Mortality Risk

Using smartphones as motion sensors may be the key to population-level analysis for mortality risk, researchers wrote.

A lack of vitamin D might increase mortality risk, according to researchers.

Preexisting cholesterol-lowering statin use was associated with reduced risks for mortality and morbidity outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, a study found.

Research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism highlighted the need for better evidence on long-term health consequences of gestational diabetes.

For older adults, combinations of aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities might lower the risk for all-cause mortality, according to researchers.

GENEVA — A large percentage of people with colorectal cancer around the world are diagnosed through emergency presentation, according to study results presented at World Cancer Congress.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lung transplant recipients with COVID-19 appear to have increased risk for mortality and sustained lung function decline regardless of vaccination status, according to study results presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Exercising with weights regularly was associated with a lower risk for mortality from any cause except cancer, according to researchers. They also found that adding aerobic exercise enhances the protective effect.

Eating fish, whole grains and foods that are high in fiber and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may reduce the risk for death from any cause for people with type 2 diabetes, according to a speaker.

A recent study showed that the risk of death among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 was substantially lower during the later period of omicron variant predominance compared with earlier omicron and delta predominance.