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U.S. Overdose Deaths Drop 10% in Early Data
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- October 7, 2024
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In findings that suggest inroads are being made in the battle against America's opioid epidemic, new government data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths.
Could a Cheek Swab Predict When You Might Die?
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- October 1, 2024
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A new test called CheekAge, based on a quick swab of cells in the mouth, might someday be used to predict how long a person has to live, developers report.
The test tracks what are known as epigenetics: The way in which a person's environment or lifestyle affects how the...
U.S. Deaths Declined 6% Last Year, as COVID-19 Slipped to 10th Leading Cause
- Ernie Mundell and Lori Saxena HealthDay Reporters
- August 9, 2024
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A new government report reveals that deaths among Americans decreased by a significant 6.1% between 2022 and 2023.
Much of this was due to COVID-19's ebbing effect on deaths.
During the pandemic, over a mil...
U.S. Deaths Dropped 6% Last Year, as COVID Fell From 3rd to 10th Leading Killer
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- August 8, 2024
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Deaths among Americans dropped by a significant 6.1% between 2022 and 2023, a new government tally finds.
Much of this was due to COVID-19's ebbing effect on deaths.
During the pandemic, over a million Amer...
Unhealthy Microbiome May Raise Death Risk After Organ Transplant
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 10, 2024
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People with an "unhealthy"gut microbiome appear to be more likely to die following an organ transplant, a new study warns.
These gut microbe patterns are specifically associated with deaths from
New ER Program Helped More Patients Get Needed Hospice Care
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- July 9, 2024
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One hospital's push to transition patients who are nearing the end of life from the emergency room to hospice care appears to be working.
After the program went into effect, 54% of ER patients at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston transitioned to hospice care within ...
Climate Change May Be Fueling a Rise in Stroke Deaths
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 11, 2024
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Intense weather fluctuations caused by climate change could be contributing to an increase in stroke deaths, a new study claims.
Freezing cold fronts and broiling heat...
Working-Age Americans Are Dying at Much Higher Rates Than Peers in Other Wealthy Nations
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 22, 2024
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Working stiffs in the United States are dying at higher rates than those in other wealthy nations, a new study finds.
Death rates among working-age Americans are 2.5 times higher than the average of other high-income countries, researchers report in the March 21 issue of...
Smoking Now Fuels More Drug Overdoses than Injecting Does
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- February 16, 2024
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Despite stereotypical images of addicts injecting heroin and then dying, new government research finds that smoking drugs such as fentanyl is now the leading cause of fatal overdoses.
Tummy Tucks, Liposuctions Are Killing Americans Visiting Dominican Republic
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- January 26, 2024
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Too many American tourists looking for cheap cosmetic surgeries alongside their beach time are winding up dead in the Dominican Republic, a new report finds.
Between 2009 and 2022, 93 people -- almost all young or middle-aged women -- have died after undergoing tummy tuc...
How Do Americans Die? New Study Looks at Last Few Years of Life
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- January 25, 2024
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A sampling of the last three years of life spent by people who died in 2018 is giving a picture of what dying looks like in the United States.
The analysis was conducted by a team at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Researchers tracked the end-of-life "trajectories" of ...
Those Who Fear Serious Illness More Likely to Die Sooner: Study
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- December 14, 2023
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Having severe hypochondria can prompt hours of needless worrying, but in an ironic twist new research now shows it could also shorten your life.
New Swedish research found people diagnosed with an excessive fear of serious illness tended to die earlier than people who do...
U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Climbs for First Time in 20 Years
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- November 1, 2023
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Following nearly two decades of decline, U.S. infant death rates edged up by 3% in 2022, new provisional government numbers reveal.
"This was the first year we saw statistically significant increased rates of infant mortality in about 20 years,"said study author
Medical Groups Issue Consensus Definition of Brain Death
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 12, 2023
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A new guideline from four leading medical organizations should help doctors determine if someone is brain dead.
"Until now, there have been two separate guidelines for determining brain death, one for adults and one for children,"said author
Jimmy Carter 'Happy' in At-Home Hospice Care as 99th Birthday Nears
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 29, 2023
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Former President Jimmy Carter turned quite a few heads last week when he made a surprise visit to the Plains Peanut Festival in Georgia.
Carter, who turns 99 on Sunday, decided back in February "to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care...
40% of Patients Recall Some Consciousness During Near Death Experiences
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 14, 2023
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People have long talked about having near-death experiences in which they felt they were looking down on themselves while others tried to save them.
Now, researchers have documented some of those experiences. In a study published online recently in the journal
Losing a Parent is Hard. Is It Harder for Boys?
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- July 31, 2023
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After the death of a parent, boys may have a tougher time than girls, a new study suggests.
