by BioMed Central Credit: CC0 Public Domain Never being visited by friends or family is associated with an increased risk of dying, according to a study published in BMC Medicine. The authors suggest that their findings could be used to help identify patients at a higher risk of dying due to social factors, and to develop...
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Researchers identify a subset of patients with early melanoma who face a very low risk of dying from the disease
by Wiley Credit: Wikimedia Commons/National Cancer Institute Although melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer, most patients have high chances of surviving the disease. There is evidence that more cases of melanoma are being overdiagnosed in patients who would never experience symptoms. Using cancer registry data, investigators have identified a subset of patients...
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Pickleball for Life? How Different Exercises Reduce the Risk of Dying
Jake Remaly August 26, 2022 Pick up a racquet. You may live longer. Older adults who participate in physical activity are less likely to die than ones who don’t, and new research shows that some types of exercise may be especially beneficial. Racquet sports, for example, are associated with the lowest risk of dying from...
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Biomarker predicts which patients with heart failure have a higher risk of dying
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES A UCLA-led study revealed a new way to predict which patients with “stable” heart failure — those who have heart injury but do not require hospitalization — have a higher risk of dying within one to three years. Although people with stable heart failure have similar characteristics,...