Tag: MORT
Home Discharge Down, Mortality Increased After ICU Stay for Dementia Patients
Seniors with Alzheimer disease and related dementia have lower rates of home discharge and higher mortality
Review IDs Certain Higher Mortality Risks for Patients With Fibromyalgia
Increased risk found for mortality from infections and suicide, while risk for mortality from cancer is reduced
Living in Highly Segregated Neighborhood Tied to Lower Life Expectancy
Association partially mediated by neighborhood-level socioeconomic factors
Healthy Diet Including Whole-Fat Dairy Linked to Lower Mortality
Reduced risk of mortality, CVD for diet high in fruit, vegetables, nuts, legumes, fish, and high-fat dairy
Blood-Based Marker Plus PLCO Risk Model Can ID Lethal Lung Cancer
AUROC estimate of four-marker protein panel plus PLCOm2012 was 0.88 for risk prediction of lung cancer death
Higher Maternal Death Rates Among Black Women Tied to Racism, Sexism, U.N. Says
United Nations Population Fund found Black women more likely than White women to be denied medication or experience physical abuse in health care settings
Coexisting Conditions Impact Survival in Oral Cancer
Survival estimates that exclude the effects of coexisting conditions lead to underestimation, overestimation of survival
1999 to 2020 Saw Rise in Poisoning, Firearm, and Injury Deaths
Authors call the rapid increase in deaths due to unintentional poisonings and firearm homicides a national emergency
Income, Healthy Food Access Linked to Life Expectancy
Life expectancy at birth was lower in high-income/low access, low-income/high-access, and low-income/low-access tracts
Deaths Due to Opioid Toxicity Up in U.S. During COVID-19
Years of life lost due to opioid toxicity plateaued between 2017 and 2019, then increased through 2021
