Study, meta-analysis examine factors associated with death from heatstroke
...severe heat wave struck Europe in 2003, with death toll estimates ranging from 22,000 to more than 70,000, according to background information in the articles. France alone had 14,800 deaths in a nine-day period, one-third of which were caused by heatstroke. Heatstroke is the most severe heat-related illn...UGA study finds that violence costs nation $70 billion annually
...sts provide, at best, an incomplete measure of the toll of violence. Victims of violence are more likely to experience post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and a host of other problems such as substance abuse. There is a huge quality of life component that this research doesnt capture, C...Employers who recognize the impact of migraine may help to improve workplace productivity
Boston, Mass. May 3, 2007 -- Migraines take a toll on employers as well up to $28.7 billion in annual direct and indirect healthcare costs can be attributed to migraine-related losses in productivity. Data presented today at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in Bosto...Cause of gender differences in blood pressure, kidney damage under study
...are of it," she says. When she looks to see the toll all this takes on the kidneys, she finds about a 50 percent increase in the amount of protein excreted in the urine - a sure sign of kidney disease - in the males. She notes that by age 70, the rates of cardiovascular disease and hypertension are s...UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor
...hange to overcoming poverty and the serious health toll taken by dirty fuels especially on women and children and particularly in the home. In doing so, such projects can help towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. "The success of this project should also serve as a catalytic blue...Costs of treating arthritis on the rise nationwide, study finds
...sion," Murphy said. "However, the growing economic toll is a result of the increase in numbers of people a...expenditures and earnings losses." That economic toll threatens to continue to escalate, she said, because the number of arthritis sufferers is projected ...Chronic family turmoil and other problems cause physical changes
...d that the findings suggest that the physiological toll of coping with multiple risk factors is significantly greater than with that of coping with a single event, even if that event was rather severe. "Moreover the burden appears to register in physiological systems that help us regulate our responses to...Report reveals estimated high prevalence and heavy cost of type 2 diabetes complications
...these health problems are taking a heavy financial toll on the United States. In 2006, the nation spent an estimated $22.9 billion on direct medical costs related to diabetes complications.* The new report, titled State of Diabetes Complications in America, also shows that estimated annual healthcare c...March of Dimes, Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute launch prematurity prevention partnership
...em and their families, it can lessen the long-term toll such births take on our communities," said Ruth Ann Shepherd, M.D., FAAP, director, Adult & Child Health Improvement, Kentucky Department for Public Health. "We hope that Kentucky's experience with Healthy Babies Are Worth the Wait will one day help ...Obese patients run higher risk of post-operative complications
...tes that postoperative complications carry a heavy toll on patients' health and on health care costs. The average annual incidence of postoperative complications in the United States, the study says, is 4 percent, or 1.25 million surgical patients, with an average annual cost of $25 billion. Bamgbade al...Undergrad: Mothers in African study undereducated on diarrhea
...th studies major, Mediratta witnessed the terrible toll that diarrheal diseases take among the East African country's children while volunteering at a mission in Addis Ababa and at clinics in the small rural town of Gondar during his sophomore year January intersession. "I was extremely shocked at the s...UCLA expert to discuss medical consequences of meth abuse at AAAS
...t human suffering and taking a tremendous societal toll with a cost of $484 billion per year in the United States alone. And Methamphetamine (MA) abuse is the fastest growing drug abuse problem in the world. Still, effective treatments for MA dependence are lacking. Londons presentation will review the me...Minorities and colorectal cancer screening: Phone them and they will come
...a significant reduction in the human and financial toll taken by colon cancer." From 1992-2001, CRC incidence for black men was 13.2 percent higher than for white men and 21.7 percent greater for black women than for white women. Annual mortality was 34 percent greater for black men than for white men an...Researchers make progress against lung disease attacking women in childbearing years
...t some more lung function. She says it does take a toll on a performer in live musical theater, "I don't have the stamina that I used to. I can't do a lot of running around and singing. I have to think about it before taking on a challenging role. The pace of live theater can be very tiring and draining p...Enhanced depression care may be cost-effective for employers
...of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition to its toll on patients' health and well-being, depression is estimated to cost tens of billions of dollars in the United States each year, according to background information in the article. Most of these costs are associated with reduced productivity at work....Fresh use of targeted therapy advances treatment of early HER2-positive breast cancer
...ase. But in the last decade, breast cancer's death toll has been steadily dropping--the average survival rate five years after treatment is now more than 88 percent, according to American Cancer Society. This can be attributed to improved understanding of the disease that has led to more effective treatme...Health facility births key to substantially reducing maternal mortality worldwide
...grammes to reduce the preventable and unacceptable toll of maternal deaths. There can be no safe future for our species without healthy motherhood." In the final paper of the Series, the authors summarise the action required and state that the new Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, is...Smokers may be at greater risk of HIV infection
...e world living with HIV/AIDS, and the global death toll of deaths related to tobacco is expected to reach 8.4 million in 2020. The authors suggest that as well as encouraging people to give up smoking as an essential public health measure, this may also contribute to the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS prevent...New Orleans 'toxic soup' a less serious problem than initially believed
..., Sept. 11 - Despite the tragic human and economic toll from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita along the Gulf Coast in 2005, the much-discussed "toxic-soup" environmental pollution was nowhere close to being as bad as people thought. That's the bottom-line message from dozens of scientific papers scheduled fo...Bipolar disorder exacts twice depression's toll in workplace
....1 billion annually. Researchers traced the higher toll mostly to bipolar disorder's more severe depressive episodes rather than to its agitated manic periods. The study by Drs. Ronald Kessler, Philip Wang, Harvard University, and colleagues, is among two on mood disorders in the workplace published in th...