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September 11, 2024
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Study: Dialysis offers small survival advantage vs. supportive care for patients with ESKD

Study: Dialysis offers small survival advantage vs. supportive care for patients with ESKD

Older adults with end-stage kidney disease had “modest gains” in life expectancy by starting on dialysis vs. choosing continuing medical management but spent less time at home, results from study show.

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May 24, 2024
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COVID-19 pandemic reversed a decade of progress in global life expectancy

COVID-19 pandemic reversed a decade of progress in global life expectancy

The COVID-19 pandemic obliterated a decade of progress in global life expectancy, according to the 2024 World Health Statistics report.

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January 30, 2024
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Cutaneous melanoma diagnosis may impact total life expectancy

Cutaneous melanoma diagnosis may impact total life expectancy

Evaluating the loss of life expectancy among patients diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma may help establish a lifetime prognosis for patients, according to a study.

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January 28, 2024
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Healthy lifestyle paired with statins may boost life expectancy

Healthy lifestyle paired with statins may boost life expectancy

The combination of statin use and healthy lifestyle was linked to a 30% lower risk for all-cause death and 44% reduced risk for CV death in people at high CV risk vs. those not taking statins with an unhealthy lifestyle, data show.

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November 13, 2023
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Gender gap in life expectancy widens amid COVID-19, drug overdose crisis

Gender gap in life expectancy widens amid COVID-19, drug overdose crisis

The gender gap in life expectancy in the United States has grown in recent years, with women living nearly 6 years longer than men on average, according to the results of a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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October 28, 2023
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Life expectancy for people with sickle cell disease increases by a decade

Life expectancy for people with sickle cell disease increases by a decade

Life expectancy for individuals with sickle cell disease has increased by a decade since 2008, according to a study conducted by Epic Research.

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October 16, 2023
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5% or more unintentional weight loss linked to lower life expectancy for older women

5% or more unintentional weight loss linked to lower life expectancy for older women

Older women who had 5% or more unintentional weight loss had lower life expectancy compared with women with stable weight, according to data from the Women’s Health Initiative published in The Journals of Gerontology.

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September 28, 2023
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Life expectancy tool may help facilitate care for veterans with basal cell carcinoma

Life expectancy tool may help facilitate care for veterans with basal cell carcinoma

The Veterans Health Administration’s Care Assessment Need tool may be able to predict the life expectancy of veterans, helping facilitate conversation about treatment for basal cell carcinoma, according to a study.

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September 20, 2023
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Islet transplantation may reduce failure risk, boost life expectancy in patients with type 1 diabetes

Islet transplantation may reduce failure risk, boost life expectancy in patients with type 1 diabetes

Pancreatic islet transplantation may reduce transplant failure risk and boost long-term survival vs. insulin alone in kidney transplant recipients with type 1 diabetes, new data show.

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September 13, 2023
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Sotatercept expected to raise life expectancy, lower hospitalizations in PAH

Sotatercept expected to raise life expectancy, lower hospitalizations in PAH

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension receiving sotatercept, a novel activin signaling inhibitor, plus background therapy are expected to live longer, according to a European Respiratory Society International Congress presentation.

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