March 20, 2017 Diabetes Care TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This analysis of data from 7333 adults (≥65 years) from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) and Continuous NHANES was made to determine if HbA1c levels correlate with mortality in patients with diabetes. With a median follow-up of 8.9 years, 4729 (64.5%) of participants […]
Press Release Embargoed Until: Thursday, September 22, 2016, 1:00 p.m. ET Contact: Media Relations (404) 639-3286 Every second of every day in the United States an older adult falls, making falls the number one cause of injuries and deaths from injury among older Americans. In 2014 alone, older Americans experienced 29 million falls causing seven […]
May 25, 2016 BMJ : British Medical Journal AKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this systematic review and meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies evaluated the association between BMI and mortality. For every 5-point increase in BMI, the summary relative risk of all-cause mortality was 1.05 for all individuals, 1.18 for never smokers, and 1.21 for healthy […]
November 16, 2015 By Kelly Young Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH Coffee consumption is associated with reduced mortality risk, suggests an observational study in Circulation. The analysis included nearly 210,000 U.S. health professionals free of cancer and cardiovascular disease at baseline. Participants completed food-frequency questionnaires at baseline and every 4 years thereafter. Roughly 32,000 […]
Date: November 8, 2015 Source: American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Summary: A new study shows certain fractures due to osteoporosis can cause premature death in people 45 and older. This is the largest study, to date, that shows a connection between these fractures and premature death. A new study, presented this week at the American […]
Decrease in strength linked to higher risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and premature death THURSDAY, May 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Testing hand-grip strength could be an inexpensive and simple way of identifying people at increased risk for myocardial infarction, stroke, and premature death, according to a study published online May 13 in The Lancet. Researchers […]
Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Mar 13. doi: 10.1002/art.39055. [Epub ahead of print] Severe disc degeneration is associated with all cause mortality and abdominal aortic calcification assessed prospectively in older men – the MINOS study. Estublier C1, Chapurlat R, Szulc P. Author information Abstract Objective We assessed the association of disc degeneration with all cause mortality and with abdominal aortic […]
3/11/15 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Researchers evaluated Americans of African and European descent and Chinese individuals to determine the association of nut consumption with mortality. Increased nut consumption was significantly associated with reduced total mortality and specifically cardiovascular disease mortality among all ethnic groups. Researchers suggest that nuts may be a cost-effective option to reduce cardiovascular risk. […]
February 10, 2015 Journal of the American College of Cardiology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The association between jogging and mortality was evaluated by following 1098 healthy joggers and 3950 healthy non-joggers. Lowest mortality was associated with 1 to 2.4 hours of jogging per week, no more than three times per week, and slow and average pace. When […]
The Telegraph By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor 12:00AM GMT 23 Jan 2015 Academics at the University of Liverpool said figures showed that more effort should be put into population-wide schemes to improve overall health. Statins save fewer lives than simple lifestyle changes like exercising and eating sensibly, scientists have found. Researchers discovered that the wonder […]
Jenni Laidman January 20, 2015 Prolonged sitting was associated with higher mortality from all causes, as well as increased incidence of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes, even among people who exercise regularly, according to a meta-analysis published in the January 20 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. However, the analysis of 47 previously published articles […]
Lisa Nainggolan January 15, 2015 Fresh evidence that just a little bit of exercise, such as 20 minutes walking a day, is extremely beneficial — regardless of whether people are overweight/obese or not — has emerged from a large European study. In fact, the most pronounced reduction in premature death risk was observed among individuals who were […]
January 13, 2015 The American Journal of Cardiology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this study examined the relationship between lipid levels and all-cause mortality in 115,492 patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between 2002 and 2006. The risk for in-hospital mortality for patients with LDL-C levels in the second to fourth quartiles was decreased […]
Ability to sit and rise from the floor as a predictor of all-cause mortality Leonardo Barbosa Barreto de Brito Published online before print December 13, 2012, doi: 10.1177/2047487312471759 European Journal of Preventive Cardiology December 1 Abstract Background: While cardiorespiratory fitness is strongly related to survival, there are limited data regarding musculoskeletal fitness indicators. Our aim […]
November 25, 2014 The New England Journal of Medicine TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this registry-based observational study of a Swedish population of patients with type 1 diabetes (N = 33,915) determined the excess risk for death according to level of glycemic control. After a mean follow-up of 8 years, 8% of patients with diabetes […]
Larry Hand October 29, 2014 Story Source Swedish researchers have found that a high intake of milk may be associated with higher mortality and fracture risks in women and higher mortality risk in men, but they caution against basing any dietary recommendations on their findings, which were published online October 28 in BMJ. Karl Michaëlsson, MD, PhD, professor […]
BMC Med. 2014 Sep 25;12(1):158. doi: 10.1186/s12916-014-0158-6. Dietary calcium intake and mortality risk from cardiovascular disease and all causes: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Wang X, Chen H, Ouyang Y, Liu J, Zhao G, Bao W, Yan M. Abstract BACKGROUND: Considerable controversy exists regarding the association between dietary calcium intake and risk of mortality […]
Deaths From Narcotic Painkillers Quadrupled in Past Decade: CDC Increases highest among whites, and people between 55 and 64 By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter Story Source TUESDAY, Sept. 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) — The number of Americans dying from accidental overdoses of narcotic painkillers jumped significantly from 1999 to 2011, federal health officials reported Tuesday. […]
Vitamin D and mortality: meta-analysis of individual participant data from a large consortium of cohort studies from Europe and the United States BMJ, 06/24/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Story Source PubMed Reference Journal Reference Schottker B, et al. – The aim is to investigate the association between serum 25–hydroxyvitamin D concentrations (25(OH)D) and mortality in a […]