Dying in Medical News

With a Broken Hip Comes Higher Risk for Dying

Expert warns that consequences of osteoporosis go far beyond weak bones,, TUESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Older people who break a hip have nearly a 25 percent chance of dying in the next five years, a Canadian study has found. The five-year death rate for those who have a spina...

Community Hospitals: Dying Breed or Community Cornerstone?

ATLANTA, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- In the widespread discussion of universal health insurance and soaring medical costs, one of America's most cherished traditions -- the hometown community hospital -- has been largely forgotten. Many analysts suggest that small community hospitals are...

National Survey: Americans Fear Paying for Cancer Treatment As Much As Dying of the Disease

WASHINGTON, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Community Oncology Alliance (COA) announced results of a national survey that reveals the inability to pay for cancer care is among Americans' top fears about the disease. Seven out of ten report being very concerned about paying for cancer treatment if they ...

Fewer Dying Now From Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Researchers credit better postoperative care for the improvement MONDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- In recent decades, long-term survival of patients who have surgery to repair intact abdominal aortic aneurysms has improved, a new study from Sweden finds. The researchers also found...

Schizophrenia Linked to Higher Risk of Dying From Cancer

Study finds lung and breast cancer rates especially elevated TUESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer is the second leading cause of death for people with schizophrenia, a new French study reports. Researchers from the University of Reims in France found that people with schizoph...

Study Finds that Dying Patients and Families Suffer from Lack of Continuity of Physician Care

NHPCO Stresses the Importance of Continued Involvement between Hospice Providers and Patient's Primary Physicians ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a study published in the March 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers found that patients and families can...

New Study Reveals Swimming Can Cut Men's Risk of Dying in Half

Research shows swimming may be the prescription for longevity COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study shows that swimming cuts men's risk of dying by about 50% compared to runners, walkers and sedentary peers. The University of South Carolina study led by Dr. Steven Blai...

Old-Growth Forests Dying Off in U.S. West

Tree deaths have doubled, and global warming may be the cause, experts say THURSDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Trees in old-growth forests in the Western United States are dying at twice the rate they were a few decades ago, and experts suspect regional warming is to blame. The re...

Hispanic Workers Dying at Higher Rates Than Others

Language, literacy barriers cited, particularly in construction jobs, CDC reports THURSDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Hispanic workers face a greater risk of dying from work-related injuries, with one in three deaths occurring in the construction industry, U.S. health officials said T...

Award Winning Vanity Fair Contributing Editor Judy Bachrach Launches 'TheCheckoutLine.org - An Advice Column on Dying Well'

WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- (ZealousPR) Award-winning Vanity Fair writer and hospice volunteer, Judy Bachrach, announced the May 21st launch of her tri-weekly "advice column on dying well," http://www.TheCheckoutLine.org -- the first online advice column for the dying and those who ca...

FDA Says, 'Wait' To Dying Men; Coast-To-Coast Prostate Cancer Demonstrations on May 30th in Protest of FDA Failure to Approve Safe, Effective Immunotherapy

DUBLIN, Ohio, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 30, 2008, CareToLive will take to the streets with coast-to-coast protests in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Madison, Atlanta, Seattle, Dearborn, and Tampa. Joining us will be the Cancer Cure Coalition, the Abigail Alliance, A Right To L...

Too many women still dying from breast cancer, says charity

Thousands of women die from breast cancer each year because current treatments are not always effective and in some cases fail to stem the disease, warns Breast Cancer Campaign today. In a comprehensive review of breast cancer research published today, 56 of the UKs most influential breast canc...

Deep Sedation Becoming More Common for Dying Patients in Holland

Study doesn't make clear if practice is being carried out in lieu of euthanasia FRIDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Continuous deep sedation is becoming more common than euthanasia in the Netherlands when treating terminally ill patients who are nearing death, Dutch researchers report...

Morphine: a comfort measure for the dying or pain control for the living?

