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In 1965, Alaska, Rhode Island, Delaware and Pennsylvania Had The Highest Mortality Rates
Feb 7, 2014In 1965, Alaska, Rhode Island, Delaware and Pennsylvania had the highest mortality rates, but by 2004 the highest death rates moved south, researchers say. Andrew Fenelon of Brown University and the Population Council -- a group that ...
Tags: Smoking, Death Rate
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A Pair of Common Tests Might Help Colorectal Cancer Patients
Jan 15, 2014A pair of common tests might help colorectal cancer patients who have undergone surgery remain cancer-free, British researchers say. Both a standard CT scan and a blood test known as CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) improved doctors' ...
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Racial Disparities in Death Risk After Heart Surgery Are Affected by Hospital Quality
Jan 13, 2014Racial disparities in patients' death risk after heart bypass surgery are affected by the quality of the hospital in which the surgery is performed, a large new study suggests. Racial disparities in death rates after bypass surgery are ...
Tags: Racial Disparities, Heart Surgery, Deaths After Heart Surgery
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The U.S. Death Rate From Cancer Declined Steadily Since The Peak of 1991 to 2010
Jan 11, 2014The U.S. death rate from cancer declined steadily since the peak of 1991 to 2010 -- 20 percent for men and women combined, researchers say. American Cancer Society statistics found death rates from 1991 to 2010 declined more than 50 ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Cancer Death Rates, Cancer
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Risk of Death From Hip or Knee-replacement Surgery Has Dropped Substantially
Jan 10, 2014The risk of death from hip- or knee-replacement surgery has dropped substantially in recent years, a large new study finds. Dutch researchers found that since the early 1990s, death rates have fallen by almost two-thirds among Danish ...
Tags: Death Rate, Knee Replacements
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Fenelon Considered Lung Cancer Deaths to Be Indicative of Cigarette Smoking
Jan 2, 2014Between 1965 and 2004, the distribution of states with the highest mortality changed dramatically. In 1965, the states with the highest mortality (Rhode Island, Alaska, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire) were spread across ...
Tags: highest mortality, cigarette smoking, lung cancer deaths
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Stroke Deaths Were Dropping for 100 Years and Have Declined 30 Percent in The Past 11 Year
Jan 2, 2014Stroke deaths in the United States have been dropping for more than 100 years and have declined 30 percent in the past 11 years, a new report reveals. Sometimes called a brain attack, stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability. ...
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Bariatric Surgery Helps Patients Lose Weight and Get Rid of Obesity-Related Diseases
Dec 31, 2013Among different surgical procedures, gastric bypass was more effective for weight loss but was associated with more complications, U.S. researchers say. Su-Hsin Chang of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and ...
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A Large Daily Dose of Vitamin E Might Help Slow Progression of The Memory-Robbing Illness
Dec 30, 2013There might be some good news in the fight against Alzheimer's disease: A new study suggests that a large daily dose of vitamin E might help slow progression of the memory-robbing illness. Alzheimer's patients given a "pharmacological" ...
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The H7N9 Bird Flu Virus Does Not Yet Have The Ability to Easily Infect People
Dec 26, 2013The H7N9 bird flu virus does not yet have the ability to easily infect people, a new study indicates. The findings contradict some previous research suggesting that H7N9 poses an imminent threat of causing a global pandemic. The H7N9 ...
Tags: H7N9 viruses, bird flu virus, infect people
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Weight-Loss Surgery Helps Very Obese Patients Drop Pounds and Improve Their Overall Health
Dec 25, 2013A new review finds that weight-loss surgery helps very obese patients drop pounds and improve their overall health, even if there is some risk for complications. "We've gotten good at doing this," said Dr. Mitchell Roslin, chief of ...
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Cash Cattle Prices Finally Moved Higher This Fall
Dec 16, 2013After overcoming a recession, drought, and liquidation of many herds in the past two years, cash cattle prices finally moved higher this fall. Factors such as small cattle numbers, a favorable demand base, and lower feed prices have sent ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Cattle
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U.S. Public Health Efforts Since The 1970s to Get People to Lower Their Blood Pressure
Dec 10, 2013U.S. public health efforts since the 1970s to get people to lower their blood pressure and quit smoking have helped reduce stroke deaths, researchers say. "The decline in stroke deaths is one of the greatest public health achievements of ...
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Ontario Is Looking to Develop a Province-Wide System to Oversee The Heavy Towing Sector
Dec 4, 2013There’s a patchwork of regulation when it comes to the towing industry— out of Ontario’s 444 municipalities, only a handful have towing regulations and even those are not harmonized and don’t properly regulate ...
Tags: transportation, money
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Tree Nuts Died as a Result of Cancer or Heart
Nov 26, 2013Almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts and pistachios are linked to a 20 percent lower death rate, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dr. Ying Bao of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School ...
