Carpal tunnel syndrome tied to increased incidence of heart failure
Jul 14, 2023
A significant association was similar for women and men and was seen for patients aged 61 to 70 years and 70 years and older.
Living alone tied to higher risk for cancer death
Nov 02, 2023
The findings persist for men, women, white adults and those with college education when fully adjusting for other factors.
Cardiorespiratory fitness tied to reduced cancer incidence, mortality in men
Jul 03, 2023
Moderate and high cardiorespiratory fitness was linked to lower colon cancer incidence; low, moderate and high CRF was linked to lower prostate cancer mortality.
Meta-analysis: Smoking linked to increased fracture risk for men
Jun 14, 2022
Increased risk was seen using the frequentist approach and Bayesian approach; a significant association also was seen in subgroup analyses.
COVID-19 death rate increased with age, was higher for men
Oct 24, 2022
Overall, 38.9% of COVID-19 deaths among adults aged 85 years and older occurred in a nursing home or long-term care facility, compared with 19.2 and 9.7% among those aged 75 to 84 and 65 to 74 years, respectively.
Hip fracture risk higher among vegetarians versus regular meat eaters
Aug 08, 2023
The association was partly explained by their lower body mass index.
Cholesterol concentrations improved in U.S. adults from 2007 to 2018
Aug 26, 2022
Among adults taking statins, the rates of lipid control were lower for women versus men, Blacks and other Hispanics versus whites.
For many, myocarditis risk higher after SARS-CoV-2 infection than vaccination
Aug 23, 2022
But the myocarditis risk was higher after vaccination for men younger than age 40 years, particularly after the second dose of mRNA-1273.
Trends in genitourinary cancers examined in the United States
Dec 21, 2022
“The continued increase in both the incidence, and the percentage of men presenting with regional and advanced disease prostate cancer is quite concerning,” a coauthor said in a statement.
Study IDs proportion of dementia cases attributable to known risk factors
Jan 19, 2024
The population-attributable fraction for nongenetic risk factors combined is similar for men and women, but it varies across racial and ethnic groups.