by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainInvestigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and colleagues found that women with fatty liver disease related to alcohol consumption have almost twice the risk of dying within a certain time period than men with the same condition. The findings, published in the Journal of Hepatology, highlight the...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Men with microscopic evidence of prostate cancer spreading to their pelvic lymph nodes (LNs) following the surgical resection of the prostate and pelvic lymph nodes (LN) are at a very high risk of dying from prostate cancer. Pelvic LN radiation therapy (RT) is a potentially curative...
Pam Harrison January 03, 2022 A low body mass index (BMI) indicative of being underweight as well as a weight loss of 2 kg or more over the course of 1 year were both independently associated with a higher mortality risk in the following year in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD). In contrast,...
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LUNG CANCER IMAGE: ALESSIO CORTELLINI, MD, FROM THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. CREDIT: ALESSIO CORTELLINI, MD, FROM THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. TERAVOLT Study Identifies Seven Factors That Increase Mortality Risk for Patients with COVID-19 (Denver, Colo. 9 a.m. EST/February 1, 2022) –The risk of...
by Pennsylvania State University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People with Parkinson’s disease who eat more flavonoids—compounds found in richly colored foods like berries, cocoa, and red wine—may have a lower mortality risk than those who don’t, according to a new study. Specifically, the researchers found that when people who had already been diagnosed with Parkinson’s...
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — While research has long shown a higher risk of death linked to alcoholism for people with overweight, a new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence has found that people with underweight who drink excessively may be at an even higher risk of dying from heart disease,...
Retrospective analysis of data from 4,568 transgender people in the Netherlands recorded between 1972 and 2018 indicates an approximately two-fold increased mortality risk compared with cis men and cis women that did not decrease over time. Increased mortality among transgender women compared to cis men and cis women showed greater risks of death due to...
By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Aug 10 2021 A study conducted at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, USA, and the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA, has determined the transmission rate, immune escape ability, and infection fatality rate of the B.1.526 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome...
by University of Bristol Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new global review has found that receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) is associated with a lower risk of multiple causes of death among people with opioid dependence. The review found that people with opioid dependence were less likely to experience overdose-related suicide, alcohol-related cancer, and cardiovascular-related mortality...
