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UrduDrugs including fentanyl and methadone increase a child’s risk of needing medical treatment
Tag: DEATH/DYING
What will you do with your body after you die? (video)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2019 — After you die, your body has quite a few options — from being turned into a diamond to helping solve a murder. This week, let us break down the possibilities so you can rest easy:…
Rise in serious harm to children caused by powerful painkillers, says study
Drugs including fentanyl and methadone increase a child’s risk of needing medical treatment
What will you do with your body after you die? (video)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2019 — After you die, your body has quite a few options — from being turned into a diamond to helping solve a murder. This week, let us break down the possibilities so you can rest easy:…
Only 1 in 10 suicide prevention apps cover full guidelines, NTU Singapore study finds
Most (93 per cent) mobile apps for suicide prevention and depression management do not provide all the six suicide prevention strategies that are commonly recommended in international clinical guidelines, a study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has…
Only 1 in 10 suicide prevention apps cover full guidelines, NTU Singapore study finds
Most (93 per cent) mobile apps for suicide prevention and depression management do not provide all the six suicide prevention strategies that are commonly recommended in international clinical guidelines, a study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has…
Researchers investigate factors influencing visceral leishmaniasis death
In the Americas, more than 96% of cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)–the most severe form of leishmaniasis– occur in Brazil, where the fatality rate has risen in recent years. Now, researchers report in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases that age, HIV…
Researchers investigate factors influencing visceral leishmaniasis death
In the Americas, more than 96% of cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)–the most severe form of leishmaniasis– occur in Brazil, where the fatality rate has risen in recent years. Now, researchers report in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases that age, HIV…
Is targeting aging the future of medicine? Researchers make the case
Human life expectancy worldwide rose dramatically over the past century, but people’s health spans — the period of life spent free from chronic, age-related disease or disability — have not increased accordingly. But in the latest issue of the journal…
Is targeting aging the future of medicine? Researchers make the case
Human life expectancy worldwide rose dramatically over the past century, but people’s health spans — the period of life spent free from chronic, age-related disease or disability — have not increased accordingly. But in the latest issue of the journal…
Nearly 9 million injured worldwide by fire, heat, and hot substances in 2017
Eight countries, including the US, accounted for half of all heat-related deaths in 2017; ‘Prevention should be the first priority in reducing intolerable number of injuries & deaths’
Effects of natural gas assessed in study of shale gas boom in Appalachian basin
Natural gas has become the largest fuel source for generating electricity in the United States, accounting for a third of production and consumption of energy. However, the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of natural gas have not been considered comprehensively. A…
Suicide plays smaller role in opioid deaths than thought
Columbia researchers, analyzing national data on opioid overdose deaths, have found that only 4% of opioid-related overdose deaths are due to suicide–far below recent estimates of 20-30%. The findings were published today in JAMA . “Our findings suggest that the…
Changes in opioid-related drug overdose deaths in US
Bottom Line: Researchers analyzed changes in the proportion of drug overdose deaths involving opioids that were certified as suicide, unintentional or of undetermined intent in this observational study. Using 2000-2017 mortality data, researchers report 47,506 total opioid deaths (excluding homicides)…
Effects of natural gas assessed in study of shale gas boom in Appalachian basin
Natural gas has become the largest fuel source for generating electricity in the United States, accounting for a third of production and consumption of energy. However, the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of natural gas have not been considered comprehensively. A…
Suicide plays smaller role in opioid deaths than thought
Columbia researchers, analyzing national data on opioid overdose deaths, have found that only 4% of opioid-related overdose deaths are due to suicide–far below recent estimates of 20-30%. The findings were published today in JAMA . “Our findings suggest that the…
Changes in opioid-related drug overdose deaths in US
Bottom Line: Researchers analyzed changes in the proportion of drug overdose deaths involving opioids that were certified as suicide, unintentional or of undetermined intent in this observational study. Using 2000-2017 mortality data, researchers report 47,506 total opioid deaths (excluding homicides)…
Study examines causes of death in US breast cancer survivors
Survival rates for patients with breast cancer have improved significantly in the last four decades, and many patients will eventually die from non-cancer-related causes. Researchers recently conducted the largest population-based long-term retrospective analysis of non-cancer causes of death among patients…
Simple tool shows life expectancy after dementia diagnosis
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and from the Netherlands have developed a simple tool that shows the survival probability of a person with dementia disease over three years. This, they hope, will facilitate dialogue with the most seriously affected and help…
Study examines causes of death in US breast cancer survivors
Survival rates for patients with breast cancer have improved significantly in the last four decades, and many patients will eventually die from non-cancer-related causes. Researchers recently conducted the largest population-based long-term retrospective analysis of non-cancer causes of death among patients…
Simple tool shows life expectancy after dementia diagnosis
