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UrduVeterans who underwent elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable angina at a community facility were at a 33% increased hazard, or chance, of death compared to patients treated within the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System, according to an analysis…
Tag: DEATH/DYING
CPR choices of dialysis patients suggest many lack context
Nearly 85% of survey respondents desire resuscitation in the event of cardiac arrest, even though their likely outcomes are poor, relative to those of the general population.
Yale-led surgical innovation promises better dialysis outcomes
New Haven, Conn. — A new technique developed by a Yale-led research team improves blood flow in surgically made blood vessels used in dialysis, enables them to last longer, and results in fewer complications than the standard technique. The findings,…
UA research finds relationship between COVID-19 deaths and morbid obesity
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The prevalence of morbid obesity in a population is associated with negative outcomes from COVID-19, according to an analysis by researchers at The University of Alabama of morbid obesity data and reported COVID-19 deaths in the United…
Clear will and capacity to help emergency care in crisis
Operators beyond the confines of conventional emergency healthcare are willing and able to assist in a crisis, a University of Gothenburg study shows. Hotels, schools, and veterinary clinics are among those ready for inclusion in a crisis preparedness system, to…
Study of one million Danish children: Childhood adversity increases the risk of early death
In many ways, our childhood lays the foundation of our health in adult life. It is central to our physical and cognitive development. If this development is disturbed, it may have long-term consequences for our physical and mental health later…
Research into ancient Chinese chime stones receives highest honour from Chinese Government
Her extensive research, the first comprehensive study of its kind, has earned her the ‘Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad’ by the China Scholarship Council
Top coma experts develop plan to improve patient outcomes
Leading coma experts have created an ambitious plan to help doctors better care for comatose patients and answer that most awful question: “Will my loved one wake up?” The three-part plan outlines key steps physicians and researchers should take in…
New study calculates alarming lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the US
One out of every 100 American children will die from firearms if current death rates continue; one out of every 70 will die from overdoses, according to The American Journal of Medicine
UCalgary research delivers new insights into how skin can regenerate after severe burns
Findings provide basis for developing drugs to improve healing in severely damaged skin
Examining association of race with death among patients hospitalized with COVID-19
What The Study Did: Researchers looked at the association between race and death among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at 92 hospitals in 12 states. Authors: Baligh R. Yehia, M.D., M.P.P., of Ascension Health in St. Louis, is the corresponding author.…
PCORI approves $23 million for seven COVID-19 research studies
Research to assess telehealth, policy impacts and disparities experienced by minorities among other topics
Is exposure to BPA associated with long-term risk of death?
What The Study Did: Whether exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in many consumer products, is associated with the long-term risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer or any cause among U.S. adults was examined in this observational…
Patterns in daily reported infections, deaths for COVID-19
What The Study Did: Patterns in daily reported infections and deaths for COVID-19 are investigated in this study. Authors: Sheraz Khan, Ph.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author. To access the embargoed…
This online calculator can predict your stroke risk, study finds
Doctors can predict patients’ risk for ischemic stroke based on the severity of their metabolic syndrome, a conglomeration of conditions that includes high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol levels and excess body fat around the abdomen and waist, a new study…
Comparing excess deaths in New York during COVID-19 with 1918 influenza pandemic
What The Study Did: Excess deaths in New York during the peak of the 1918 influenza pandemic were compared with those during the initial period of the COVID-19 outbreak in this study. Authors: Jeremy S. Faust, M.D., M.S., of Brigham…
Cremation in the Middle-East dates as far back as 7,000 B.C.
The gender of the human remains found inside a cremation pyre pit in Beisamoun, Israel remains unknown. What is known is that the individual was a young adult injured by a flint projectile several months prior to their death in…
New treatments spur sharp reduction in lung cancer mortality rate
According to a new study, mortality rates from the most common lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), have fallen sharply in the United States in recent years, due primarily to recent advances in treatment. The study was led by…
Stress and anger may exacerbate heart failure
New Haven, Conn. — Mental stress and anger may have clinical implications for patients with heart failure according to a new report published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure. Heart failure is a life-threatening cardiovascular disease in which the heart…
Nepal lockdown halved health facility births and increased stillbirths and newborn deaths
Study reveals major COVID-19 collateral impact on maternal care and neonatal outcomes
HPV strains may impact cervical cancer prognosis
An analysis of cervical cancers in Ugandan women has uncovered significant genomic differences between tumours caused by different strains of human papillomavirus (HPV), signifying HPV type may impact cervical cancer characteristics and prognosis. The study–recently published in Nature Genetics –was…
New CT scanning method may improve heart massage
As part of an international collaboration, researchers from Aarhus University and University of Leicester have succeeded in developing a dynamic 3D CT scanning method that shows what happens inside the body during simulated heart massage.
