Death/Dying

What The Study Did: An analysis of self-reported national dietary data from more than 37,000 U.S. adults suggests associations between low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets and the risk of death may depend on the quality and food sources of…

Older patients with untreated sleep apnea cost nearly $20,000 more a year and saw more hospitalizations, new research shows BALTIMORE, MD - Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common and costly medical condition leading to a wide range of…

Credit: NTU Singapore A study of families in Singapore with terminally ill children found that parents tend to defer discussing their psychological pain with their spouses to protect them from emotional distress. The study,…

New Haven, Conn. -- The Obamacare program intended to reduce the risk of patients being readmitted after hospitalizations for heart attacks, heart failure, and pneumonia has not caused an increase in mortality risk for patients in…

Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center assesses barriers to care in 10 preventive services and ways to reduce them Six in every 10 Americans have a chronic health condition. These conditions, including heart disease, cancer,…

Rutgers-led discovery may help prevent muscular dystrophy-related heart disease, the leading cause of death in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy A Rutgers-led team may have found the key to preventing Duchenne muscular dystrophy…

Binge drinking by teenagers in their senior year of high school is a strong predictor of dangerous behaviors later in life, including driving while impaired (DWI) and riding with an impaired driver (RWI), according to a new Yale-led…

New research indicates that there is a higher risk of early death among patients with oropharynx cancer when not caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), than those whose tumors are HPV-positive. The findings are published early online in…

Lower levels of lymphocyte blood cells -- a condition called lymphopenia -- could be an early warning for future illness, as low counts were associated with a 60% increase in death from any cause, found a Danish study in CMAJ (Canadian…

The expansion of Medicaid coverage for low-income adults permitted by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with a six percent reduction in total opioid overdose deaths nationally, according to new research from NYU Grossman School…