Lung cancer surgery patients have better outcomes at high volume hospitals
...of cancer patients, and this translates into lower mortality rates. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for men and women in the United States. In the year 2001, it is estimated that there will be 169,500 new cases diagnosed and 157,400 deaths....Patent rights stimulate R&D, but fall short in helping poor countries obtain lifesaving drugs
...s half that of the richest. In many countries, the mortality rate of children under five is over 20 percent, whereas in rich countries it is 0.6 percent. The problem is worsening. The AIDS epidemic has taken a toll in sub-Saharan Africa, reducing average life expectancy by over 10 years in some countries. Mult...... has been shown to be highly effective in reducing mortality and improving long-term outcomes for premature and ill newborns. The Dartmouth team found that the regional supply of neonatologists varies dramatically and cannot be explained by the substitution of neonatal mid-level providers or by the proximity o...Practical guidance for treatment of heart failure is launched
...only three beta-blockers have been shown to reduce mortality and hospitalisations in heart failure, while others have been shown to be ineffective. Therefore, the benefits of beta-blockers can not be assumed to be a class effect. The third step in this practical guidance is the addition of second-line therap...Americans leading healthier lives, reducing risk of death from heart disease, UCSF study finds
...els, while reductions in non-heart disease related mortality were attributed to a fall in smoking rates. UCSF researchers analyzed the data of the Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Policy Model, a validated computer simulation model of heart disease among the Americans between the ages of 35 and 84. Using this in...Stanford study investigates treatment cost effectiveness after heart attack
... cardiac death - and looked at the cardiac-related mortality rates for each group. They determined, for example, that 8 percent of patients with poor left ventricular function and 1 percent of patients with more normal left ventricular function had a sudden death within the first year, Sanders said. A comp...Study explores the effect of temperature on mortality
The relationship between extreme temperature and mortality in the United States varies by location, according... Health. Excessive heat is more likely to increase mortality risk in the North, while excessive cold is more likely to increase mortality risk in the South. The ...Hospitalist care destined to become dominant model of inpatient care in the US, say UCSF researchers
... significant decreases in inpatient and short-term mortality associated with hospitalist care. The researchers noted that these results are insufficient to support an unqualified statement that hospitalists improve quality. They suggest that future studies must use more refined measures of quality. Despite in...Depression raises heart failure rate in elderly women
... depression may reduce the burden of morbidity and mortality due to HF in the elderly and reduce the public health costs associated with HF treatment....Mammography screening-the debate continues
...lsen, and conclude that reduction in breast-cancer mortality is apparent after sufficient time has elapsed-arou...ct. They state that the reduction in breast-cancer mortality is substantial (55%) for women aged 55 years or older at entry to the study who were followed up 8-1...Dartmouth research examines the value of cancer screening
...searchers found. The validity of disease-specific mortality assumes that the cause of death can be accurately ...ount. He and his colleagues compared the two mortality groups in 12 randomized studies of cancer screening for which both disease-specific and all-cause mo...Misclassification of death may influence perceived value of cancer screening
... the National Cancer Institute . Disease-specific mortality is the most widely accepted end point in randomize... Medical Center, and colleagues compared these two mortality end points in 12 randomized studies of cancer screening for which both end points could be determine...Duke researchers identify the mechanisms by which drug combinations kill fungal infections
...ant recipients and is associated with a 50 percent mortality rate. Candida albicans, which can cause thrush, esophagitis or vaginitis, is the most common fungal infection and is common in hospital settings. Heitman said these findings open the door to the clinical use of drug combinations and could lead...Women more likely to get regular cancer screening if primary care is well-organized, study finds
...eening for these diseases has been shown to reduce mortality significantly. Women were more likely to be screened for cancer if they saw specific primary care clinicians on a regular basis, the study found. Although progress has been made in narrowing the gap in screening rates between minority and non-minorit...Medical education lacks emphasis on adverse drug reactions, Georgetown research finds
...review adverse drug reactions during their regular mortality and morbidity conferences. The study also found that while many medical educators were willing to incorporate courses in clinical pharmacology, including the study of adverse drug reactions, into their curricula, they themselves lacked training in th...Childhood stroke deaths drop, but still higher among blacks
...ata from the National Center for Health Statistics mortality database, which compiles death certificate data across the country. They examined childhood stroke deaths in people age 20 and under who died from a stroke, as specified on death certificates, between 1979-98. They found an average of 244 deaths pe...Researchers question conventional wisdom on 'mini-strokes'
... different, both events can be deadly. Short-term mortality rates indicated that 1.3 percent of TIA patients died, as did 2.3 percent of the minor stroke patients. After five years the survival rates were virtually the same for both conditions 57.9 percent of TIA patients and 56.8 percent of those who had a...Emergency hospital team halves cardiac arrest deaths
...al emergency team on reduction of incidence of and mortality from unexpected cardiac arrests in hospital: preliminary study BMJ Volume 324, pp 387-90 Early intervention by a medical emergency team can reduce deaths from unexpected cardiac arrest in hospital by half, finds a study in this weeks BMJ. Researche...Sleep less, live longer? Increased death rate associated with sleeping 8 hours or more
...sociation. Although the data indicated the highest mortality rates with long-duration sleep, the study could no...sional bouts of insomnia did not have an increased mortality rate, but those individuals who took sleeping pills were more likely to die sooner. Insomnia is ...