Major economic change can lead to an increase in deaths in car accidents
...onomic change: ecological study of traffic related mortality and the reunification of Germany) (Commentary: Road deaths in European countries) (World Bank must do more to develop safe and sustainable transportation systems) Based on the experiences of the reunification of Germany, researchers in this...Climate change will have detrimental effects on health in Europe
..., they say, should be prepared to tackle increased mortality during heatwaves. However one benefit of climate change may be a reduction in excess winter mortality. Kovats et al also report that an increased risk of river flooding in Europe is likely in the future. They say that flooding has long term effect...No health protection from alcohol -- but heavy drinkers face risk of stroke
Alcohol consumption and mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and strok...ers of over 35 units a week had double the risk of mortality (from stroke) compared with non drinkers."...Clues to heart disease seen in cholesterol reactions to stress
...story of heartattack is particularly predictive of mortality among men," Stoney said. In the study, 22 college-aged men with no parental history of heart attack and15 men with one or both parents who had suffered heart attack took a laboratorystress test individually in which they were falsely accused of sho...... the highest," saysDr. Shah. "So the difference in mortality was up nearly 2 deaths per hundredpatients." Access to higher technology equipment at higher volume hospitals did not turnout to be a relevant factor. The principal difference, according to the reportthat was published in the May 27 issue of the New...UI study indicates many older adults still not receiving recommended vaccinations
... side effects. Flu shots among the elderlydecrease mortality by about two-thirds if an older person does get the flu. Theflu vaccine is recommended yearly and for those who get it every year there iseven greater efficacy, because the body has built up antibodies to a panel offlu viruses. He added that the pneu...Federal agencies report on nation's children
...communicate. Infant, child, and adolescent mortality have declined, noted EdwardSondik, Ph.D, Director ...r for Health Statistics. "The findings on mortality represent a true success story," Dr. Sondiksaid. "Fewer children die during infancy and the mortali...Heart failure deaths reduced by 30 percent
...ere researchers observed asubstantial reduction in mortality for a disease that, in the United Statesalone, aff... and aldosterone hasbeen associated with increased mortality in heart failure patients." RALES Study Results The RALES study, conducted in 15 countries, was a ...For-profit hospital ownership means higher costs, Dartmouth-VA study finds
...l affiliation,multi-hospital system membership and mortality rates. Total per capita Medicare spending in 208 stable for-profit hospital areas thatremained under for-profit ownership over the study period was greater than inthe 2,860 stable not-for-profit areas, the researchers found. The absolutedifference ...Among Puerto Ricans, immigrant status overrated as barrier to adequate prenatal care
...ality," says Oropesa. "Indeed, the baseline infant mortality rate for PuertoRican infants stood at 12.9 per 1,000 births, compared to 10.1. for the U.S.population as a whole in 1984." Landale notes, "Approximately 56 percent of our respondents indicatedthey had received adequate prenatal care; 25 perc...Cedars-Sinai reports excellent outcomes for its cardiac surgery division
... July 19,1999 issue, took into account reputation, mortality rates, membership in theCouncil of Teaching Hospitals, availability of key technologies, surgicalvolume, the hospital-wide ratio of nurses to beds, and whether a medical centeroffers a trauma center. Cedars-Sinai's program ranked 12th in the nation a...Physical fitness isn't the only activity to help prolong survival in older people
...tness activities in lowering the risk of all cause mortality in older people, claim researchers in this week's BMJ. Professor Thomas Glass, from Harvard University School of Public Health along with colleagues from Chicago and Conneticut, found that activities that required less physical exertion may complemen...New studies of a liquid of life -- Lung surfactant
...ctant replacement therapy has been shown to reduce mortality ratesby 30 to 50 percent for infants with neonatal...drome.And, 80 percent of the decline in the infant mortality rate in the United Statesbetween 1989 and 1990 (the year in which surfactant therapy was introduced...Heart failure deaths reduced by 30 percent with new drug regimen
...ere researchers observed asubstantial reduction in mortality for at disease that, in the U.S. aloneaffects as m... and aldosterone hasbeen associated with increased mortality in heart failure patients. RALES Study Results The RALES study, conducted in 15 countries, was a m...Hard liquor, not beer or wine, may explain trends in cirrhosis mortality
...g been associatedwith heavy drinking, US cirrhosis mortality trends have not always correspondedwell with the n...ent issue of the British Medical Journal.Cirrhosis mortality in the United States experienced a long-term increase afterWorld War II, peaked in 1973, then steadi...Lower death rate in Oregon hospitals linked to better care
...earchersfinds that the recent decrease in hospital mortality rates for Oregon heartfailure patients is likely d...r variables thatcould have attributed to declining mortality rates." During this same time period, other trends have also been noted, such asdecreasing length of...Cautious evidence of third generation pill link to increase in thromboembolism
Admission for and mortality from primary venous thromboembolism in women of fertile age in Denmark, 1977-95 The third generation oral contraceptive controversy Researchers from Denmark in this week's BMJ report the findings of their study which show an increase in admiss...Keep taking the medicine, diabetes research warns
...n hospital than those continuing treatment and the mortality rate among 'discontinuers' was almost 3 times higher than among those remaining on their treatment (a 2.9-fold increase). The results of this research underline the importance of the doctorpatient relationship in diabetes care. Successful treatment f...Claims of cardiovascular benefits of HRT may be premature
...ausal hormone replacement therapy on morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease - some indicating an almost fifty per cent risk reduction. The authors say that, based on their findings, reports suggesting beneficial effects of HRT during menopause are likely to have been confounded by the pre-existin...Alcohol researchers confirm molecular culprit of alcohol-induced liver damage
...ugh this cytokine earlier was associated with high mortality fromalcoholic hepatitis and TNF-alpha antibodies have been known to exert aprotective effect on liver cells against alcohol attack. Supported by a grant from the NIAAA, the researchers combined gene knockouttechnology and the enteral feeding techniqu...