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While the preliminary data shows overdose deaths may be decreasing (final data will likely be available late this year) overdose rates are still very, very high. (motherjones.com)
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder provided to incarcerated individuals sharply reduced overdose deaths after the inmates were released, researchers in Rhode Island have found. (atforum.com)
Number of overdose deaths involving heroin (ICD-10 code: T40.1 in any field of the multiple cause of death file) among deaths with an underlying external cause-of-injury (ICD-10 codes: X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, Y10-Y14). (health.gov)
Drug overdose deaths are identified using underlying cause-of-death codes X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, and Y10-Y14. (health.gov)
The numerator will include drug overdose deaths that have heroin (T40.1) as a contributing cause using the multiple cause of death file. (health.gov)
Drug overdose deaths are at a record high - more than a hundred thousand in a single year. (ksjd.org)
That's even happening in states like West Virginia that have the highest rate of overdose deaths in the country. (ksjd.org)

It sets out some of the strategic milestones that countries need to reach if they are to achieve the 9 voluntary targets to reduce the number of premature deaths from noncommunicable diseases by 25% by 2025. (who.int)
In 2012, 1.7 million premature deaths occurred in Asia due to indoor pollution, with India at the top of the list, according to the UN. (straitstimes.com)
Global population health initiatives centered on blood pressure, sodium intake and trans-fat could help prevent 94.2 million premature deaths, according to research by Boston-based Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (beckershospitalreview.com)
Increasing the number of GPs will reduce the number of premature deaths and also 'improve population health', a new study has found. (pulsetoday.co.uk)
Higher numbers of GPs were negatively associated with premature mortality and the researchers claim that recruiting 8,500 more GPs would prevent more than 1,000 premature deaths across England. (pulsetoday.co.uk)
An increase in hypertension detection by just 1% was associated with a prevention of over 1,200 premature deaths in England and the researchers said that: 'Levels of detection of hypertension have been shown to be associated with the supply of GPs and patient access. (pulsetoday.co.uk)
Deprivation was noted as the most powerful predictor of premature mortality across England, and increased diabetes prevalence and a higher number of white patients - when associated with deprivation - were also positively associated with premature death. (pulsetoday.co.uk)
It also found the majority of the world's nations - including the UK, US and China - look likely to fall short of the UN target for reducing the number of premature deaths from such diseases. (itv.com)
Non-communicable diseases kill nearly 41 million people a year, making up seven out of 10 deaths globally, with 17 million of these deaths classed as premature (before the age of 70). (itv.com)
In 2015, the UN set the goal of a one-third reduction in premature deaths (between the ages of 30 and 70 years) from cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes by the year 2030. (itv.com)
Professor Majid Ezzati, from Imperial's School of Public Health, who led the study, said: "Non-communicable diseases are the main cause of premature death for most countries. (itv.com)
People who improve the quality of their diets over time, eating more whole grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and fish and less red and processed meats and sugary beverages, may significantly reduce their risk of premature death, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health . (dubaichronicle.com)
The Global Burden of Disease study estimates that smoking directly accounted for 7.1 million premature deaths in 2017, with an additional 1.2 million deaths attributed to second-hand smoke. (dailynewsegypt.com)

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. , April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Figure 21 from empty tomb's latest edition, The State of Church Giving through 2018, shows progress has been made on reducing the rate of global child deaths. (prweb.com)
That number was reduced to 39 by 2018. (prweb.com)
For the first time in nearly three decades, drug deaths appear to be declining: Overdoses fell by five percent in 2018, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (motherjones.com)
Also on a sharp rise are deaths involving stimulants such as methamphetamine and cocaine, which rose 21 and 5 percent respectively between 2017 and 2018. (motherjones.com)
The first global analysis of its kind estimates that if every country's cigarette taxes had met the World Health Organization's recommendations, around 182,000 newborn deaths could have been averted in 2018. (medicalxpress.com)
In total, increased cigarette taxes could have averted around 231,000 deaths of children aged under a year old in 2018 (including roughly 182,000 newborns), according to research led by Imperial College London and Erasmus MC and published in PLOS Global Public Health . (medicalxpress.com)
Worldwide between 2008-2018, the average neonatal and infant mortality rates overall were estimated to be 14.4 and 24.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, respectively. (medicalxpress.com)
This would equate to preventing around 78,000 deaths of children under one, including 64,000 newborn deaths , worldwide in 2018. (medicalxpress.com)

They were six times more likely to die within a year of pregnancy than white women from 2014 to 2016 and had a higher rate of death than Black women nationally from 2014 to 2017, the most recent time frame for which data is available. (ktvu.com)
It ticked up to about 14 deaths in 2016, slightly behind the national rate of almost 17 deaths. (ktvu.com)
Between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, the county reported 222 deaths for which Schedule II, III or IV drugs were the primary or contributing cause. (imperialvalleynews.com)
In 2016, the harmful use of alcohol resulted in about 3 million deaths, or 5.3% of all deaths around the world, with most of these occurring among men, a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) concludes. (medscape.com)

