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Tag: MORTALITY/LONGEVITY
Advanced practice nurses reduce hospitalizations from nursing home residents
MU study examines effectiveness of $35 million program designed to improve quality of care in nursing homes
Disease tolerance: Skeletons reveal humans evolved to fight pathogens
As Covid-19 impacts lives around the world- a new skeleton study is reconstructing ancient pandemics to assess human’s evolutionary ability to fight off leprosy, tuberculosis and treponematoses with help from declining rates of transmission when the germs became widespread. The…
Study: Bladder cancer is more advanced in South Texas
Bladder cancer is more aggressive and more advanced in South Texas residents than in many parts of the country, a study by the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, indicates. The disease is also deadlier…
One in five people in south London live with multiple long-term conditions
New research has found one in five people in the south London live with multimorbidity. The study, published today in the Lancet Regional Health by researchers from King’s College London and the NIHR Guy’s and St Thomas’ Biomedical Research Centre…
DV survivor elder abuse risk
Call for aged care focus on domestic violence
CDDEP report highlights tremendous burden from infectious diseases in SEAR countries
COVID-19 has set back progress on containing key infectious diseases, researchers say
The invisible smallest particles matter for the air we breathe
Researchers of the University of Helsinki have resolved for the first time, how the ultrafine particles of atmosphere effect on the climate and health. Atmospheric air pollution kills more than 10,000 people every day. The biggest threat to human health…
For breakthroughs in slowing aging, scientists must look beyond biology
Incorporating social and behavioral factors alongside biological mechanisms is critical for improving aging research, according to a trio of studies by leading social scientists
Gut microbiome implicated in healthy aging and longevity
Data from over 9,000 people reveal a distinct gut microbiome signature that is associated with healthy aging and survival in the latest decades of life
Mentally ill kids become less healthy adults
Youth mental-health interventions could prevent physical illness and social costs
Lundquist Institute receives $1.75 million grant from Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation
The grant will fund clinical trials to study the efficacy of psilocybin in treating the emotional suffering associated with terminal medical illness
New evidence linking eggs, cholesterol to cardiovascular death
A person’s intake of whole eggs and cholesterol was positively associated with their risk of death, while intake of egg whites or egg substitutes was negatively associated with death in a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by…
Children’s finger length points to mothers’ income level
– links with diseases that begin in the womb
Geisinger researchers find AI can predict death risk
Algorithm using echocardiogram videos of the heart outperforms other predictors of mortality
Study seeks to better understand how COVID-19 and cancer intersect
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers join nationwide study to examine long-term outcomes of cancer patients diagnosed with COVID-19
NeuroVascular quality initiative quality outcomes database tops 10,000 procedures
FAIRFAX, Va., February 1, 2021 – The Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) Patient Safety Organization (PSO), in partnership with the NeuroPoint Alliance (NPA), is pleased to announce that the NVQI-QOD now has over 10,000 procedures in the registry. Since its…
Researchers develop data tool that may improve care
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 8, 2021 – With the aid of sophisticated machine learning, researchers at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine demonstrated that a tool they developed can rapidly predict mortality for patients facing transfer between hospitals in…
Death by suicide? Drug overdoses muddy waters for investigators, amplify mental health crisis
Classifying a death as suicide may be easiest for medical examiners and coroners in the western United States, which reports the highest suicide rates officially. Suicide by firearm is the leading method there, and usually clear in terms of evidence.…
Electronic health records can be valuable predictor of those likeliest to die from COVID
Factors such as age, history of pneumonia, and comorbidities like diabetes and cancer emerged as predictors of poor outcomes.
On the dot: Novel quantum sensor provides new approach to early diagnosis via imaging
Scientists develop new quantum sensor that allows detection of ‘oxidative stress’ in organs during MRI scans, opening doors to early diagnosis of serious illnesses
Changes in economic prosperity, cardiovascular mortality
What The Study Did: County-level mortality and economic data were used to investigate the association between changes in economic prosperity and rates of cardiovascular mortality among middle-age U.S. adults from 2010 to 2017. Authors: Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, M.D., M.P.H.,…
Association of social, demographic factors with COVID-19 cases, death rates in US
What The Study Did: Researchers investigated the association between county-level social risk factors and COVID-19 cases and deaths, as well as weekly changes in cumulative cases and mortality, using publicly available data sets as of July 29, 2020. Authors: Renuka Tipirneni,…
Leading cancer organizations warn cancer doesn’t stop for COVID-19 and neither should you
National Comprehensive Cancer Network and American Cancer Society are leading nationwide effort to resume appropriate cancer screening and treatment to prevent excess deaths
Healthy lifespan analysis using nematodes
New technology enables the search for genes and substances that could extend healthy lifespans
When is dead really dead?