Cancer patients are suffering unnecessarily because they wrongly believe that morphine and other opioids are only used as comfort for the dying and as a last resort rather than seeing them as legitimate pain killers that can improve their quality of life. In a study published online today (Tues...

More Black Children Dying From Diabetes

Trend has been accelerating, U.S. figures show THURSDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Black children with diabetes face a death rate twice as high as that for white children, new U.S. government research shows. While this racial disparity has been evident for more than two decades, t...

Finding Grace on a Less Traveled Road: A Cancer Doctor Reflects on Living and Dying

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- How should we live, and how should we die? Finding grace in life and death is an eternal quest for us all. Finding Grace on a Less Traveled Road is both an autobiography, and a biography. It is a book that takes the reader on a journey through the life...

Mental Skills Can Decline Years Before Dying

Study of seniors found it's not all part of normal aging process WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- In their golden years, men and women who remain free of dementia will nonetheless undergo an accelerated drop in key mental skills as much as 15 years before their death, a new study...

Mourning Death of Loved One Raises Your Risk of Dying

First month after loss is most vulnerable time, review shows FRIDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The grieving that follows a loved one's death can increase your risk of death, from suicide as well as other causes, a new review shows. The most vulnerable period was the first 30 days f...

The Long Wait ... Dying for Lack of Kidneys

It was hardly surprising when a Dutch TV network decided to brave a Europe-wide storm of controversy this month and air a TV reality show featuring a dying woman offering her kidney for transplant . From Chile to China, tens of thousands of kidney sufferers pinning their hopes on donated organs fac...

Significant Rise in Proportion of Chronically Ill Children Dying in Intensive Care

The proportion of chronically ill young children dying in intensive care after being admitted to other hospital wards has steadily risen year on year since the end of the 1990s,// reveals a study in the Journal of Medical Ethics. The researchers analysed the records of one large children’s h...

No Dying in Peace for Woman Prescribed Medical Pot

Angel Raich describes herself as a ‘dead man walking’. The 41-year mother of two has been informed of possible prosecution// by the U.S federal government for breaching federal drug laws, by the possession and usage of drugs. Suffering from scoliosis, brain tumor and other ailments, Raich has ...

Positively Charged Nurses, Best in Nursing Dying Children

Nurses endowed with high levels of positive attitude are happy and confident in caring for dying children and their families//. Researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia conducted a survey of several hundreds of pediatric nurses. The findings of the survey showed that, nurses who were ...

Hundreds dying in northeast from AIDS

A large number of people in India's northeast living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are struggling for survival. Hundreds are dying// with no access to treatment. "People are dying regularly and suffering a lot, unable to access Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) because such medicines are ...

Study finds Unmarried Or Single Persons Stand The Risk Of Dying Early

New research has found that people who are unmarried have a considerably higher risk of dying early, even though they tend to exercise regularly//, and may not be overweight especially later on in their life. The study conducted by the scientists, Robert Kaplan and Richard Kronick, of the Uni...

Smoking a Cigar increases risk of dying by heart diseases and lung cancer

Researchers have found that smoking increased the risk of death from coronary heart disease and lung cancer. Women smokers are highly vulnerable to heart disease and lung cancer compared to men smokers and non-smokers. // The study, which was published in the British Medical Journal, has found...

A Call To Open Up The Channel Of Goodwill To Rescue The Dying Hearts

The plight of poor children with congenital heart diseases (CHD) here moved NRIs into donating// $200,000 at a fund-raiser dinner held in the US by a non-profit organization. About 40-50 NRIs have offered to sponsor a child each. Some of them are keen to sponsor a child or two every year Accor...

Individuals With Metabolic Syndrome At Risk of Dying From Heart Disease

New research reveals why certain people are at an increased risk of dying from heart disease. The study shows individuals who have // three or more traits of metabolic syndrome have a 3.5-times higher risk of dying from a heart problem. Metabolic syndrome is a group of metabolic risk factors inc...