ASH releases new clinical practice guidelines on acute myeloid leukemia in older adults
Evidence-based guidelines to help tailor treatment for older people with blood cancer
OU Health Sciences Center receives $38 million grant for suicide prevention
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. – The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has been awarded a five-year, $38 million grant to lead and expand a national program dedicated to suicide prevention. The grant will be led by Dolores Subia BigFoot, Ph.D.,…
Lottery for ventilators
The only way to allocate health resources fairly during COVID-19
ACC issues updated guidance on cardiovascular risk reduction in type 2 diabetes patients
New expert consensus decision pathway incorporates emerging study data on novel diabetes therapies
Four-compartment modeling can help determine best COVID-19 control strategy
Researchers in China identified four key population categories useful in guiding COVID-19 public health policies aimed at minimizing the spread of the disease and reducing fatalities. The team, led by Dr. Baoguo Jiang of the Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology…
COVID-19, racial disparities among topics at Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery Meeting
FAIRFAX, Va. — The next frontier in neurointerventional surgery, including advances in stroke triage and management, innovations in artificial intelligence and robotics in endovascular surgery, new findings on racial disparities in stroke treatment and the neurologic impact of COVID-19 are…
Researchers say where you live could add years to your life
People who live in blue states are living longer, and the gap is widening
Recommendations to improve consensus of determining brain death, death by neurologic criteria
What The Study Did: International professional societies developed recommendations for minimum clinical standards to determine brain death/death by neurologic criteria in adults and children to improve the consistency of these criteria within and among countries. Authors: Gene Sung, M.D., M.P.H.,…
Racial discrimination linked to suicide
Two reports: Pain of discrimination can be greater than will to live; reframing can help
Why is stroke so deadly for people of African descent?
African-Americans have up to three times the risk of dying from strokes as people of European descent, yet there has been little investigation of if and how genetic variants contribute to their elevated stroke risk. Until now. A large international…
Study of US mass shootings, firearms homicides suggests two-pronged policy approach
Over the past 30 years, mass shootings have fueled calls for changes in gun ownership and concealed carry legislation, but few studies have evaluated whether permissive gun policies deter mass shootings, and none have determined if their effects are the…
A conversation game may reduce disparity in end-of-life care for African Americans
A Penn State College of Medicine research team found that playing a simple conversation game may encourage African Americans to make plans for their end of life care. Researchers say the game may be a useful tool in addressing the…
Toronto Startup Designs OR black box to monitor operating rooms and make surgery safer
Using data science and AI to improve safety in operating rooms
Comparing hyperthyroidism treatments with risk of cancer death
What The Study Did: Researchers compared long-term risk of death from a solid cancer in patients treated with radioactive iodine, anti-thyroid drugs or surgery for hyperthyroidism. Authors: Cari M. Kitahara, Ph.D., M.H.S., of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland,…
Vikings had smallpox and may have helped spread the world’s deadliest virus
Scientists have discovered extinct strains of smallpox in the teeth of Viking skeletons – proving for the first time that the killer disease plagued humanity for at least 1400 years. Smallpox spread from person to person via infectious droplets, killed…
Patients who lived longer with cancer at greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection
Cancer patients diagnosed more than 24 months ago are more likely to have a severe COVID-19 infection, research has found.
Flourishing mental health delays mortality by five months in 18 year prospective study
We have known for decades that mental health plays an important role in one’s quality of life, but a study released this week suggests it is also an important factor in one’s quantity of life.
Patients who lived longer with cancer at greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection
Cancer patients diagnosed more than 24 months ago are more likely to have a severe COVID-19 infection, research has found. Cancer patients of Asian ethnicity or who were receiving palliative treatment for cancer were also at a higher risk of…
Flourishing mental health delays mortality by five months in 18 year prospective study
Study finds mental health is a key factor in predicting mortality in a representative study of 12,000 Canadians
For-profit long-term care homes have COVID-19 outbreaks with more cases, deaths
For-profit status is associated with the extent of an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in long-term care (LTC) homes and the number of resident deaths from COVID-19, but not the likelihood of an outbreak, which was related to the…
Popular hypertension drugs don’t increase risk of COVID-19 severity, fatality
Study dispels fear for patients with hypertension, cardiovascular and diabetic kidney disease
Autopsies reveal surprising cardiac changes in COVID-19 patients
New Orleans, LA – A series of autopsies conducted by LSU Health New Orleans pathologists shows the damage to the hearts of COVID-19 patients is not the expected typical inflammation of the heart muscle associated with myocarditis, but rather a…
Levothyroxine doesn’t improve cardiac function for heart attack patients
Research reveals that treatment of heart attack patients for a common condition, underactive thyroid, with levothyroxine does not improve heart muscle function, so is unlikely to be of benefit. The results of a double-blind randomised clinical trial which was carried…
Anti-Asian hate crime during the COVID-19 pandemic
Under the Hate Crime Statistic Act, hate crimes are defined as “crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, gender and gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.” Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the United States has…
Virginia Tech researchers discover that mouth bacterium may cause colon cancer to spread
A diverse array of bacteria live in the human mouth as part of a vital ecosystem known as the oral microbiome. Virginia Tech researchers have discovered that one of these common bacteria can leave the mouth and potentially cause existing…
Autopsies reveal surprising cardiac changes in COVID-19 patients
New Orleans, LA – A series of autopsies conducted by LSU Health New Orleans pathologists shows the damage to the hearts of COVID-19 patients is not the expected typical inflammation of the heart muscle associated with myocarditis, but rather a…
Levothyroxine doesn’t improve cardiac function for heart attack patients
Research reveals that treatment of heart attack patients for a common condition, underactive thyroid, with levothyroxine does not improve heart muscle function, so is unlikely to be of benefit. The results of a double-blind randomised clinical trial which was carried…
Anti-Asian hate crime during the COVID-19 pandemic
Under the Hate Crime Statistic Act, hate crimes are defined as “crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, gender and gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.” Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the United States has…