Gender life expectancy gap increased from 2010 to 2021
Nov 13, 2023
The leading contributors to the widening gender life expectancy gap from 2019 to 2021 included COVID-19 and unintentional injuries.
Planetary Health Diet Index linked to lower total, cause-specific mortality
Jun 10, 2024
Reductions seen in death from a variety of causes; PHDI scores were also associated with environmental impact
Modifiable risk factors account for many cancer cases, deaths
Jul 15, 2024
40% of all incident cancer cases, 44% of cancer deaths in those ages 30 years and older are attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors.
WHO: Monkeypox cases may finally be ebbing
Aug 25, 2022
UK health authorities said recently that a decline in new cases in that country may be an early sign the outbreak was starting to slow.
Older age, Black or Hispanic race tied to higher risk for colorectal cancer
Jun 22, 2021
The findings were seen in a large study of veterans undergoing diagnostic colonoscopy.
Sex differences examined for mechanism of migraine-stroke link
Dec 08, 2021
Sex differences in stroke pathophysiology in patients with migraine seem unrelated to the prevalence of conventional cardiovascular risk factors.
Adherence to healthy eating patterns linked to lower mortality risk
Jan 09, 2023
Greater adherence to four healthy eating patterns was linked to a lower risk for total and cause-specific mortality.
Black-white disparities persist for cardiovascular mortality
Aug 03, 2022
Two studies show increased cardiovascular mortality for Black versus white adults in a nationwide analysis and the MESA sample.
Nine monkeypox cases confirmed in United States
May 27, 2022
The CDC is working to learn how each of the nine patients contracted the virus.
Cerebral venous sinus rhrombosis rate up after Ad26.COV2.S shot
Nov 01, 2021
The postvaccination CVST rate was 5.1-fold higher among women compared with the pre-COVID-19 pandemic rate. Ad26.COV2.S is the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
