Mortality Risk

Adults who consume a large amount of butter have a 15% greater mortality risk, according to an analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Patients who develop early hyponatremia after starting thiazide diuretics have a higher mortality risk than those with normal sodium levels, according to retrospective study data.

Paxlovid may not decrease the risk for hospitalization or death in older adults vaccinated against COVID-19 as much as previously thought, according to research published in JAMA.

Researchers have identified two microRNA that may predict which individuals with cancer are at elevated risk for COVID-19-related death.

Regardless of age at diagnosis or duration of disease, patients with diabetes who underwent intensive glucose lowering had lower risk for vascular events and death, according to a post hoc analysis published in Diabetes Care.

Frailty among patients with systemic sclerosis significantly increases the risk for mortality by nearly 10-fold, but shows the potential to improve over time, according to data published in Clinical Rheumatology.

Regular physical activity prior to a cancer diagnosis lowered a patient’s risk for disease progression and death, according to study findings.

Diabetes and prediabetes were significantly associated with decreased life expectancy and increased risk for all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality among Chinese adults, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Continuous glucose monitoring can lower mortality risk in addition to improving glycemic control for people with diabetes, according to a speaker at the World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease.

Health data aggregation has hidden a high rate of CVD mortality among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander groups, but primary care providers can play an important role in reducing these disparities, according to researchers.