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NEWS ABOUT: mortality

mortality stories: 8 news summaries

 Website Predicts 
 Your Odds of Dying 

Risk based on age, gender

Aug 27, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Feeling morbid? A new website will give you your odds of dying in the next year, LiveScience reports. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon came up with DeathRiskRanking.com. Input some basic info—age, gender, place of residence—and the site spits out when and of what you're likely to die. "... More »

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technology • health • public health • death • website • mortality • odds

(Newser) - A few extra pounds can actually be good for you, the Globe and Mail reports. A recent long-term study of Canadian health records shows that people classified as overweight—with a Body Mass Index of 25 to 30—are 17% less likely to die than those with “normal”... More »

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obesity • Body Mass Index • public health • overweight • mortality • longevity • scientific study • BMI • longitudinal study • women's issues

 Low Vitamin D
 Linked to Early Death 

Those lacking 'sunshine vitamin' likely to die earlier of myriad causes

Jun 24, 08 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - People with low levels of vitamin D are more likely to die earlier from a variety of causes than people with normal levels of the so-called "Sunshine Vitamin," according to a new study. The study is the latest to underscore the health benefits of vitamin D—and points... More »

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cancer • health • milk • colon cancer • mortality • osteoporosis • vitamin D • Sunshine vitamin • rickets • rectal cancer

Vitamins Can Kill, Warns
Shocking New Study

'No benefit' found in antioxidants

Apr 16, 08 4:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Antioxidant vitamin supplements do not improve health or prevent disease—and may even cause death, according to new research. In a stunning blow to millions who take vitamins, a review of 67 studies involving 230,000 users showed "no convincing evidence" that antioxidants had any benefit, and linked vitamin... More »

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vitamins • antioxidants • mortality • vitamin E • vitamin A • vitamin C • selenium • free radicals • Biocare • Health Supplements Information Service • beta carotene

FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer

Ruling rejects own panel's advice;
drug now used for lung, colon treatment

Feb 22, 08 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The FDA has approved a drug currently prescribed to treat lung and colon cancer for use on breast cancer patients, the AP reports. The decision defies the advice of the FDA's own advisory panel, which recommended that Avastin not be used to treat breast cancer on the grounds that it... More »

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FDA • breast cancer • lung cancer • colon cancer • Genentech • mortality • tumors • Avastin

Study: Weight Lessens Some Causes of Death

Infections, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's less likely to kill overweight people

Nov 7, 07 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Overweight people are much less likely to die of a plethora of diseases, federal researchers announced today, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, infections, and lung disease. This gives them a lower mortality rate than people of normal weight, despite higher risk of heart disease and diabetes. “If we use... More »

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cancer • obesity • cardiovascular disease • health • heart disease • weight • overweight • mortality

Breast Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop

Cases dipped most dramatically for women over 50

Sep 26, 07 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Breast cancer mortality rates have continued to drop 2% a year, according to the latest statistics from the American Cancer Society.  Diagnoses also fell 3.7% annually, both because fewer women were on hormone therapy which could have triggered more cases and because 2% fewer women were getting mammograms,... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • American Cancer Society • mammogram • diagnosis • mortality

Global Infant Mortality Rate
Lowest in Years

Public-health campaigns trigger
major advances

Sep 13, 07 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Infant mortality rates have dropped to new lows worldwide, according to UNICEF. Vaccination drives, education supporting breastfeeding, and anti-malarial measures helped drive last year's death rate of children under 5 down to 72 per 1,000. It stood at 93 per 1,000 in 1993. "It could be  that... More »

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Africa • health • UNICEF • children • infant mortality • mortality

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