Transplants can save dying coral reefs, but genetically diverse donors are key, say researchers
Key points: Credit: Wyatt Million/USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Key points: Climate change is decimating the worlds’ ...
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Colon cancer: Dying cancer cells give neighboring tumor cells instructions on how to survive
FRANKFURT. Colorectal carcinoma is the second most common cause of cancer death in Germany. Although cancer research in recent years ...
Researchers identify a subset of patients with early melanoma who face a very low risk of dying from the disease
Although melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer, most patients have high chances of surviving the disease. There ...
Lucid dying: Patients recall death experiences during CPR
Note: This presentation is titled “AWAreness during REsuscitation II: a multicenter study of consciousness and awareness in cardiac arrest,” and ...
People in the UK have higher probabilities of dying than predicted, new report finds
Men and women in the UK have a higher probability of dying than predicted, a new report has found, which ...
Older people with anemia and weak muscles face higher risk of dying
A study by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil and University College London (UCL) in ...
Older homeless people are at great risk of dying
Research Describes a “Health Shock” from Losing Housing Later in Life A quarter of the participants in a long-term study ...
Psychedelics may lessen fear of death and dying, similar to feelings reported by those who’ve had near death experiences
In a survey study of more than 3,000 adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers compared psychedelic experiences with near-death experiences that ...
Simulation in medical school helps prepare doctors to care for dying patients
Simulated experience of caring for a dying patient and their family can improve the confidence and preparedness of medical students ...
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer increases the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer increases the risk of cardiovascular disease-related death especially in older men, according to a population ...
People with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma face a higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than from cancer
Treatment advances have improved the survival of individuals with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL)—a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system—but ...
Rainforest trees may have been dying faster since the 1980s because of climate change – study
Tropical trees in Australia’s rainforests have been dying at double the previous rate since the 1980s, seemingly because of climate ...
Children in underserved communities are at increased risk of being admitted to the pediatric ICU and of dying there; black children at most risk
Session: B19, Uncovering Health Disparities in Pediatric Lung Disease Date and Time: 9:30 a.m. PT, Monday, May 16 Location: Room ...
Sea turtle success stories along African east coast – but thousands still dying
Conservation of sea turtles along much of Africa's east coast has made good progress in recent decades – but tens ...
Dying stars’ cocoons might explain fast blue optical transients
Ever since they were discovered in 2018, fast blue optical transients (FBOTs) have utterly surprised and completely confounded both observational ...
Even dying stars can still give birth to planets
Planets are usually not much older than the stars around which they revolve. Take the Sun: it was born 4.6 ...
THE LANCET: Experts warn of the increasing overmedicalization of death, call for radical rethink of how society cares for dying people
Peer reviewed / Review and opinion Credit: The Lancet Peer reviewed / Review and opinion The COVID-19 pandemic has seen ...
Children in Sub-Saharan Africa dying of COVID-19 at a higher rate than others
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 19, 2022 – Children in sub-Saharan Africa who are hospitalized with COVID-19 are dying at a rate far ...
CU researchers survey physicians on experiences providing medical aid in dying
In 2016, Colorado voters approved a new state law that provided medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients. This ...
Rural COVID patients in ICUs at higher risk of dying than urban counterparts, according to WVU researcher
The earliest wave of COVID-19 spared much of rural America, striking people who live in urban areas with far more ...
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New study shows snacking on mixed tree nuts may impact cardiovascular risk factors and increase serotonin
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Ignoring Native American data perpetuates misleading white ‘deaths of despair’ narrative, study finds
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Mount Sinai researchers awarded $12 million NIH grant to create a center to unravel novel causes of food allergy and atopic dermatitis
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Hydrogen peroxide from tea and coffee residue: New pathway to sustainability
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Volcano-like rupture could have caused magnetar slowdown
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The next generation of global health innovators: Michelson Prize winners announced