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Tag: MORTALITY/LONGEVITY
Aging experts advocate global effort to ensure health spans match life spans
Across the world, more people are living longer. But “whether the extra years will be good ones — and whether societies and economies will benefit as a result — depends on the actions we take now,” states an editorial in…
Report identifies 3 dimensions to lifelong ‘longevity fitness’
Perseverance and attention to social connections, health, and finances will give people the best chance to thrive as they age, according to a new report titled ” Longevity Fitness: Financial and Health Dimensions Across the Life Course .” It also…
Firefighters can ease one another’s job stress, but loving spouses may increase it
Firefighting adage is to ‘leave it at the firehouse,’ but prevention of spillover stress in personal life may bring its own tension
Study raises new warnings about frail surgery patients
VA-funded study looked at data on more than 400,000 veterans
Phage therapy shows promise for treating alcoholic liver disease
A team of researchers including those from King’s College London and the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, have for the first time successfully applied bacteriophage (phage) therapy in mice to alcohol-related liver disease. Phages are viruses that…
Regular use of prescription drugs for pain and sleep increases frailty risk by 95 percent
ORI, FAU study first to show statistically significant links between regular use of pain and/or sleep prescriptions and frailty risk in older adults
Aging experts advocate global effort to ensure health spans match life spans
Across the world, more people are living longer. But “whether the extra years will be good ones — and whether societies and economies will benefit as a result — depends on the actions we take now,” states an editorial in…
Report identifies 3 dimensions to lifelong ‘longevity fitness’
Perseverance and attention to social connections, health, and finances will give people the best chance to thrive as they age, according to a new report titled ” Longevity Fitness: Financial and Health Dimensions Across the Life Course .” It also…
Study raises new warnings about frail surgery patients
VA-funded study looked at data on more than 400,000 veterans
Harvard study shows where global renewable energy investments have greatest benefits
New metrics can guide investors and policymakers working to reach sustainable development goals
Harvard study shows where global renewable energy investments have greatest benefits
New metrics can guide investors and policymakers working to reach sustainable development goals
Anticoagulant benefits for atrial fibrillation decrease with age
Typical patient may not benefit after age 87, UCSF-led study finds
Metaphor ‘menu’ for cancer patients launched by researchers
The first manual of expressions describing cancer has been developed by researchers to help patients make sense of their disease.
Anticoagulant benefits for atrial fibrillation decrease with age
Typical patient may not benefit after age 87, UCSF-led study finds
Metaphor ‘menu’ for cancer patients launched by researchers
The first manual of expressions describing cancer has been developed by researchers to help patients make sense of their disease.
Giving billions of live bacteria to boost the gut health of premature babies
Boosting the milk of premature babies with healthy bacteria may have helped half the number of serious gut problems and infections, according to new research led by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and involving the University of East Anglia.…
World’s most comprehensive study of a deadly heart condition yields 1st results
Registry will help doctors predict patients’ risk, determine best treatments
Study shows fewer American Indians getting heart disease
Men appear to benefit from improvements more than women
Increase in physical activity after breast cancer diagnosis may lower risk of death
At least 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity physical activity, such as brisk walking, post diagnosis is associated with lower all-cause mortality among postmenopausal breast cancer patients, regardless of their levels of physical activity before diagnosis, according to a study…
Women with HIV at increased risk of early onset menopause
New study pinpoints median age of menopause at 48 years for women with HIV (3 years younger than the general population)
Study finds association between physical activity, lower risk of fracture
Women who did the highest amount of physical activity had an 18% lower risk of hip fracture and 6% lower risk of total fracture
Increase in physical activity after breast cancer diagnosis may lower risk of death
At least 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity physical activity, such as brisk walking, post diagnosis is associated with lower all-cause mortality among postmenopausal breast cancer patients, regardless of their levels of physical activity before diagnosis, according to a study…
Women with HIV at increased risk of early onset menopause
New study pinpoints median age of menopause at 48 years for women with HIV (3 years younger than the general population)
Study finds association between physical activity, lower risk of fracture
Women who did the highest amount of physical activity had an 18% lower risk of hip fracture and 6% lower risk of total fracture
Web-based calculator predicts risk of death, complications from diabetes and obesity
Evidence-based prediction tool designed to help patients decide between metabolic surgery and standard medical therapy
Is physical activity always good for the heart?
