The extra risk of dying from diabetes has fallen hugely in the UK and Canada since the mid-1990s, according to a new study in the journal Diabetologia. The study shows that the gap in death risk between those with and without diabetes has narrowed substantially...
More...
Offering flu vaccines at elementary schools could expand vaccination rates and reduce costs, according to a new study reported in the scientific journal Vaccine by researchers from UC Davis Health System; the Monroe County, New York, Department of Public Health; University of Rochester Medical...
Food insecurity increases the risk of death among injection drug users living with HIV/AIDS even when they are receiving life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a new study involving Simon Fraser University. The study, recently published in the peer-reviewed science journal...
While global attention has for decades been focused on reducing maternal mortality, population-based data on other causes of death among women of reproductive age has been virtually non-existent. A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that...
A new design of screening could improve ratio between benefit and harms of screening Focusing prostate cancer testing on men at highest risk of developing the disease is likely to improve the ratio between benefits and the harms of screening, suggests a paper published this week on bmj.com...
New research reveals that drinking sugary soft drinks is responsible for close to 180,000 deaths worldwide every year. The finding comes from research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism 2013 Scientific Sessions...
The routine use of steroids to treat tuberculosis may help reduce deaths from all types of the disease, according to a new review of existing research. Each year there are 8.7million cases of TB worldwide, and it causes 1.4million deaths. The most common form of the disease (pulmonary TB)...
I don't know why everybody's reporting on the new cancer rates report that came out yesterday like it isn't totally terrifying. The massive study comes from the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute and the North American...
The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 has been published today by the Lancet. It describes the global distribution and causes of a wide array of major diseases, injuries, and health risk factors. In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of...
i dreamed that one lady who was an advertiser that came to our house to advertise and my best friend (she's really my best friend in real life) died.
so first, this lady knocks on the door, i open it and quickly say for her to go because i wasn't interested in buying her product, then closed...
No matter what climate you live in, you're more likely to die of heart-related issues in the winter, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2012. "This was surprising because climate was thought to be the primary determinant of seasonal...
I hate, hate, HATE, the idea of being trapped in the water upside down. Or down upside. Or whatever side. It's one of the worst deaths I can imagine. Thankfully, if you are a USAF helicopter pilot, there's a way out: More »
Methadone is not a commonly used painkiller - it was prescribed for only 2% of painkiller needs in the United States during 2009. However, the monthly Vital Signs Report from Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which was issued today, showed methadone as being indicated in nearly...
A review published in The Lancet, reveals that careful earthquake preparation helped to lower mortality rates and the burden of injury during the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011. According to the analysis, the emergency health-system response was extremely...
The weight-loss clinics in Southern California who are famous for their 1-800-GET-THIN ads are now famous for something else: wrongful deaths. The surgical centers are under fire for the the death of five patients, and we're betting it won't stop there. More »Post from: Blisstree
More people die per year from hepatitis C than HIV each year in the USA, and the number of people dying from hepatitis C or B occurs disproportionately in middle-aged individuals, researchers from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reported in Annals of Internal Medicine. The...
i am a smoker,i know it is a discusting addiction that will eventually cause me health problems,i only smoke normal cigarettes and only in the garden on my own,no passive smoking involved.i do not drink alcohol at any time,nor will i ever,thats an individuals thing.where as people who drink...
OMG A pastor is telling people how to kill children
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/pastor-corporal-punishment-advice-scrutinized-child-deaths-160004793.html
Well no He's not, there is nothing in the book that can be in the least way misconstrued that a child should be harmed more than a...
New figures released today from the leading charity Cancer Research UK show that cancer is the biggest cause of premature deaths in the UK. The new analysis, based on 2009 registers, shows cancer is responsible for killing 40% of men and women in the UK who die prematurely between the ages of...