Patients with testicular cancer dying through unfamiliarity

According to researchers, young men are putting their lives at risk because they fail to examine their testicles for signs of tumors and are embarrassed to consult their general practitioner if they feel a lump. //Authors from the Texas base their argument on a case study involving a young man who...

Painkillers Do Not Shorten Dying Patients' Lives

According to some British researhers increasing doses of painkillers to ease the agony of terminally ill patients does not shorten their lives.Some health professionals have criticized the practice, comparing it to euthanasia, but doctors at St Christopher's Hospice in London claim patients receivi...

Unfolded Proteins May Protect Cells from Dying

When cells get stressed, their proteins go unfolded. It's a reaction with a straightforward name: the unfolded protein response. // Now, new research from Rockefeller University shows that this phenomenon actually serves a protective role; rather than a sign that the cell has given up, it ma...

Patients with long ICU stay may be at risk from dying

A new study by researchers of St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, had found that long term stay in the intensive care unit //of the hospital after cardiac surgery can increase the mortality rate of the patients. The researchers had looked into the medical history of 89 patients who had undergone var...

Mammograms Reduce Risk of Dying

A new research indicates that Women who get regular mammograms could reduce their risk of dying from breast cancer considerably. Mammography is accepted by the scientific and medical community as a benefit to women. However some express doubts about its value. Studies conducted during the 70's and ...

Delays in UK child brain tumor diagnosis

...utive of the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, Paul Carbury said: "A quarter of all childhood cancers now occur in the brain and more children are dying of brain tumours than any other cancer. We are concerned that children in the UK are being short-changed by delays in diagnosis, which are leading to...

Electronic Health Records Help Cardiac Patients Remain Healthy

... management of adverse events. The program also achieved these previous reported results: Patients have an 88 percent reduced risk of dying of a cardiac-related cause when enrolled within 90 days of a heart attack, compared to those not in the program; The number of patients meeting...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit for Tyler R. Hill Against Ambassadors Group, docleaf, et al., Officially Settled

...student ambassador leader on a trip to New Zealand where another student died. The Hills were not informed of her prior safety record. While Tyler was dying in the hospital, Aberle and Hanson went through Tyler's personal belongings and took photographs of his medications and insulin. All four leaders had ...

Hospice Care Eases the End for Loyal Pets

... sitting on 20 acres, serves as the nonprofit's business office and inpatient-care unit for families who can't physically or financially tend to their dying pets at home. People often rush to euthanize their animals after receiving a terminal diagnosis then feel like they "executed" their best friend, M...

Young Vets With PTSD More Prone to Heart Risk Factors

...s studies have found that those with PTSD, a common mental health problem among veterans who have seen combat, are at increased risk of developing and dying from cardiovascular disease, risk factors for heart attack and stroke have not been evaluated in this group, said Dr. Beth E. Cohen, an assistant prof...

Elder Abuse, Neglect Make Early Death Far More Likely

... In addition, elderly people who are abused physically, emotionally, financially or through withdrawal of care don't fare much better. Their risk for dying more than doubles, the researchers report. "Elder self-neglect and abuse really have severe consequences," said study author Dr. XinQi Dong, an ass...

Tennessee's New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery Launches Comprehensive Website Reaching out to Sufferers of Morbid Obesity

.... “You can cure diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, reflux, osteoarthritis – patients live longer, they have a decreased chance of dying from cancer… there’s nothing more powerful in medicine.” About the New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery The New Life Center f...

Boehringer Ingelheim to Commence Phase III Study Investigating the Role of BIBW 2992 as First-Line Treatment for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients with EGFR Mutations

...s more people than any other cancer.( )In 2008, approximately 1.52 million new cases of lung cancer were diagnosed worldwide, with 1.31 million people dying from the disease.( )In the United States, an estimated 161,840 deaths, accounting for 29 percent of all cancer deaths, occurred in 2008, according to...