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Cardiac rehabilitation still underutilized despite proven benefits

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal.

23 Nov 2023

Unlocking healthier futures: Estimating life expectancy gains through sustained adoption of healthier diets

A sustained shift toward healthier diets can improve life expectancy.

23 Nov 2023

Breakthrough AI tool PANDA shows promise in early detection of pancreatic cancer using non-contrast CT

A deep learning-based approach to use non-contrast computed tomography (CT) scans for high-accuracy detection and classification of pancreatic lesions.

23 Nov 2023

Exploring the impact of soy isoflavones in prostate cancer therapy

The cellular mechanisms of soy isoflavones, genistein, daidzein, and equol.

23 Nov 2023

Sickle Cell Disease patients and the use of disease-modifying treatments

New disease-modifying treatments (DMTs), namely, crizanlizumab, L-glutamine, and voxelotor, have recently been approved.

23 Nov 2023

Exploring the intersection: Cardiovascular mortality trends among Alzheimer’s patients in the U.S.

Researchers compare the trends in cardiovascular disease-related mortality among patients with Alzheimer’s disease with general United States population.

23 Nov 2023

Optimizing hospital patient safety: Machine learning model enhances early warning system performance

Researchers propose a novel predictive model based on machine learning for the early prediction of adverse events.

23 Nov 2023

New insights into patient-surgeon gender concordance and post-surgical mortality

Death rates after major surgery are similar regardless of whether a male or female surgeon operates on a male or female patient, finds a large US study published by The BMJ today.

22 Nov 2023

Giving iron intravenously before colorectal surgery improves outcomes for patients, study shows

Change in clinical practice would have clear benefits for patients undergoing major bowel surgery, according to analysis conducted by researchers from UCL and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

22 Nov 2023

Gender concordance between patient and surgeon may not affect mortality rates, study finds

New research finds little evidence that post-surgical patient mortality is lower when patient and surgeon are the same gender.

22 Nov 2023

AI model predicts lung cancer risk in never-smokers using routine chest X-rays

Using a routine chest X-ray image, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool can identify non-smokers who are at high risk for lung cancer, according to a study being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

22 Nov 2023

Examining pedestrian injuries in motor vehicle accidents: epidemiology and outcome analysis

Epidemiology of head injuries in pedestrian-motor vehicle accidents.

22 Nov 2023

Sales of respiratory medications key to predicting disease mortality, UK study finds

The value of integrating national longitudinal shopping data into respiratory disease forecasting models.

22 Nov 2023

Long-term acute care hospital closures may have unintended consequences for patient care

Long-term acute care hospitals (LTCHs) are common sites of post-acute care for patients recovering from severe respiratory failure requiring long-term mechanical ventilation.

21 Nov 2023

Heat-related mortality in Europe may have exceeded 70,000 in 2022

The burden of heat-related mortality during the summer of 2022 in Europe may have exceeded 70,000 deaths according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a research centre supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation.

21 Nov 2023

Researchers discover new option to target the metastatic capacity of melanoma cells

As an extremely aggressive form of skin cancer, cutaneous melanoma is still associated with a high mortality rate. Enormous progress has recently been made in the fight against deadly metastasis, but existing therapeutic measures are still not effective in many cases.

21 Nov 2023

Statins may reduce breast cancer mortality rates

The relationship between serological cholesterol levels, statin usage, and breast cancer (BC) mortality.

21 Nov 2023

Experts recommend genomics for tackling antimicrobial resistance, outline key strategies for effective surveillance

The Lancet Microbe article summarizes discussions by the Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug-resistant Infections Consortium on using genomics for antimicrobial resistance surveillance, highlighting its benefits and challenges and providing key recommendations for effective implementation.

20 Nov 2023

C-section overuse in Mexico driven by hospital specializations and obesity

Cesarean section (C-section) procedures have increased dramatically around the world in the recent decades.

20 Nov 2023

Study finds suboptimal follow-up and fall prevention for older adults after fall-related head injury

Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries in the United States for adults ages 65 and older. With 1 in 4 older adults falling annually, 27,000 deaths, 8 million emergency department (ED) visits, and 800,000 hospitalizations have occurred.

20 Nov 2023

Mortality News and Research

Cardiac rehabilitation still underutilized despite proven benefits

Unlocking healthier futures: Estimating life expectancy gains through sustained adoption of healthier diets

Breakthrough AI tool PANDA shows promise in early detection of pancreatic cancer using non-contrast CT

Exploring the impact of soy isoflavones in prostate cancer therapy

Sickle Cell Disease patients and the use of disease-modifying treatments

Exploring the intersection: Cardiovascular mortality trends among Alzheimer’s patients in the U.S.

Optimizing hospital patient safety: Machine learning model enhances early warning system performance

New insights into patient-surgeon gender concordance and post-surgical mortality

Giving iron intravenously before colorectal surgery improves outcomes for patients, study shows

Gender concordance between patient and surgeon may not affect mortality rates, study finds

AI model predicts lung cancer risk in never-smokers using routine chest X-rays

Examining pedestrian injuries in motor vehicle accidents: epidemiology and outcome analysis

Sales of respiratory medications key to predicting disease mortality, UK study finds

Long-term acute care hospital closures may have unintended consequences for patient care

Heat-related mortality in Europe may have exceeded 70,000 in 2022

Researchers discover new option to target the metastatic capacity of melanoma cells

Statins may reduce breast cancer mortality rates

Experts recommend genomics for tackling antimicrobial resistance, outline key strategies for effective surveillance

C-section overuse in Mexico driven by hospital specializations and obesity

Study finds suboptimal follow-up and fall prevention for older adults after fall-related head injury

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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