Mortality Risk
Multiple healthy eating patterns reduce mortality risk
A number of healthy eating patterns were linked to a lower mortality risk, supporting the idea that individuals can adapt multiple healthy eating patterns to their preferences, according to experts.
Dual exposure to extreme temperatures, air pollution raises risk for mortality
Exposure to both extreme heat and air pollution were linked to an increased risk for all-cause mortality, according to a study published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Global increase in type 2 diabetes rates for adolescents, young adults in past 3 decades
Type 2 diabetes rates and associated number of years lost due to poor health, disability or early death increased substantially among adolescents and young adults from 1990 to 2019, particularly in low- and low-middle income countries.
Exposure to solid fuel for cooking linked to lung cancer mortality risk
Exposure to household air pollutants, especially solid fuel, appeared linked to lung cancer death among individuals who have never smoked, according to a study published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Medicare Advantage beneficiaries face higher mortality risk after complex cancer surgery
Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who required surgery for stomach, pancreas or liver cancers had lower access to high-volume hospitals than those enrolled in traditional Medicare plans, according to study results.
‘Weekend warrior’, regular physical activity patterns both reduce mortality risk
All-cause and CVD mortality were reduced in individuals regularly physically active as well as those only physically active on the weekend, according to a research letter in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
Excessive alcohol use accounts for one in eight deaths in US adults
Excessive alcohol use was attributed to 12.9% of deaths among Americans aged 20 to 64 years from 2015 to 2019, a new study revealed.
Noninfectious complications of common variable immunodeficiency increase mortality risk
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Patients with noninfectious complications of common variable immunodeficiency, such as gastrointestinal disease, malignancy and rheumatoid arthritis, had increased mortality risk, according to study results.
No elevated mortality risk with heart transplants donated after circulatory death
Patients with heart transplants involving donation after circulatory death have no detectable difference in survival compared with those with hearts donated after brain death, according to a study published in Circulation: Heart Failure.
Air pollution raises mortality risk, worsens lung function in fibrotic ILD
In patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease, exposure to small particulate matter was linked to increased mortality, poor lung function and faster disease progression, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.