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January 19, 2023
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Higher mortality and worse overall survival in younger Black patients with DLBCL

NEW ORLEANS — Black adolescent and young adult patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma experienced worse overall outcomes in terms of mortality rate and survival compared with other races, according to a study.

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January 18, 2023
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Time-dependent dysnatremias correlated with mortality in patients with CKD

Time-dependent dysnatremias correlated with mortality in patients with CKD

Time-dependent dysnatremias was significantly associated with mortality among patients with chronic kidney disease, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

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January 18, 2023
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Longer positive airway pressure use may lower odds for CV events from sleep apnea

Longer positive airway pressure use may lower odds for CV events from sleep apnea

The risk for major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with sleep apnea who used positive airway pressure for at least 6 hours a night was lower than among those who used it for less time, according to study results.

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January 12, 2023
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Cancer mortality declines 33% in past 30 years; prostate cancer cases on the rise

Cancer mortality declines 33% in past 30 years; prostate cancer cases on the rise

Cancer mortality in the United States has declined by 33% since 1991, according to an American Cancer Society report released today.

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January 11, 2023
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People with HIV see ‘dramatic improvements’ in mortality, but some disparities persist

People with HIV see ‘dramatic improvements’ in mortality, but some disparities persist

Despite significant strides in decreasing mortality among people with HIV over a two-decade period, sex and racial disparities persist, researchers say.

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January 10, 2023
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Patients with pyoderma gangrenosum experience higher mortality rates

Patients with pyoderma gangrenosum experience higher mortality rates

Patients with pyoderma gangrenosum are at greater risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality compared with the general population, according to a cohort study.

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January 04, 2023
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Incarcerated adults at higher risk for cancer mortality

Incarcerated adults at higher risk for cancer mortality

Individuals diagnosed with cancer during incarceration or within a year after release from prison have a higher risk for cancer mortality than those never incarcerated, according to a study from Yale Cancer Center.

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December 28, 2022
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Top in 2022 renal transplantation: Organ donations increase during motorcycle rallies

Top in 2022 renal transplantation: Organ donations increase during motorcycle rallies

During motorcycle rallies, researchers noticed a 21% increase in organs donated per day and a 26% increase in daily transplant recipients compared with the days before and after these events.

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December 27, 2022
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Top in 2022 home dialysis: Failure of home hemodialysis correlates with mortality

Top in 2022 home dialysis: Failure of home hemodialysis correlates with mortality

Patients who underwent home hemodialysis failure had a greater risk of mortality than those who continued home dialysis.

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December 24, 2022
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CV mortality rates in US rose during first year of pandemic; racial disparities persist

CV mortality rates in US rose during first year of pandemic; racial disparities persist

Reversing a trend of improvement from 1999 to 2019, CV mortality rates increased in the U.S. during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the highest increases among Black and Hispanic adults, according to researchers.

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