Tag: MORT
Gains in Colorectal Cancer Outcomes Slowing, Reversing
Since ~2010, declines in diagnoses and deaths among adults in their 50s and 60s have slowed
Alcohol Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Mortality in Women With Obesity
Possible higher risk of recurrence in association with drinking seen for women with lower body mass index
Adjustment for Risk Factors Cuts Black-White CVD Mortality Disparity
Hazard ratio for CVD mortality for Blacks versus Whites no longer significant after adjustment for social risk factors
Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Dropped From 1990 to 2019
Half of all CHD deaths could have been prevented with elimination of smoking, alcohol, and obesity
Step Count Inversely Linked to All-Cause, Cardiovascular Mortality
Higher quartiles of steps were associated with lower risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality
Cardiac Troponin I Concentration May Predict Mortality
Independent association seen in unselected cohort in whom cTnI was measured, regardless of clinical indication for testing
Mortality Rates High for People Successfully Treated for Hep C
All-cause mortality considerably higher across all disease severity groups than for the general population
Black Survivors of Second Primary Cancers Face Higher Risk for Death
Black patients with second primary cancers had highest risk for both cancer-related and cardiovascular disease-related deaths
Thymectomy in Adults Linked to All-Cause Mortality, Cancer
Increased risk for autoimmune disease seen when patients with preoperative infection, cancer, autoimmune disease were excluded
Illicit Drug Use Seen in One-Third of Sudden Cardiac Deaths in Younger Adults
Cannabis most common illicit drug, but polysubstance use also common