These Two Jobs Have Lower Alzheimer's Death Rates than Other Professions: Study
Taxi and ambulance drivers have jobs that "demand real-time spatial and navigational processing," said the lead researcher, ...
5 cancers where screening and prevention have helped reduce death rates
Researchers found that cancer screenings saved millions of lives. Prevention and screening played a larger role than ...
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Maternal mortality data is murky — but the crisis faced by new moms is clear
After years of neglect, the issue of maternal mortality is finally getting attention in policy and politics, as well as in ...
US life expectancy has rebounded closer to pre-pandemic levels
Life expectancy in the United States is rising nearly as quickly as it fell at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as deaths ...
Baby dance class, more doulas: Cleveland’s Neighborhood Family Practice expands to fight infant mortality
Pregnant women who don’t speak English can use the health center’s special app to communicate with caregivers. Neighborhood ...
Union membership can reduce the odds of death, study finds
According to a new study published in the journal Social Science & Medicine, the time spent in a union can lead to lower ...
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CDC: Life expectancy up, mortality down in 2023
Life expectancy in the U.S. grew an average of 10.8 months in 2023, to 75.8 years for men and 81.1 years for women, according ...
Americans are living longer, thanks to pandemic's end, fewer opioid deaths
Average life expectancy in the U.S. increased nearly one year in 2023, rebounding to a level not reached since the COVID-19 ...
Study: Nearly Six Million Cancer Deaths Prevented Due to Prevention, Screenings
Researchers analyzed data between 1975 and 2020, using the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) and ...
Macalester scholar: Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates
Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in ...
U.S. Life Expectancy Increases: 3 Things to Know
Average life expectancy from birth rose from 77.5 years in 2022 to 78.4 years in 2023, according to final figures released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of ...
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The leading cause of death among children and elderly revealed
According to WHO, there are approximately 6,300 newborn deaths every day, amounting to nearly 47 per cent of all child deaths ...