Young people who lose a parent before age 21 are at risk for poor mental health, lower income and unemployment in adulthood. Researchers say boys seem to be harder hit.
The ...
New Report Measures Scope of Damage From Medical Mistakes
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 20, 2023
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About 795,000 Americans die or are permanently disabled every year due to misdiagnosed medical conditions.
A new analysis led by experts...
Bipolar Disorder Ups Early Death Risk by Sixfold
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 19, 2023
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People who have bipolar disorder may have a higher risk of dying early, according to new research.
Finnish investigators say this is due to a combination of external causes -- such as suicide, accidents and violence -- and physical health issues, with alcohol a big contr...
New Opioid Use Raises Death Risk 11-Fold in Those With Dementia
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 18, 2023
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Older adults who begin using opioid painkillers after a dementia diagnosis have a significantly greater risk of death -- about 11-fold within the first two weeks, according to new research.
The risk of death continued beyond two weeks, but at a lower rate, said rese...
B 7/14 -- Lisa Marie Presley Died of Common Complication of Weight-Loss Surgery
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 14, 2023
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Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley, died from complications of a weight-loss surgery she had several years ago, according to an autopsy report released Thursday.
The singer/songwriter died Jan. 12 of natural causes due to a small bowel obstruction, accord...
Higher Maternal Death Rates Among Black Women Tied to Racism, Sexism, UN Says
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 13, 2023
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Black women are more likely to die during or soon after childbirth due to systemic racism and sexism in the medical system, not genetics or lifestyle, according to the United Nations.
A U.N. agency, the United Nations Population Fund, released a
First Murder Conviction for Fentanyl Dealer Delivered in California
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 11, 2023
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A fentanyl dealer has been found guilty of second-degree murder in what authorities believe is the first-ever murder conviction for dealing the dangerous drug.
The conviction happened in Placer County, Calif., in a case involving the fatal overdose last summer of a 15-ye...
Drug Overdoses Are Killing Men at Much Higher Rates Than Women
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 15, 2023
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American men die of drug overdoses at a higher rate than women, but new research shows that difference can't be completely explained by factors like misuse or greater use.
A study led by scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and the...
Recalled Newborn Loungers Tied to 2 More Infant Deaths
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 8, 2023
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After two more infant deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is are urging parents and caregivers to stop using recalled Boppy Newborn Loungers, which are now linked to 10 deaths in all.
The loungers were recalled in September 2021 because of eight b...
Another Reason to Hate Mondays: Higher Risk for Severe Heart Attacks
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 6, 2023
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Monday can be a downer as folks leave weekend play behind. Now, researchers say Monday might also be the most common day for deadly heart attacks.
Doctors at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland determined this by analyzin...
FDA Approves New Nasal Spray to Reverse Overdoses
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- May 23, 2023
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a second nasal spray for reversing an opioid overdose.
To be sold as Opvee, the spray contains the medication nalmefene hydrochloride and will be available to Americans aged 12 and older with a prescription, the F...
Stroke Gaining Ground as a Global Killer
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- May 19, 2023
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Worldwide deaths from the most common type of stroke have risen significantly in the past three decades and will increase even more sharply in the years ahead, researchers say.
Ischemic stroke deaths grew from 2 million in 1990 to more than 3 million in 2019. They are ex...
U.S. Death Rate Declined in 2022, COVID Deaths Fell by Almost Half
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 4, 2023
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Preliminary mortality data for 2022 finds America making its way back from the devastation of the pandemic, with a significant 5.3% decline in deaths compared to 2021.
And although COVID-19 remained the fourth leading cause of death in the United States last year, the nu...
Vermont Opens Its Assisted Suicide Laws to Out-of-State Residents
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- May 2, 2023
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People seeking medically assisted suicide from any state can now get it in Vermont.
The state is the first to allow those with terminal illnesses from out of state to end their lives within its borders, the Associated Press reported.
Science Reveals Possible 'Surge of Consciousness' Just Before Dying
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 2, 2023
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Near-death experiences -- seeing a bright light, floating outside your body, watching your life flash past, communicating with lost loved ones -- could well be part of a dying brain's final fight-or-flight response, a new report suggests.
Electroencephalogram (EEG) readi...
Losing a Spouse May Be More Lethal for Men
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- March 24, 2023
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While losing a spouse can shorten anyone's life, new Danish research suggests widowers may be far more vulnerable than widows.
After six years spent tracking health outcomes among nearly 925,000 Danish seniors, investigators determined that when a man between the ag...
U.S. Travelers Warned About Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl in Mexico Pharmacies
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 20, 2023
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Traveling in Mexico? Use caution when buying medications there, cautions the U.S. State Department.
The warning was issued in response to concerns about counter...
