Death rates from chronic conditions like lung disease and cardiovascular disease and so-called “diseases of despair” such as opioid overdoses…
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Kara Keough Bosworth Shares Photo of Baby Vaughn as She Marks 1-Year Anniversary of Son McCoy's Death
Kara Keough Bosworth — who recently welcomed son Vaughn Mack with husband Kyle Bosworth — is reflecting on the couple's "journey from our…
Patients should receive COVID-19 vaccine before surgery to reduce risk of death
Patients waiting for elective surgery should get COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the general population—potentially helping to avoid thousands of post-operative…
Risk of death for men 60% higher than for women in study of 28 countries
A large study of people in 28 countries found men aged 50 and over had a 60% greater risk of…
Long-term stroke death rates are higher among Black Medicare patients
A long-term look at Medicare patients shows that Black patients who have an ischemic stroke (blocked blood flow to the…
Austria withdraws AstraZeneca batch as death probed
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Austria will stop using doses from one batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine while the death of…
After old age, intellectual disability is greatest risk factor for death from COVID-19
Intellectual disability puts individuals at higher risk of dying earlier in life than the general population, for a variety of…
Woman dies from brain haemorrhage in Japan days after vaccine, but link uncertain
FILE PHOTO: A staff member takes out a vial containing water from a pharmaceutical refrigerator during a mock inoculation exercise,…
Higher excess COVID-19 death risk in middle-aged people with type 2 diabetes
A largescale analysis led by the University of Exeter and funded by Diabetes UK, has found a disproportionately higher COVID-19…
People with severe atopic eczema may have increased risk of death from several causes
A new study has shown that, while there is limited evidence for overall increased mortality in patients with atopic eczema,…