Link Between Longer Life, Intensive Care Is Disputed
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even at some of the most reputable hospitals in the nation -- does not necessarily translate into longer life or better health and may in fact leave patients
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MONDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Among Americans living to the ripe old age of 100 and counting, it is the ability to delay the onset of disability, and not the onset of disease, that seems to secure a long life.
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NEW YORK  - Older adults with a bright outlook on the future may live longer than those who take a dimmer view, a study out Monday suggests.
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Patients who experience medical or neurological complications following stroke, such as pneumonia or brain swelling, are at a greater risk of dying in the hospital, according to an article in the September 13 ...
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NEW YORK  - Resources used by different physicians in intensive care units (ICU) vary widely without influencing patient outcomes, according to a report in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
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As AIDS patients live longer they can experience a host of unexpected medical conditions, which challenge the prevailing view of the disease as chronic and manageable.
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People with advanced heart failure and who also have diabetes that requires insulin treatment have about a fourfold greater mortality rate than heart failure patients who don't take insulin, researchers report.
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A common treatment for head injuries could be killing rather than saving patients, experts warn.
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NEW YORK  - The results of a new study provide no evidence to support the notion that patients with cancer can influence the course or outcome of their cancer by making changes to improve their emotional well-being or, in particular, that psychotherapy can help them live longer.
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A new study looking at aggressive attempts to lower cholesterol in patients who had just suffered heart attacks generated a dispute yesterday as top researchers disagreed sharply over the results.
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Modern medicine can keep people alive into their 9th and 10th decades, but a growing number of these people are asking why.
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As AIDS patients live longer they can experience a host of medical conditions that challenge the prevailing view of the disease as chronic and manageable.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - Medical breakthroughs hold   out the prospect of living longer and healthier lives, with   current life span norms set to be turned on their head, an   expert on anti-ageing said on Friday.
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Recent studies find that genes may not be so important in determining how long someone will live.
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Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn't save money, researchers reported Monday. It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars.
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NEW YORK  - People treated at high-quality hospitals are more likely to survive and less likely to develop complications, according to a new report on more than 5,000 US hospitals.
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Elderly men with early prostate cancer live significantly longer if they receive treatment than those who adopt a wait-and-see approach, as commonly recommended, according to a new study.