Monitor all pregnancy outcomes (live births, stillbirths, newborn deaths) and the care they received, and document all stillbirth and newborn deaths . (cdc.gov)
Maternal deaths within a year of pregnancy hit a low in 2012, with fewer than 10 per 100,000 live births. (ktvu.com)
Three air pollutants-nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter (PM 10 ), and sulfur dioxide-separately and together are associated with an increased risk of infant deaths, according to a study of nearly eight million live births. (bmj.com)
In the first study, funded by the UK Medical Research Council, researchers analysed data from 7 984 266 live births and deaths that occurred in England and Wales between 2001 and 2012. (bmj.com)

The U.S. remains a country with one of the highest rates of gun violence in the world, with rates of injuries and deaths related from firearms exponentially increasing as a result of our country's inadequate policies on firearms. (acponline.org)
Next Wednesday, ACP will engage with congressional leaders on policies that will reduce injuries and deaths from firearms, as nearly 400 of our members arrive in Washington to visit with their representatives in Congress during our annual Leadership Day event on Capitol Hill. (acponline.org)
The joint initiative aims to understand why garment and footwear workers are vulnerable to injuries and deaths resulting from commuting accidents and to lessen the adverse impact on workers, their families, and the sector as a whole. (ilo.org)
It gives us an opportunity - in collaboration with ILO's Better Factories Cambodia - to identify the underlying causes beyond vehicle drivers that need to be addressed to reduce injuries and deaths from road accidents, and to collectively develop a more powerful and standardised approach to reduce commuting accidents in the garment supply chain. (ilo.org)
Reducing traumatic injuries and deaths among TWU workers. (cdc.gov)

As many as 3 million stillbirth and newborn deaths could be prevented each year if skilled delivery and resuscitation care were available for all births, and if high-risk births were identified early. (cdc.gov)
Strengthen the system of perinatal reviews to include all stillbirths and pre-discharge newborn deaths. (cdc.gov)
Conducting surveillance of all stillbirths and newborn deaths in health facilities in Kigoma Region, Tanzania from 2013 through 2019. (cdc.gov)
While pointing to the reduction in child deaths, a report on the foundation's Web site notes, "The global community has achieved significant gains in maternal and newborn health, but progress has slowed and is not evenly distributed around the world. (prweb.com)
The researchers estimate that a 10% increase in tobacco taxation (ie, increasing the overall retail price of cigarettes by 10%) would be linked to a 2.6% reduction in newborn deaths globally, and a 1.9% reduction in deaths of children aged under a year old. (medicalxpress.com)
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) has joined forces with the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the International Pediatric Association (IPA) to launch the Together We Can campaign to reduce maternal and newborn deaths. (figo.org)
A new joint report by the organisations has revealed that 75 per cent of all maternal, newborn and child deaths occur in just 20 countries and that these deaths are largely preventable. (figo.org)
ICN chief executive Dr Frances Hughes explained: "The Together We Can campaign demonstrates the critical role of the health workforce in reducing maternal, newborn and child deaths. (figo.org)

There are two ways to track deaths: The maternal mortality rate, used globally, counts deaths during pregnancy and within 42 days of giving birth. (ktvu.com)

Although less than 2% of the U.S. population either lives or works in such facilities, they accounted for more than 20% of the deaths from COVID-19 through 2021. (nih.gov)

How Can Malaria Cases and Deaths Be Reduced? (cdc.gov)
The reduction in COVID-19 cases and deaths was strongest in the period before vaccines became widely available. (nih.gov)
Cape Town - Although Africa continues to be the region in the world hardest hit by malaria, it has made major gains in reducing the number of cases - and deaths - over the past decade. (allafrica.com)
the rate of progress in both cases and deaths has slowed, attributed mainly to the stalling of progress in several countries with moderate or high transmission. (allafrica.com)

A 2 % reduction from the 202 1 rate of hepatitis C-related deaths among non-Hispanic Black persons is needed to meet the 2025 goal of 4.92 deaths per 100,000 population. (cdc.gov)

Congregations in the U.S. from historically Christian traditions can apply for matching funds at missionmatch.org for their projects to help, in Jesus' name, reduce global child deaths. (prweb.com)
Strong global tobacco control is vital to counter all of these causes, and to reduce the hundreds of thousands of needless child deaths we estimate are associated with smoking. (medicalxpress.com)
Past studies from high-income countries have found that increasing tobacco taxes reduces preterm birth rates, asthma exacerbations and child deaths, but until now it was not clear if these findings can be applied to low- and middle-income countries where there is lower awareness of tobacco-related harm, and the influence of the tobacco industry is stronger and might suppress the positive effects of raising taxes. (medicalxpress.com)

Cancer is one of the world's biggest killers and ranks among the top 4 leading causes of death in the Region, yet is a preventable disease. (who.int)

During a median participation time of 18.4 months (n = 185) for the escitalopram group and 18.7 months (n = 187) for the placebo group, the primary outcome of death or hospitalization occurred in 116 (63 percent) patients and 119 (64 percent) patients, respectively. (sciencedaily.com)
A phase 3 trial of Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics' oral antiviral treatment molnupiravir showed it reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by around 50% in Covid patients. (cnbc.com)
and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said Friday they've developed a drug that reduces the risk of hospitalization or death by around 50% for patients with mild or moderate cases of Covid. (cnbc.com)

