Statistics show no difference in the death rate before or after ...
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Conventional wisdom suggests that dying patients will cling to life if a holiday, such as Christmas, a birthday or a cherished anniversary is near.
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NEW YORK  - While the treatment of people with diabetes who suffer a heart attack has improved, along with subsequent survival rates, mortality is still higher than in non-diabetics, a study shows.
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Cutting the grueling work hours of doctors-in-training had little effect on reducing patient deaths, according to two large studies.
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Â· Watchdog asks officials to rethink use of statistics Â· Document obscures policy failures, say campaigners
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While saying there is no outbreak of meningococcemia in any part of the country, the Department of Health (DOH) reported an âunusual increaseâ in the incidence of the disease this year.
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US health officials from the CDC say that obesity is not killing as many people as first thought. They say the CDC will ask JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) to alter the figures it published in a study published last March.
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Does America prefer its media to ignore deaths caused by U.S. actions?
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People who take high doses of vitamin E to improve their health may not be getting any benefits and may, in fact, be slightly increasing their risks of dying earlier, researchers reported yesterday.
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NEW YORK  - Researchers analyzing more than a century of data have found no evidence that people are more likely to commit suicide in spring and summer due to the hotter weather.
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Obama's comparison of student deaths in one city and soldier deaths in another is bad math -- but maybe good politics
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This yearâs report reveals a 17.5 percent improvement in Americaâs overall health during the past 15 years. However, the report also shows that the rate of improvement is slowing significantly due to a
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If you live and die by the polls and you are a John Kerry supporter youâve probably had a few near death experiences of late. Very few polls have shown John Kerry leading in the 2004 presidential race, and
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After having a stroke, people with lower incomes and blue-collar jobs seem to be more likely to die in the next year or two than those with higher incomes and white-collar jobs -- regardless of the severity of the stroke -- according to a new study.
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Facing a diagnosis of cancer with a "fighting spirit" makes no difference to the final outcome, a study suggests.
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Researchers have some sobering news during this festive season: Americans are more likely to die on Christmas Day, the day after Christmas, and on New Year&#39;s Day than on any other day of the year.
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People with at least some education beyond high school have a lower cancer death risk than those with less education, according to a U.S. study published on Tuesday
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Legalised assisted death has not been used to kill people who may be "a burden to society", research suggests.