New measure of biological age can predict health risks
Credit: Gunilla Sonnebring People age in different ways. Biological age is a metric that scientists use to predict health risks, ...
Tag: Mortality/Longevity
Gaps in cure rate appear linked to race and insurance status for common HPV-related cancer
New study in JNCCN points to need for greater efforts to reduce racial disparities in cancer survival and increase access ...
Study links three key variables to higher rural mortality rates in US
Credit: Health Affairs Since the 1980s, the all-cause mortality rate in the U.S for rural residents has exceeded that of ...
Medicaid expansion slashed uninsured rates in Diabetes Belt, study finds
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Medicaid expansion dramatically reduced the numbers of low-income residents without insurance in the Diabetes ...
Study links high stillbirth rates worldwide to gender inequality
Credit: Daniel Hallen for The University of Saskatchewan. In the first comprehensive study mapping global patterns of stillbirth rates, University ...
HIV outcomes improved by state-purchased insurance plans, study finds
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Health insurance purchased by state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs for people living with HIV ...
Cycling to work? You may live longer
Credit: University of Otago People who cycle to work have a lower risk of dying, a New Zealand study has ...
More than 40% of status epilepticus patients suffer adverse outcomes
Mortality risk can be estimated already in the emergency roomCredit: Reetta Kälviäinen A new study published in Seizure gives insight ...
Potential way to halt blinding macular degeneration identified
Scientists find unexpected connection between 2 main forms of AMDCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Researchers have successfully treated age-related ...
Statistics conference to mark eminent statistician’s 70th birthday
Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster University is to host a conference in honour of the 70th birthday of Distinguished Professor Peter ...
MDI Biological Laboratory will use new animal model to study aging
Grant will support addition of African turquoise killifish to model animal rosterCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — The ...
Hospital critical care resuscitation unit improves patients’ chances of survival
Critically ill patients transferred to specialized resuscitation unit had better outcomes than those transferred directly to a traditional intensive care ...
Lonely in a crowd: Overcoming loneliness with acceptance and wisdom
Study looked at characteristics of loneliness in a senior housing community and the strategies residents used to overcome itCredit: Erik ...
Kangaroo mother care reduces infant mortality
When newborn babies with low birth weight are held close to their mother's bodies throughout the day, their chance of ...
The nation’s leading prostate cancer nonprofit responds to 2020 Cancer Facts and Figures
2020 prostate cancer death tolls to be highest in two decadesCredit: ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer/Mariano LIm WASHINGTON, ...
MDI biological scientists identify pathways that extend lifespan by 500%
Discovery of cellular mechanisms could open door to more effective anti-aging therapiesCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — Scientists ...
Study of cardiac muscles in flies might help you keep your heart young
Credit: Hua Bai AMES, Iowa - Researchers may have discovered a way to turn back the clock on aging heart ...
Shutdown of coal-fired plants in US saves lives and improves crop yields
Between 2005 and 2016, the shift away from coal saved an estimated 26,610 lives and 570 million bushels of cropsCredit: ...
Transcendental Meditation prevents abnormal enlargement of the heart, reduces chronic heart failure
Credit: Maharishi International University A randomized controlled study recently published in Ethnicity & Disease in their Autumn 2019 Hypertension issue ...
Is targeting aging the future of medicine? Researchers make the case
Credit: The Gerontological Society of America Human life expectancy worldwide rose dramatically over the past century, but people's health spans ...