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New report shows 6.6 million children under 5 died in 2012

In 2012, approximately 6.6 million children worldwide - 18 000 children per day - died before reaching their fifth birthday, according to a new report released today by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. This is roughly half the number of under-fives who died in 1990, when more than 12 million children died.

13 Sep 2013

Safety measures intended to improve bariatric surgery outcomes may impede obese minorities' access to care

Safety measures intended to improve bariatric surgery outcomes may impede obese minorities' access to care. This is according to a new research letter published online in the September 12 issue of JAMA which compares rates of bariatric (weight-loss) surgery for minority Medicare vs. non-Medicare patients before and after implementation of a Medicare coverage policy.

13 Sep 2013

TreatFOOD research project develops food supplements to relieve malnutrition

Thirty-three million children worldwide suffer from moderate acute malnutrition. It affects human development and generally, increases susceptibility to illness. Unfortunately, the nutritional supplements and aid that these children may receive today is based upon dated standards developed for adults or otherwise intended for children with severe acute nutrition.

13 Sep 2013

Researchers find whether natural food has potential for preventing breast cancer in women

Women who have a higher-than-average risk of developing breast cancer may be concerned about taking cancer prevention drugs because of some of the associated side effects. Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine are conducting a study to find out whether flaxseed, a natural food, has the potential to be a safe and effective alternative for preventing breast cancer in women.

12 Sep 2013

Study shows anorexia linked to how cholesterol processes

The largest DNA-sequencing study of anorexia nervosa has linked the eating disorder to variants in a gene coding for an enzyme that regulates cholesterol metabolism. The finding suggests that anorexia could be caused in part by a disruption in the normal processing of cholesterol, which may disrupt mood and eating behavior.

12 Sep 2013

Mount Sinai physician-scientists join DILIN to help find causes, diagnostics for drug-induced liver injury

In an effort to better understand and develop prevention strategies for drug-induced liver injury, physician-scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have joined the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network, a National Institutes of Health-funded consortium of only six academic medical centers in the United States.

12 Sep 2013

Higher death rates in centers treating more minority patients may be due to financial strains

Nearly 80 percent of trauma centers in the United States that serve predominantly minority patients have higher-than-expected death rates, according to new Johns Hopkins research.

12 Sep 2013

Study finds low doses of vancomycin to be effective in treating serious C-difficile infection

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) treatment in a hospital setting using low dose oral vancomycin showed similar effectiveness compared to high dose, according to a new study by researchers at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

12 Sep 2013

CPT-F antibiotic drug may hold promise for treating potentially fatal MRSA pneumonia

A drug approved just two years ago for treating bacterial infections may hold promise for treating the potentially fatal MRSA pneumonia, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.

12 Sep 2013

Kiadis five-year follow-up phase I/II clinical study confirms long-term safety, efficacy of ATIR

Kiadis Pharma B.V., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for blood cancers, announced today that the five-year follow-up of patients with high-risk malignancies from its Phase I/II clinical study confirms long-term safety and efficacy of ATIR™ over a broad dose range.

12 Sep 2013

Financial incentives on hypertension care shows increased blood pressure control

In an examination of the effect of financial incentives on hypertension care at 12 outpatient clinics, physician-level (individual) financial incentives, but not practice-level or combined incentives, resulted in greater blood pressure control or appropriate response to uncontrolled blood pressure, according to a study in the September 11 issue of JAMA.

11 Sep 2013

Study: Racial/ethnic differences in inpatient mortality and postacute care following SAH

University of Toronto researchers examined data on patients who had been hospitalized in the United States for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and found racial/ethnic differences in the rates of inpatient mortality and hospital discharge to institutional care.

11 Sep 2013

Large numbers of kidney disease patients inappropriately prescribed statins to lower cholesterol

A new analysis concludes that large numbers of patients in advanced stages of kidney disease are inappropriately being prescribed statins to lower their cholesterol - drugs that offer them no benefit and may increase other health risks such as diabetes, dementia or muscle pain.

11 Sep 2013

New strategy to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections

Simply replacing the connector in the IV system in patients with central lines could help reduce deadly bloodstream infections, researchers at Georgia Regents University have found.

11 Sep 2013

Experts to gather in Uganda to recognize advancements made in prevention, treatment of fistula

Government officials, representatives of nongovernmental organizations, doctors, and health care providers from around the world will gather in Uganda this week to recognize the advancements made in the prevention and treatment of fistula, a devastating childbirth injury.

10 Sep 2013

Findings could lead to improvements in pneumonia care, outcomes for patients

An electronic decision support tool helped to reduce deaths from pneumonia in four hospital emergency departments in a new study.

10 Sep 2013

DO-HEALTH study aims to provide evidence for strategies that prevent chronic disease in seniors

Europe's largest healthy ageing study - DO-HEALTH - which aims to provide evidence for the safety of three simple preventive interventions: vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids and a simple home exercise programme, has recruited 532 of its target 2,000 seniors.

10 Sep 2013

Mortality News and Research

New report shows 6.6 million children under 5 died in 2012

Safety measures intended to improve bariatric surgery outcomes may impede obese minorities' access to care

TreatFOOD research project develops food supplements to relieve malnutrition

Researchers find whether natural food has potential for preventing breast cancer in women

Study shows anorexia linked to how cholesterol processes

Mount Sinai physician-scientists join DILIN to help find causes, diagnostics for drug-induced liver injury

Higher death rates in centers treating more minority patients may be due to financial strains

Study finds low doses of vancomycin to be effective in treating serious C-difficile infection

CPT-F antibiotic drug may hold promise for treating potentially fatal MRSA pneumonia

Kiadis five-year follow-up phase I/II clinical study confirms long-term safety, efficacy of ATIR

Financial incentives on hypertension care shows increased blood pressure control

Study: Racial/ethnic differences in inpatient mortality and postacute care following SAH

Large numbers of kidney disease patients inappropriately prescribed statins to lower cholesterol

New strategy to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections

Experts to gather in Uganda to recognize advancements made in prevention, treatment of fistula

Findings could lead to improvements in pneumonia care, outcomes for patients

DO-HEALTH study aims to provide evidence for strategies that prevent chronic disease in seniors

Researchers develop TSUNAMI method to create animal model of adult-onset version of SMA

Study finds that large differences in lung function worldwide could impact health

Severity of sleep apnoea can independently predict aggressiveness of skin melanoma

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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