News articles tagged with 'death'
Death rates after hospitalisation down for oldest heart failure patients
— 6 Apr 2011 18:10 | HealthDeath rates after hospitalisation for heart failure have dropped for veterans age 80 and older, but rehospitalisations remain frequent, according to a study in the American Heart Association…
Risk of death from opioid overdose related to higher prescription dose
— 6 Apr 2011 16:40 | HealthIn an analysis of opioid prescription patterns and deaths, receiving higher prescribed doses is associated with an increased risk of opioid overdose death, but receiving both as-needed…
'SKIP'-ing splicing forces tumour cells to undergo programmed cell death
— 2 Apr 2011 11:49 | HealthWhen cells find themselves in a tight spot, the cell cycle regulator p21 halts the cell cycle, buying cells time to repair the damage, or if all else fails, to initiate programmed cell…
Screening does not reduce prostate cancer deaths
— 1 Apr 2011 16:18 | HealthScreening does not significantly reduce prostate cancer deaths, but the risk of overdetection and overtreatment is considerable, concludes a 20-year study published on bmj.com today…
Risk of death is high in older adults with sleep apnea and daytime sleepiness
— 1 Apr 2011 16:06 | HealthA study in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that the risk of death is more than two times higher in older adults who have sleep apnea and report struggling with excessive…
US cancer death rates in decline, national report finds
— 1 Apr 2011 15:42 | HealthA report from the nation's leading cancer organisations shows rates of death in the United States from all cancers for men and women continued to decline between 2003 and 2007. The…
Death anxiety prompts people to believe in intelligent design, reject evolution
— 31 Mar 2011 15:21 | HealthResearchers at the University of British Columbia and Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) have found that people's death anxiety can influence them to support theories of intelligent…
Could HIV-infected organs save lives?
— 30 Mar 2011 17:13 | HealthIf Congress reversed its ban on allowing people with HIV to be organ donors after their death, roughly 500 HIV-positive patients with kidney or liver failure each year could get transplants…
Whale and dolphin death toll during Deepwater disaster may have been greatly underestimated
— 30 Mar 2011 17:07 | EnvironmentThe Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 devastated the Gulf of Mexico ecologically and economically. However, a new study published in Conservation Letters reveals that the true impact…
New cancer drug discovered at U-M heads to clinical trials
— 30 Mar 2011 16:55 | HealthResearchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centre have developed a new drug called AT-406 with potential to treat multiple types of cancer…