The death prediction and physiology after removal of therapy study (DePPaRT study)
Scientists publish a blueprint to apply artificial intelligence to extend human longevity
The international team of artificial intelligence experts and medical doctors propose a framework for the application of next-generation AI to extend human longevity
Association of psychiatric disorders with mortality among patients with COVID-19
What The Study Did: In this observational study of about 7,300 adults with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in a New York health system, a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis was associated with an increased risk of death after adjusting for demographic and medical risk factors.…
Schizophrenia second only to age as greatest risk factor for COVID-19 death
People with schizophrenia, a mental disorder that affects mood and perception of reality, are almost three times more likely to die from the coronavirus than those without the psychiatric illness, a new study shows. Their higher risk, the investigators say,…
Moratoria on utility shutoffs and evictions reduced COVID-19 infection rates
Public health interventions in real estate market increased safety
To ward off cancer and other diseases we need to change our lifestyle and focus on innovation
The key factor in preventing non-communicable diseases is lifestyle management at the individual level with a focus on such innovations, which can help increase the awareness of risk factors management in society
Sliding life expectancy poses gender and inequity questions
Questions about why such affluent western societies are facing a reversal in life expectancy are sounding loud alarm bells for Professor Fran Baum, Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor and Director of the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity. Professor Baum…
ACC cardio-oncology course aims to advance cardiovascular care of cancer patients, survivors
Conference provides clinically relevant, state-of-the-art best practice strategies for the interprofessional care team
‘Aging well’ greatly affected by hopes and fears for later life, OSU study finds
If you believe you are capable of becoming the healthy, engaged person you want to be in old age, you are much more likely to experience that outcome, a recent Oregon State University study shows. “How we think about who…
Association of social, economic inequality with COVID-19 across US counties
What The Study Did: This investigation analyzed U.S. county-level associations of income inequality, racial/ethnic composition and political attributes with COVID-19 cases and mortality. Author: Tim F. Liao, Ph.D., of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the corresponding author. To access…
Geisinger researchers find sex is not an independent risk factor for stroke mortality
Stroke survival rates for men and women equal among Geisinger patients
Mount Sinai Researchers Build Models Using Machine Learning Technique to Enhance Predictions of COVID-19 Outcomes
Mount Sinai researchers have published one of the first studies using federated learning to examine electronic health records to better predict how COVID-19 patients will progress.
Climate impacts on health and urban areas: Heatwaves and death rate
Over the last half-century, the probability of heat extreme events has changed by orders of magnitude in almost every region of the world, with occurrences that are now up to a hundred times more in respect to a century ago.…
Physical frailty syndrome: a cacophony of multisystem dysfunction
In the inaugural issue of the journal Nature Aging a research team led by aging expert Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, dean of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, synthesizes converging evidence that the aging-related pathophysiology underpinning the clinical…
Human migration patterns connected to vitamin D deficiencies today
A new study in the Oxford Economic Papers finds that migration flows the last 500 years from high sunlight regions to low sunlight regions influence contemporary health outcomes in destination countries. The researchers here noted that people’s ability to synthesize…
New resource for survivors from NCCN helps guide life after cancer diagnosis and treatment
New NCCN guidelines for patients: Survivorship series provides expert advice to help cancer survivors sustain better health while monitoring for any long-term side effects or recurrences
Risk factors associated with all-cause 30-day mortality in nursing home residents with COVID-19
What The Study Did: In this observational study of 5,256 U.S. nursing home residents with COVID-19, increased age, male sex and impaired cognitive and physical function were independent risk factors for all-cause 30-day mortality. Authors: Orestis A. Panagiotou, M.D., Ph.D.,…
Variation in US hospital mortality rates for patients admitted with COVID-19 during the 1st 6 months of pandemic
What The Study Did: Researchers used data from a large national health insurer in the U.S. to examine whether hospital outcomes for patients with COVID-19 are improving. Authors: David A. Asch, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is…
Light flips genetic switch in bacteria inside transparent worms
Light-controlled genes could reveal how gut bacteria impact health
Scientists pinpoint molecular cause for severe disorder in children
A team of scientists from the University of Ottawa have opened a window into the cause of a rare genetic disorder that causes mortality in young children
Study reveals low risk of COVID-19 infection among patients undergoing head and neck cancer surgery
A recent international observational study provides important data on the safety of head and neck cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings are published early online in CANCER , a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study…
Excess mortality in California during COVID-19 pandemic
What The Study Did: Researchers estimated excess deaths in California between March and August during the COVID-19 pandemic by age, sex, race/ethnicity and educational level. California has a population of more than 39 million, which is about 12% of the…
Finding a personalized approach to treating chronic rejection after lung transplantation
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Two new papers examine the processes of lung scarring and chronic rejection of the organ after transplantation, and potential therapies to stop the graft, or transplanted organ and its tissue, from failing. “Chronic graft failure due…
Study: the pandemic’s impact on lung cancer
A UC study shows that the pandemic negatively affected both preventive screening and patient outcomes
All-cause excess mortality, COVID-19-related mortality among us adults
What The Study Did: Researchers used publicly available data to examine all-cause excess mortality (the gap between observed and expected deaths) and COVID-19-related mortality during the early period of the pandemic among adults ages 25 to 44. Authors: Jeremy Samuel Faust,…