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and from the Netherlands have developed a simple tool that shows the survival probability of a person with dementia disease over three years. This, they hope, will facilitate dialogue with the most seriously affected and help…
Low income and work stress contribute to link between education, heart disease and stroke
First nationwide study of 1.68 million people
Historical look at US army suicides
What The Study Did: Nearly 200 years of military records from 1819 to 2017 were used to examine suicide rates among active-duty personnel in the U.S. Army in this observational study. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The…
Emergency department study reveals patterns of patients at increased risk for suicide
NIH-funded research examined suicide and overdose risk in the year after an emergency department visit
Historical look at US army suicides
What The Study Did: Nearly 200 years of military records from 1819 to 2017 were used to examine suicide rates among active-duty personnel in the U.S. Army in this observational study. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The…
Emergency department study reveals patterns of patients at increased risk for suicide
NIH-funded research examined suicide and overdose risk in the year after an emergency department visit
People willing to risk near-certain death for an HIV cure
New in Ethics & Human Research
Older adults with hypothyroidism face elevated risk of death
Increased risk does not impact older adults with subclinical hypothyroidism
People willing to risk near-certain death for an HIV cure
New in Ethics & Human Research
Older adults with hypothyroidism face elevated risk of death
Increased risk does not impact older adults with subclinical hypothyroidism
Elderly people should aim to keep up step count this winter
Just two weeks of inactivity increases body fat and harms muscles and bones
Elderly people should aim to keep up step count this winter
Just two weeks of inactivity increases body fat and harms muscles and bones
Regional trends in overdose deaths reveal multiple opioid epidemics, according to new study
AMES, Iowa – The United States is suffering from several different simultaneous opioid epidemics, rather than just a single crisis, according to an academic study of deaths caused by drug overdoses. David Peters, an associate professor of sociology at Iowa…
Regional trends in overdose deaths reveal multiple opioid epidemics, according to new study
AMES, Iowa – The United States is suffering from several different simultaneous opioid epidemics, rather than just a single crisis, according to an academic study of deaths caused by drug overdoses. David Peters, an associate professor of sociology at Iowa…
Using lungs from increased-risk donors expands donor pool, maintains current survival rates
Currently, there are nearly 1,500 people waiting for a lung transplant in the US
Using lungs from increased-risk donors expands donor pool, maintains current survival rates
Currently, there are nearly 1,500 people waiting for a lung transplant in the US
Firearms, by far, the most lethal method for suicide
Embargoed news from Annals of Internal Medicine
Firearms, by far, the most lethal method for suicide
Embargoed news from Annals of Internal Medicine
Working-age Americans dying at higher rates, especially in economically hard-hit states
A new VCU study identifies ‘a distinctly American phenomenon’ as mortality among 25 to 64 year-olds increases and US life expectancy continues to fall
Analysis of US life expectancy
Bottom Line: Examining life expectancy in the United States over nearly 60 years and identifying factors that contributed to recent increases in mortality were the focus of this expansive report. Researchers used data from the Centers for Disease Control and…
Object-related choking deaths decrease among kids
Bottom Line: Deaths from choking on objects among children and teens decreased from 1968 to 2017 in this analysis that spans 50 years when efforts to prevent these deaths included a federal law, other regulations, choking hazard warning labels and…
Working-age Americans dying at higher rates, especially in economically hard-hit states
A new VCU study identifies ‘a distinctly American phenomenon’ as mortality among 25 to 64 year-olds increases and US life expectancy continues to fall
Research: Alcohol and tobacco policies can reduce cancer deaths
Policies aimed at cutting alcohol and tobacco consumption, including the introduction of random breath testing programs and bans on cigarette advertising, have resulted in a significant reduction in Australian cancer death rates, new research shows. The La Trobe Centre for…
Choking deaths in US children drop by 75% in past 50 years
Large decline associated with choking hazard regulations
Analysis of US life expectancy
Bottom Line: Examining life expectancy in the United States over nearly 60 years and identifying factors that contributed to recent increases in mortality were the focus of this expansive report. Researchers used data from the Centers for Disease Control and…
Object-related choking deaths decrease among kids
Bottom Line: Deaths from choking on objects among children and teens decreased from 1968 to 2017 in this analysis that spans 50 years when efforts to prevent these deaths included a federal law, other regulations, choking hazard warning labels and…
Choking deaths in US children drop by 75% in past 50 years
Large decline associated with choking hazard regulations
Ontario physicians do not need consent to withhold CPR that they feel will not benefit patients
In August, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a malpractice lawsuit filed against two physicians who refused to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to an 88-year-old man with multiple comorbidities and multiorgan failure. This ruling may have important implications for…
Study reveals lower rates of cancer and early death in Adventists, including among black individuals
A recent study found lower rates of premature death and cancer in Seventh-day Adventists, a Protestant denomination long known for health promotion, compared with individuals in the general U.S. population. Published early online in CANCER , a peer-reviewed journal of…
Ontario physicians do not need consent to withhold CPR that they feel will not benefit patients
In August, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a malpractice lawsuit filed against two physicians who refused to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to an 88-year-old man with multiple comorbidities and multiorgan failure. This ruling may have important implications for…