Death

The HHS’ Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, or ICCPUD, published its draft report on associations between health and alcohol intake, finding that even moderate alcohol intake raises the risk for death.

People who drink coffee in the morning have a lower risk for death from all causes compared with those who do not drink coffee at all, results from an observational cohort study published in the European Heart Journal showed.

The risk for melanoma-related death increased among patients with T1 melanoma tumors thicker than 0.8 mm, according to a study.

A person hospitalized last month with the first case of severe bird flu in the United States has died, Louisiana health officials announced Monday.

Extending the wait time between life-sustaining treatment withdrawal and circulatory death to 3 hours may boost the number of available deceased-donor kidneys for transplantation, data show.

There was no difference in an 8-hour restrictive vs. an 8-hour liberal early oxygen strategy given to adult trauma patients when evaluating death and/or major respiratory complications by day 30, according to results published in JAMA.

Aspirin was not linked to the risk of nonfatal atherosclerotic CVD or cardiovascular death in adults with chronic kidney disease, according to recently published data.

Individuals experiencing more frequent exposure to light during nighttime hours may have a higher risk for death, results from a retrospective cohort analysis published in PNAS showed.

Combining high consumption of tea with physical activity could substantially decrease the risk for death, results from a cohort analysis suggested.

Kezar Life Sciences has paused a phase 2b trial of zetomipzomib in active lupus nephritis after reporting four patient deaths, according to a press release from the manufacturer.