learn MoreHow Dangerous Is It for Lung Cancer Patients to Skip Radiation Treatments?
TUESDAY, Oct. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As doctors work toward developing more personalized cancer care, a new study looks at whether lung cancer patients can miss a few days of radiation treatment and make them up with a higher dose. The more trea…
Learn MoreGenetic Study Suggests Causal Link for Vitamin D Deficiency, Mortality
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There seems to be a causal relationship between vitamin D deficiency and mortality in U.K. Biobank data, according to a study published online Oct. 25 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Joshua P. Sutherland, f…
Learn MoreRisk for All-Cause Mortality No Higher With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The risk for cardiovascular diseases and infections may be higher in some subgroups of Crohn disease (CD) patients, according to a study published online Oct. 14 in the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis.Benoit Fo…
Learn MoreSmoking Tied to Earlier Death in Dialysis Patients
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Current and former smokers face worse outcomes while undergoing dialysis, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in Nephrology.Sibel G. Bek, M.D., from Kocaeli University Hospital in Turkey, and colleag…
Learn MoreCOVID-19 Death Rate Increased With Age, Was Higher for Men
MONDAY, Oct. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 mortality increased with age, reaching 1,645 per 100,000 population for U.S. adults aged 85 years and older in 2020, according to an October data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Contr…
Learn MorePreeclampsia, Eclampsia Linked to Increased Offspring Mortality
FRIDAY, Oct. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Prenatal exposure to maternal preeclampsia, eclampsia, and hypertension is associated with an increased risk for offspring all-cause mortality, according to a study published online Oct. 19 in The BMJ.Chen Hua…
Learn MoreFive Causes Explain Most Fetal Deaths in 2018 to 2020
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Five selected causes of death accounted for 89.8 percent of fetal deaths in a reporting area of 41 states and the District of Columbia for 2018 to 2020, according to a report published online Oct. 19 in Nati…
Learn MoreFive Causes Explain Most Fetal Deaths in 2018 to 2020
THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Five selected causes of death accounted for 89.8 percent of fetal deaths in a reporting area of 41 states and the District of Columbia for 2018 to 2020, according to a report published online Oct. 19 in Nati…
Learn MoreMortality Disparities by Education Widened in the U.S. in 2020
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In 2020, there was an increase in mortality disparities by educational attainment in the United States, according to a study published online Oct. 13 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.Emily C. …
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