Medical debt linked to worse health status, increased mortality
Mar 04, 2024
An increase was seen in physically and mentally unhealthy days during past month, years of life lost and age-adjusted all-cause mortality rate.
New cancer diagnosis may up risk for cardiovascular death, morbidity
Mar 15, 2022
The highest cardiovascular risk was seen for patients with genitourinary, gastrointestinal, thoracic, nervous system and hematologic malignancies.
Adherence to Mediterranean lifestyle linked to lower mortality
Aug 29, 2023
Increasing quartiles of MEDLIFE index were associated with reduced hazard ratios for all-cause and cancer mortality.
USPSTF recommends against beta carotene, vitamin E supplements
Jun 21, 2022
No benefit was seen for cardiovascular disease or cancer prevention, and evidence was insufficient for assessing the pros and cons of multivitamins.
2021 to 2022 saw decrease in age-adjusted death rate in US
May 04, 2023
The highest overall death rates were seen for persons aged 85 years and older, non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Natives, non-Hispanic Black or African Americans, and males.
Caregiving linked to lower mortality in postmenopausal eomen
Nov 10, 2023
The inverse association did not differ with caregiving frequency or when stratified by age, race-ethnicity or depressive symptoms.
Daily multivitamin does not cut cancer incidence in older adults
Mar 18, 2022
A same randomized two-by-two factorial trial shows that cocoa extract did not significantly reduce total cardiovascular events in older adults.
US deaths drop in 2022, but still higher than prepandemic levels
Dec 15, 2022
COVID-19 will remain the third-largest killer for 2022, behind heart disease and cancer, even with the reduced numbers.
Muscle strengthening may cut risk for noncommunicable disease
Mar 01, 2022
Muscle-strengthening activities were inversely linked to risks for all-cause mortality and major noncommunicable diseases.
Heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s top list of older adult death causes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 08, 2019
Heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease were the three leading causes of death for those aged 85 or more years in 2017, according to a newly released report from the Centers for Disease Control...