Rising Biological Wear-and-Tear Score Tracks Social Disadvantage and Predicts Early Death
A UK Biobank study shows that four-year increases in a composite Biological Health Score are socially patterned and independently predict ...
Tag: mortality
Twisty Arteries May Signal Higher Death Risk After Heart Valve Procedure
A large Munich study found that a CT-derived measure of iliac artery winding above 1.5 independently predicts higher six-month mortality ...
Fat-Invaded Muscle Seen on CT Scans Predicts Poor Recovery After Colorectal Cancer Surgery
A study of 415 colorectal cancer surgery patients found that CT-measured skeletal muscle density, a marker of fatty infiltration, predicted ...
Cannabis Use Disorder Linked to 52 Percent Higher Death Risk in Large Colorado Cohort
A matched cohort study of over 100,000 Colorado health system patients found that cannabis use disorder was associated with a ...
Muscle Weakness, Not Just Muscle Loss, Doubles Death Risk in Older Cancer Patients
A large US study finds that clinically defined sarcopenia more than doubles the risk of severe nonhematologic toxicity and one-year ...
AI Turns Blood Proteins Into a Senescence Score That Predicts Death and Disease
Researchers used a deep learning model to compress 38 senescence-linked blood proteins into a single SASP Score that predicts mortality, ...
Hard Work May Not Equal Health: Heavy Job Demands Linked to Higher Heart Risk in Chinese Adults
A decade-long study of nearly 50,000 Chinese adults found that very high occupational physical activity was linked to a 26 ...
Long Waits and High Deaths: Kenya’s Congenital Heart Disease Care Gap Laid Bare
A six-year review of 1,703 patient records at Kenyatta National Hospital finds that only a minority of children with congenital ...
Abnormal Sodium Before Surgery Flags Risk in Older Patients but Adds Little Predictive Power
A large prospective study of older surgical patients finds that preoperative sodium abnormalities are strongly associated with postoperative delirium, complications, ...
Blood Clots Kill Millions Worldwide, Yet Most Countries Cannot Even Count Them
A sweeping international review in Nature Reviews Cardiology estimates 4.1 million new venous thromboembolism cases in 2019 while exposing stark ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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