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Monday malady

...tudied between 1985 and 1993, and it was found the mortality rate was at pinnacle on Mondays. Deaths of women under 55 with no previous history of heart disease increased considerably on Mondays compared to the daily average. Report author Dr Cheryl Rodrigues said: "The Monday peak in deaths from coronary he...

Less sleep increases mortality rates

...re or less than seven hours a night have increased mortality rates. A study of over one million adults conducted over a six year time period// shows that the old advice that you need eight hours sleep a night might need modifying. Looking at the length of time people sleep and its relationship to life expectan...

New swift therapy limits stroke damage

...s hoped that this advance may turn out to decrease mortality and disability after a stroke....

New viewpoint on Hypertension

...elf - turned out to be a risk factor for increased mortality in this group of patients. This finding could affect the way doctors manage high blood pressure focussing not just on the top or bottom figure but on the difference between them....

Fish Oil Fights Arrhythmias, Sudden Death

...lotting. The new analysis reveals that the lower mortality rate for the n-3 PUFA patients, compared with patients who got a placebo, resulted largely from a 55% reduction in sudden cardiac deaths at 4 months follow-up. The analysis also shows that the lifesaving benefit of n-3 PUFA is likely due to reducing ...

Young women prone to heart attack

...n sex and age has an important effect on long-term mortality rate after myocardial infarction (heart attack)", the authors said. Cardiovascular disease kills more women than all cancers. The early warning signs of heart attack can vary greatly, experts say. While these include such classic symptoms as chest p...

Small aneurysms best left untouched

...would be 30 per cent fewer repairs and a decreased mortality and complication rate....

Mild Depression may guard aged women

...ant clinical intervention. The study participants' mortality rates also were followed over the years. The stud...of depression and seemed to have no effects on the mortality of the study's male subjects. Dr. Dan Blazer, professor of psychiatry, the author of this study, fe...

Putting cancer risk with a vision

...rtain situations, the risks of competing causes of mortality may be greater or competitive with the (disease) y...rs. "A smoker who is 40 years old has an all-cause mortality risk of (a non-smoker) who is 50. It's like they are ten years older."...

Reduction in melanoma death rate

..., in New York, there has been a declining trend in mortality from malignant melanoma, although its frequency ha...300 per cent - from seven to 10 per 100,000. But mortality rates have fallen. For men, five year survival was 60 per cent in 1981, compared to 85 per cent in 1...

Demand for universal flu vaccination

...on in three regions// over two flu seasons reduced mortality from the disease by 40 to 50 per cent. Clearly vaccination can be a life-saver, yet take-up rates are still only around 70 per cent. Dr Poland proposes some changes to make vaccination universal among the over-65s. First, nurses should be able to p...

Heart test may detect death risk

... were higher than five times the upper limit had a mortality risk of 7.5 percent at four months after surgery. This was greater than the 2 % risk for patients who had CK-MB levels one to five times the upper limit and the 1.5 % for patients who had normal CK-MB levels....

Reasons why men die earlier

... together, these findings suggest that male-biased mortality occurs not only as a result of death through risky behavior, but also because males are more susceptible to parasitic diseases." What could make men more prone to infections? Owens believes testosterone may play a key role. The male hormone is well-...

Women's stroke indications vary from men's

...s must be given very rapidly if they are to reduce mortality and disability. US stroke researchers now suggest why there could be a delay in diagnosing stroke among women. The traditional symptoms of stroke include sudden weakness and/or paralysis of one side of the body, balance problems, visual disturbance...

Lead can be fatal

... to investigate the connection of lead exposure to mortality in the general population. Researchers assessed ...creased all-cause, circulatory, and cardiovascular mortality from 1976 through 1992. Thus, we strongly encourage efforts to reduce lead exposure for occupational...

Untreated Scoliosis patients found to lead productive and active lives

...ary to earlier belief that the condition increases mortality rates in general or from cardiac or pulmonary cond...e was no evidence that LIS was linked to increased mortality rates and that only patients with thoracic apices and curves of more than 100 degrees are at increas...

Tea helps protect Heart disease

...he heaviest tea drinkers had a significantly lower mortality rate than non-tea drinkers. However critics argue that people who drink tea might be expected to live healthier lifestyles than people who don't drink tea....

Hope for 11 million children facing death from illnesses

...on to highlighting the urgent need to reduce child mortality the strategy also focuses on adolescents. There are 1.2 billion adolescents world wide who face specific health threats such as HIV/AIDS, tobacco and alcohol use, depression, suicide and violence. The impact of these health problems is dramatic. Each...

Vitamins Harming, not Helping, the Heart

...ple who received the active treatments had a lower mortality rate, decreased risk of cardiovascular death, and ...und vitamin E supplements had no effect on overall mortality or cardiovascular mortality, and they failed to reduce the incidence of stroke. Beta carotene supple...

Preventing Childhood Deaths

...h existing medical treatments. While the childhood mortality rate in these nations has dropped over the past ha...ren in the countries most responsible for the high mortality rates. The investigators say, "Our findings show that about two-thirds of child deaths could be pre...

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