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Category: mortality

dementia / Health and Medicine / hurricanes / mortality / natural disasters

Death risk rises for older adults with dementia after hurricanes

Older adults with Alzheimer’s or other dementia have a heightened risk of death following exposure to a hurricane, research shows.

dementia / Health and Medicine / hurricanes / mortality / natural disasters

Death risk rises for older adults with dementia after hurricanes

Older adults with Alzheimer’s or other dementia have a heightened risk of death following exposure to a hurricane, research shows.

death / Health and Medicine / mortality / pregnancy

Pregnancy complications tied to death risk even 50 years later

People who have pregnancy complications or deliver preterm may have a higher risk of death decades later, researchers report.

death / Health and Medicine / mortality / pregnancy

Pregnancy complications tied to death risk even 50 years later

People who have pregnancy complications or deliver preterm may have a higher risk of death decades later, researchers report.

COVID-19 / deaths / Health and Medicine / mortality / pregnacy

Deaths during pregnancy, postpartum spiked early in pandemic

Deaths during pregnancy and postpartum increased 35% early in the pandemic. “We suspect these deaths are just the tip of the iceberg…”

dementia / frailty / Health and Medicine / mortality / older adults / surgery

Frailty, dementia boost older adults’ death risk after surgery

Older Americans with frailty or dementia have higher death rates within a year after major surgery, a new study shows.

cancer / death / Health and Medicine / mortality / prison

Incarcerated people have higher risk of cancer death

“Cancer is the leading cause of death among people in prison, accounting for about 30% of all deaths,” says Emily Wang.

aging / Featured / Health and Medicine / machine learning / mortality / sleep

Your ‘sleep age’ may predict your mortality

Sleep age, a projected age that correlates to health based on sleep quality, can predict mortality, say researchers.

Africa / cancer / Health and Medicine / mortality

Cancer cases and deaths in Africa could double by 2040

Westernized lifestyles and dietary changes may partially explain why cancer cases and deaths in Africa are expected to double during the next two decades.

cancer / Health and Medicine / health care costs / mortality / United States

High cost of US cancer care doesn’t lower death rates

The United States spends over $200 billion per year on cancer care, twice as much as the average high-income country. But, are we getting our money’s worth?

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