Cancer Patients From Deprived Areas of South East England Aren't Receiving Optimum Treatment
...rvive. The authors conclude that if reductions in mortality are to be achieved, more effective early diagnostic and referral procedures in primary care in deprived areas are required. They also suggest that hospital mergers and plans of service reconfiguration and bed closures must take into account the cur...Novel Therapy To Treat Lung Cancer Patients Enrolling Patients At UCSF Cancer Center
...imately 70 percent of all lung cancers, theoverall mortality rate for lung cancer patients is unacceptably high, Jablonssays. Because the prognosis for patients with advanced NSCLC remains poor, thedevelopment of new treatments for the disease is highly desirable. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer de...The Health Consequences Of Nuclear Arms Trade In The Subcontinent Should Not Be Overlooked
...urished children in the world and with high infant mortality and a lack of basic facilities for health and education he finds the diversion of scarce economic resources to weapons of mass destruction even more incongruous. Professor Bhutta suggests that the only way to ensure a nuclear conflict between India a...Researchers Begin Drug Trial In Hope Of Finding New Ways To Treat Acute Kidney Failure
...ute kidney failure in animals. "With the mortality rate being anywhere from 25 percent to 50 percentfor individuals who develop acute renal failure, new methods for detecting,preventing and treating acute renal failure must be sought," said Star,associate professor of internal medicine. The ......re released from the hospital. "Given that mortality after acute myocardial infarction is high in theelderly and that beta-blockers reduce mortality in this group, our findingsreveal an ample opportunity to improve the care and outcomes for such pat...Advisory: Researchers Present Work At Annual Meeting
...estigated the association of income inequality and mortality in 282 metropolitan cities in the United States. ...come inequality and low average income, recorded a mortality rate of 139.8 deaths per 100,000 more than areas with low inequality and high average incomes. Lynch...Smoking-Related Deaths On The Rise Among American, French Women
...among women inFrance was relatively low and female mortality accounted for only 3.7 percent ofall tobacco-relat...g continues toattract younger French women, female mortality rates attributable to smoking areprojected to increase 10-fold, according to King. "Increase...Tobacco Will Kill One Third Of Chinese Men
...co hazards in China: 1. Retrospective proportional mortality study of one million deaths) Click below to down...nt (Emerging tobacco hazards in China: 2. Early mortality results from a prospective study) Click below to download PDF document You will require Acrobat Re...Discarded Treatment For Heart Attacks May Yet Prove To Be A Life-Saver
...received therapy to open cloggedblood vessels, the mortality rate was 5.2 percent in the GIK-treated group,compared to 15.2 percent in those who did not receive GIK. Patients were randomized to one of three groups: high-dose or low-doseGIK, or no GIK. There were no significant differences in results o...Forecasting Killer Heat: UD Systems Predict Deadly Weather Worldwide
...ple in certain citiessuch as New York, where total mortality jumped from an average of 490 to anastounding 1,26... implement the Italian system. "Heatwaves increase mortality rates, and they have a tremendous impact on our qualityof life, often affecting physical and mental ......carepatients at major teaching hospitals had lower mortality than those admitted toother hospitals," the author...te. "Compared to for-profit non-teachinghospitals, mortality was 25 percent lower among patients initially treated in amajor teaching hospital." The r......nced colon cancer can expect is a reduction in the mortality rate from 60percent to 50 percent. With this treatment we hope to get that down to 5percent." Van Echo stresses that this is just one of several approaches and thatpeople with recurrent or metastasized cancer should seek out and enroll incli...Study Highlights Flu Risks For Women With Chronic Illness
...cal conditions experiencesubstantial morbidity and mortality from acute cardiopulmonary events duringinfluenza ...rable with previously reported hospitalization and mortality rates inadults older than age 65 who don't have high-risk conditions. Nationwide, efforts to improve...Health And Wealth: Women Are DifferentOr Are They?
...ower the income andeducation level, the higher the mortality rate. But the "rule" didn't seem to apply to wom...hatearlier data doesn't adequately predict women's mortality risks primarilybecause the socioeconomic measures used in those studies were tailored to men'spositi...Low-Tech Treatment Proves A Life-Saver In Research Breakthrough
... from amechanical ventilator has been shown to cut mortality 25 percent among victimsof Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), a devastating, often fatal lungcondition that affects about 150,000 Americans annually. A three-year, nationwide clinical trial of the new ventilator treatment has beenso successf...Tobacco Control Is Global Challenge, WHO Director Says
...ntually be killed by tobacco, she said. "Worldwide mortality from tobacco islikely to rise from about 4 million deaths a year in 1998 to about 10 million ayear in 2030," over 70 percent in the developing world. "By 2020, smoking willcause about one in three of all adult deaths, up from one in six adult deaths...Early Intervention Key To Repairing Hole In Heart Disease
... surgeons are doinga tremendous job. We found zero mortality in roughly 300 consecutive operationsinvolving all of the surgeons at the hospital. That's a pretty impressiverecord."...UI Study Finds Social Support May Increase Longevity Of People With Schizophrenia
...w social factors arerelated to physical health and mortality in individuals with medical conditionssuch as cancer, heart disease or kidney disease," Christensen said. "We decidedto look at this question in terms of a psychiatric population." Christensen developed the idea for the study along with research team...Improved Fitness Lowers Mortality Risk Of Male Heart-Attack Survivors
...rk capacity. Dorn and colleagues assessed mortality rates of all participants untiltheir death, or at three, five, 10, 15 and 19 years after the trial'scompletion. Results showed that at three years, exercisers had approximately a30 percent lower risk of death than non-exercisers, but the benefit did...