Up to 30 percent of CVD mortality attributable to excess salt intake
Mar 29, 2024
The population-attributable risk estimates suggest that sodium above the recommended intake is linked to 10 to 30% of CVD mortality.
Frailty-related fracture risk higher for seniors with cancer history
Nov 03, 2022
Cancer survivors who received chemotherapy are more likely to have fracture; the link were stronger within five years of diagnosis.
No permanent lung damage observed after COVID-19 recovery
Aug 23, 2021
No difference was seen between lung parenchyma of COVID-19 survivors and controls in specimens from unrelated elective lung resections.
Low exercise may amplify link between poor sleep, mortality risk
Jun 30, 2021
The highest risks for all-cause, total CVD, total cancer, lung cancer mortality were seen in the no moderate-to-vigorous physical activity/poor sleep group.
Low prostate cancer-specific mortality seen for men with localized disease
Mar 13, 2023
Prostate cancer-specific mortality was low for men randomly assigned to active monitoring, prostatectomy or radiotherapy.
Cancer risk lower with less meat consumption
Mar 08, 2022
The risk was 10% lower among fish eaters and 14% lower among vegetarians versus those eating meat more than five times per week.
Physicians only recognize one in five cases of unintentional weight loss
May 16, 2023
In older patients, unintentional weight loss was both more common and more likely to be recognized.
Adjuvant therapy recommendations for breast cancer drop between ages 69 and 70
Feb 03, 2023
The year-over-year age difference was an independent predictor for adjuvant radiation and endocrine therapy recommendations at age 70 versus 69 years.
3 percent of U.S. cancer cases attributable to physical inactivity
Oct 22, 2021
The population-attributable fraction varied from 3.9% for urinary bladder cancer to 16.9% for stomach cancer.
1975 to 2019 saw 58 percent decrease in breast cancer mortality
Jan 16, 2024
Of the reduction, 29% was due to treatment of metastatic breast cancer and 25% was due to mammography screening.