Outcomes of communication about end-of-life care appear to differ between black and white patients
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Sep 27 10

While both black patients and white patients appear to benefit from end of life discussions with their physician, black patients are less likely to…    

 

Palliative Care; How To Help The Dying Cope
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Sep 17 10

In 20 years, yearly deaths will up from 58 million to 74 million globally. Many of these humans pass on quite alone, feel alienated,…    

 

Larger Waist Associated With Greater Risk of Death
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Public Health • Aug 10 10

Individuals with a large waist circumference appear to have a greater risk of dying from any cause over a nine-year period, according to a…    

 

A Silent Death
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jul 20 10

As temperatures continue to rise across the country, more and more parents will no doubt take their children to the nearest pool to cool…    

 

Study finds lifelong doubling in death risk for men who are obese at age 20 years
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Obesity • Jul 13 10

Stockholm, Sweden: Men who enter adult life obese face a life-long doubling of the risk of dying prematurely, new research has found.

In a…    

 

Prompt gallbladder removal in elderly associated with increased survival, lower costs
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Surgery • Jun 02 10

New research findings published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicate that delaying cholecystectomy, the surgical…    

 

Nocturia Increases Mortality Risk
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Urine Problems • May 31 10

Nocturia significantly increased mortality risk in men and women, according to data from a government health survey.

Overall, awakening more than twice a night…    

 

Study finds big decrease in global child mortality
• Children's Health • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 24 10

Fewer children are dying around the world, with deaths among children younger than 5 falling in almost every country, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

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Low Blood Sugar May Increase Mortality Rate of Ill Patients
• Diabetes • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 20 10

Individuals may want to consider taking natural diabetes supplements as a way to curb their blood sugar, as a new study finds that hypoglycemia…    

 

Study shows vitamin A doesn’t cut maternal deaths
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • • Mortality and Morbidity • May 04 10

Giving vitamin A to women 15 to 45 years old living in poor nations does not cut maternal death rates, scientists said Tuesday in…    

 

Women’s Mortality Rates at U.S. Hospitals Differ from Men’s
• Gender: Female • • Mortality and Morbidity • Apr 21 10

Women and men experience different outcomes at U.S. hospitals for the same procedures and treatments, according to a new study released today by HealthGrades,…    

 

Anemia following surgery for morbid obesity
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Obesity • Apr 19 10

Morbid obesity is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in Western countries. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has become a common…    

 

Trauma Patients Safe from Mortality Risks, Complications Associated With So-Called “Weekend Ef
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Trauma & Injuries • Jan 23 10

People who are in car crashes or suffer serious falls, gunshot or knife wounds and other injuries at nights or on weekends do not…    

 

The high cost of treating alcohol-impaired drivers
• Mortality and Morbidity • Oct 05 09

The costs of drinking and driving are all too apparent, with alcohol involved in 41 percent of all motor vehicle crash fatalities in 2006.…    

 

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