U.S. Pregnancy Deaths Drop Following Spike During Pandemic
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 16, 2023
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After U.S. pregnancy deaths soared in 2021, they are on track to drop to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, a new government report shows.
While the decline from more than 1,200 pregnancy deaths in 2021 to 733 deaths in 2022 is positive news, experts said it's still not enoug...
More Than 3 Million 'Calico Critters' Toys Recalled After Choking Deaths to 2 Kids
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 9, 2023
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Calico Critters animal figures and sets that were sold with bottle and pacifier accessories are being recalled due to a choking hazard.
Epoch Everlasting Play has recalled more than 3.2 million of the toys, the
Opioids Cause Half of All Poisonings in U.S. Kids Age 5 and Younger
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 8, 2023
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Opioids pose the greatest poison risk to children in the United States, accounting for more than half of poisoning deaths in infants and toddlers, a new study reports.
About 52% of poisoning deaths of children aged 5 and younger in 2018 involved the ingestion of an opioi...
What Exactly Is Hospice Care?
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 1, 2023
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When former President Jimmy Carter recently entered home hospice care after many years of cancer treatment, it was an invitation for families across America to consider how they would like to spend their final days.
For-Profit Hospices Often Deliver Worse Care: Study
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 27, 2023
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Patients spending the end of their lives in for-profit hospices receive substantially worse care than those who are in nonprofit hospices, a new study claims.
To come to that conclusion, RAND Corp. researchers analyzed surveys completed by people whose loved ones had sp...
Almost 700,000 Rocking Sleepers Recalled After 15 Babies Die
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 9, 2023
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Following the deaths of 15 infants, families are advised to immediately stop using all models of Kids2 Rocking Sleepers, according to a second recall notice.
Four of those 15 babies died after the first recall notice, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) re...
U.S. Stroke Deaths Fall, But New Rise in Strokes Is Likely
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 9, 2023
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U.S. stroke deaths have dramatically declined in the past several decades. But, researchers caution, their new study also found the potential for a resurgence.
"After nearly four decades of declining stroke-related mortality, the risk appears to be increasing in the Unit...
Letting Doctors Know a Patient Has Overdosed Might Curb Opioid Overprescribing
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 9, 2023
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One low-cost intervention could make a difference in America's epidemic of opioid overdoses, a new study suggests.
When health care providers were notified that one of their patients had died from an overdose, they wrote fewer opioid prescriptions for up to a year later....
Another Big Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy in 2021
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 22, 2022
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The average American's expected life span at birth took another big hit in 2021, according to final data on death rates for that pandemic year.
Whereas in 2019 the average American could have expected to live an average of 78.8 years, life expectancy declined to 77 yea...
Homicide a Leading Cause of Death for Kids, Teens
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- December 19, 2022
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Homicide has become a leading killer of children, with guns being the most common weapon used in their deaths, a new study shows.
The overall rate of homicides in children has grown about 4.3% each year for a decade, with a steep rise seen between 2019 and 2020, when th...
U.S. Deaths Drop in 2022, But Still Higher Than Pre-Pandemic Levels
- Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- December 15, 2022
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More than two years after the pandemic began, there is a bit of good news on death rates in the United States: They should be lower this year than during the past two years once final numbers are tallied.
Still, they have not dropped to levels seen before COVID swept acr...
Pandemic's Two-Year Global Death Toll May Be Close to 15 Million
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- December 14, 2022
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Almost 15 million people likely died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, nearly three times more than previously reported, a new World Health Organization study estimates.
The researchers said the COVID-19 pandemic caused about 4.5 million more deaths ...
1 in 5 People Saved by CPR Recall 'Lucid Dying'
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 7, 2022
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People have long talked about having near-death experiences in which they felt they were looking down on themselves while others tried to save them.
Now researchers have documented some of those experiences. In a new study, investigators found that about 20% of patients...
Physicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
- Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- November 3, 2022
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Faulty readings by pulse oximeters may have resulted in more COVID deaths among minorities, doctors warned in testimony before a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel this week.
Pulse oximeters are small devices that read a person's blood oxygen levels via a ...
Most Pregnancy-Related Deaths in U.S. Could Have Been Prevented
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 20, 2022
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More than four out of five pregnancy-related deaths in the United States could have been prevented, according to a new federal government report.
Second Person in U.S. Dies After Monkeypox Diagnosis
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 9, 2022
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A second person in the United States infected with monkeypox has died in California.
As in the earlier case in Texas, public health officials are inve...
Brain Study Shows How Fentanyl Kills
- By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- August 31, 2022
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Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that's driving a surge in drug overdose deaths, kills by stopping breathing even before someone loses consciousness, a new study reveals.
To come to that conclusion, res...