Mortality and Morbidity

Knee Replacement May Lower a Patient’s Risk for Mortality and Heart Failure

New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) highlights the benefits of total knee replacement (TKR)…    

Time of Operation Doesn’t Affect Mortality after Surgery

The timing of surgical procedures—afternoon versus morning or Friday versus Monday—doesn’t affect the risk of death after surgery, concludes a study in the December…    

IHME develops fast, affordable ways for countries to better identify causes of death in populations

New research by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington shows that innovative and improved methods for analyzing…    

High to moderate levels of stress lead to higher mortality rate

A new study concludes that men who experience persistently moderate or high levels of stressful life events over a number of years have a…    

Preemies Face Higher Death Rates as Young Adults

When preemies grow up to be young adults, they could face slightly increased death rates, according to a new study based on Swedish data.…    

All-cause mortality rates are lower among moderate drinkers than among abstainers

The author of this paper set out to determine the extent to which potential “errors” in many early epidemiologic studies led to erroneous conclusions…    

New hospital mortality rate index to be used across UK

Led by Professor Michael Campbell, the team, including Drs Richard Jacques and James Fotheringham, were commissioned in January 2011 by the Department of Health…    

More primary care tied to lower death rates

Seniors living in areas with more primary care have slightly lower death rates and are less likely to end up in the hospital with…    

CPAP decreases cardiovascular mortality in elderly patients

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) effectively decreases the risk of cardiovascular death in elderly patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to…    

Researchers Join Forces to Cure Deadly Childhood Disease

The Center for World Health and Medicine at Saint Louis University and the Institute for OneWorld Health have established a joint research agreement to…    

Large differences in mortality between urban and isolated rural areas

In urban communities, less than 1 in 100 inhabitants died from Spanish flu in 1918, but in isolated communities up to 9 out of…    

New approach to defeating flu shows promise

New research on mice has shown that pulmonary administration of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) significantly reduces flu symptoms and prevents death after a…    

Elderly Diabetes Patients with Very Low Glucose Levels Have Slightly Increased Risk of Death

A new study of older diabetes patients has found that well-controlled blood sugar levels were associated with a lower risk of major complications such…    

Men who lose their jobs at greater risk of dying prematurely

Research by McGill Sociology Professor Eran Shor, working in collaboration with researchers from Stony Brook University, has revealed that unemployment increases the risk of…    

Time lived with obesity linked with mortality

Monash University researchers have found the number of years individuals live with obesity is directly associated with the risk of mortality.

The…    

Body mass index and risk of death in Chinese population

Chinese people with a body mass index (BMI) of 24-25.9 had the lowest risk of death, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian…    

Internet Kiosks Help Reduce Infant Mortality Rates

A new study by a researcher at the University of Arkansas shows that Internet kiosks providing information on prenatal and postnatal care for mother…    

Mortality rates are an unreliable metric for assessing hospital quality, study finds

Is quality in the eye of the beholder?

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital have found wide disparities among…    

Reducing maternal and newborn deaths globally

On Tuesday 7 December 2010, maternal health professionals from Africa and Asia will be attending a workshop in Liverpool to discuss the effects of…    

People with a university degree fear death less than those at a lower literacy level

People with a university degree fear death less than those at a lower literacy level. In addition, fear of death is most common among…    

Over 60 percent of child deaths in India avoidable: survey

More children under the age of five die in India than in any other country in the world, and from five main causes that…    

Americans sicker but English die quicker says study

Older Americans suffer more chronic disease than their English counterparts, but the English die earlier, according to a study on Thursday that could revive…    

Obese children experience later mortality post liver transplantation

A new study from the University of Washington reported obese children are at increased mortality risk in later years following primary liver transplantation (LT).…    

Heat, smoke sent Russia deaths soaring in 2010

A heat wave that fanned wildfires and blanketed Moscow with acrid smoke pushed up the number of deaths in Russia by nearly a fifth…    

Unexplained differences in hospital death rates

Most of the two-fold variation between U.S. hospitals in heart attack death rates remains a mystery, according to a new study.

Researchers…