Physical activity is thought to be our greatest ally in the fight against cardiovascular disease. But there may be significant variations in its protective effects across a range of different situations, such as regularly playing a sport, carrying heavy loads…
Is physical activity always good for the heart?
Physical activity is thought to be our greatest ally in the fight against cardiovascular disease. But there may be significant variations in its protective effects across a range of different situations, such as regularly playing a sport, carrying heavy loads…
In Health Affairs: The benefits of the Mexican sugar-sweetened beverage tax
In 2014, Mexico imposed an excise tax of 1 peso per liter on sugar-sweetened beverages. Ana Basto-Abreu of Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health and coauthors developed a cohort simulation model to simulate the effects of the tax on obesity-related…
In Health Affairs: The benefits of the Mexican sugar-sweetened beverage tax
In 2014, Mexico imposed an excise tax of 1 peso per liter on sugar-sweetened beverages. Ana Basto-Abreu of Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health and coauthors developed a cohort simulation model to simulate the effects of the tax on obesity-related…
New research links SNAP participation to reduced risk of premature deaths among US adults
A new study published in the journal Health Affairs by researchers from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and the University of Kentucky reveals that participation in the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reduces the risk of premature mortality among U.S.…
Is physical activity always good for the heart?
Physical activity is thought to be our greatest ally in the fight against cardiovascular disease. But there may be significant variations in its protective effects across a range of different situations, such as regularly playing a sport, carrying heavy loads…
New research links SNAP participation to reduced risk of premature deaths among US adults
A new study published in the journal Health Affairs by researchers from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and the University of Kentucky reveals that participation in the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reduces the risk of premature mortality among U.S.…
Combination gene therapy treats multiple age-related diseases
Treatment increases healthspan in mice and could lead to increased longevity
In Health Affairs: The benefits of the Mexican sugar-sweetened beverage tax
In 2014, Mexico imposed an excise tax of 1 peso per liter on sugar-sweetened beverages. Ana Basto-Abreu of Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health and coauthors developed a cohort simulation model to simulate the effects of the tax on obesity-related…
Combination gene therapy treats multiple age-related diseases
Treatment increases healthspan in mice and could lead to increased longevity
New research links SNAP participation to reduced risk of premature deaths among US adults
A new study published in the journal Health Affairs by researchers from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and the University of Kentucky reveals that participation in the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reduces the risk of premature mortality among U.S.…
Combination gene therapy treats multiple age-related diseases
Treatment increases healthspan in mice and could lead to increased longevity
Recent increase in fine particulate matter associated with more premature deaths in US
In the United States, annual average levels of fine particulate matter–PM2.5, a measure of solid particles and liquid droplets that are 2.5 micrometers or smaller found in the air–declined 24% from 2009 to 2016, then increased 5% between 2016 to…
Columbia Mailman School epidemiologist elected to National Academy of Medicine
October 21, 2019 — The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced that Charles Branas, PhD, Gelman Endowed Professor of Epidemiology, and Chair, Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, was elected to the National Academy…
Columbia Public Health Dean Linda Fried honored for pioneering work in aging
Gerontology trailblazer is 2019 Alma Dea Morani Award winner
CNIO researchers obtain the first mice born with hyper-long telomeres
The study shows that it is possible to extend life without any genetic modification
Beyond signaling risk, blood pressure and obesity causally related to lifespan
Findings reported at ASHG 2019 Annual Meeting
In a first, scientists pinpoint neural activity’s role in human longevity
The brain’s neural activity–long implicated in disorders ranging from dementia to epilepsy–also plays a role in human aging and life span, according to research led by scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School. The study, published Oct. 16…
Tackling inequality could save millions of children
Children’s risk of dying before age 5 varies more than 40-fold
Frailty: The rising global health burden for an aging society
October 15, 2019 — Despite the evidence on risk factors for frailty, and the substantial progress that has been made in frailty awareness, the biological mechanisms underlying its development are still far from understood and translation from research to clinical…
Public reporting on aortic valve surgeries has decreased access, study finds
Patients with endocarditis less likely to receive the surgery
Slower walkers have older brains and bodies at 45
Retrospective analysis shows the slower walkers could have been identified by brain function at age 3
US firearm death rate rose sharply in recent years across most states & demographic groups
New analysis of 1999-2017 firearm deaths looks at changes in each state and within age, gender and racial/ethnic groups
Newborn baby deaths in Africa targeted in $68M initiative
NEST360° will work with sub-Saharan hospitals to transform infant care