Before vaccines were available, these numbers translated to an approximately 30% reduction in the number of cases among facility residents and a 26% reduction in deaths. (nih.gov)
Statistical significance means the reduction in deaths is really due to the medicine and not just by chance. (techarp.com)

Using the maternal mortality rate, California ranked only behind Illinois for lowest death rates in 2019. (ktvu.com)
The World Malaria Report , released on Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO), says that between 2000 and 2019 the total number of deaths attributable to malaria dropped by 44 percent, from 680,000 to 384,000. (allafrica.com)
While case incidence was reduced substantially over the last two decades," WHO says, "there was a small increase in the total number of malaria cases - from approximately 204 million in 2000 to 215 million in 2019 - reflecting a rapidly increasing population in the region. (allafrica.com)
WHO reports that six African nations accounted for about half of global malaria deaths in 2019: Nigeria accounted for 23 percent of deaths, the Democratic Republic of the Congo 11 percent, Tanzania five percent and Niger, Mozambique and Burkina Faso four percent each. (allafrica.com)

CDC provides technical assistance to countries to set up or improve systems to identify, notify, and review stillbirths and neonatal deaths in health facilities and in communities in high mortality settings. (cdc.gov)
Neonatal and infant deaths averted by raising taxes to 75% by income group (number of deaths and 95% CI). (medicalxpress.com)

The committee plans to release data on pregnancy-related deaths through 2020 by next year. (ktvu.com)
Thus, the equations of the mathematical models provided the outcomes for the date of June 9, 2020, as follows: realistic model with 40,623 deaths, pessimistic model with 64,310 deaths and the optimistic model with a projection of 31,384 deaths. (bvsalud.org)
As a result of these analyzes, on May 24, 2020, there were a total of 22,965 deaths related to COVID-19, and those deaths included within the proposed mathematical models were 17,452 for the optimistic model, 22,623 for the realistic model and 32,825 for the pessimistic model. (bvsalud.org)

The inexpensive steroid dexamethasone is the first drug known to reduce risk of death in Covid-19 patients, British researchers announced Tuesday . (politico.com)
The researchers compared the facilities' rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths with their frequency of staff testing for COVID-19. (nih.gov)
For the retrospective cohort study, researchers used data from the Rhode Island Office of State Medical Examiners for all unintentional deaths from overdose, and linked it to data from RIDOC. (atforum.com)
The researchers compared the number of deaths from colorectal cancer in the group that had adenomas removed with the number of deaths in the internal control group without adenomas. (cancer.gov)
BALTIMORE - A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University reveals COVID lockdowns prevented only a small number of deaths caused by the virus. (ktvq.com)

one of the purposes of perinatal death surveillance systems is to identify and monitor the number and characteristics of perinatal deaths (i.e., deaths that occur around the time of birth). (cdc.gov)
The boulevards that receive repairs will be along the city's "high injury network" of dangerous streets, where 65% of pedestrian deaths occur. (latimes.com)
Most SIDS deaths occur when babies are between one month and four months old. (medlineplus.gov)

Nicknamed the 'Momnibus' bill and authored by state Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley,) SB 65 would collect more details about pregnancy-related deaths, diversify the experts looking at that data and require them to recommend ways to reduce racial gaps. (ktvu.com)
It would also look into pregnancy-related deaths among LGBTQ people. (ktvu.com)

According to him, malaria cases among children under five years also reduced from 478 in 2008 to 375 in 2009, a reduction of 29.8 percent. (ghanabusinessnews.com)

Earlier results from the National Polyp Study showed that colonoscopy and removal of adenomas found during the procedure was associated with a reduced incidence of colorectal cancer. (cancer.gov)
However, whether the reduction in incidence found in the study would translate into fewer deaths could be determined only with longer follow-up. (cancer.gov)
In people with moderate elevations of blood pressure, drugs that lower blood pressure reduce the incidence of stroke and heart attack. (cochrane.org)
Although antihypertensive drugs reduce the incidence of fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction, they do not appear to reduce the incidence of sudden death. (cochrane.org)

Long-term results from a study of colonoscopy for patients at higher-than-average risk of colorectal cancer confirm that removing precancerous adenomas can not only reduce the risk of colorectal cancer but also reduce the number of deaths from the disease by more than half, according to this study. (cancer.gov)
However, the findings provide reassurance that removing precancerous adenomas decreases the risk of death from colorectal cancer in people at higher-than average risk, noted lead author Ann Zauber, Ph.D., of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. (cancer.gov)
Instead, the finding that colonoscopy and adenoma removal reduced deaths from colorectal cancer by more than half over two decades of follow-up indicates that at least some of the adenomas that were detected would have progressed to cancer if they had not been removed. (cancer.gov)
Over the follow-up period, 12 patients in the adenoma group died of colorectal cancer, compared with an expected 25.4 deaths from the disease in the general population. (cancer.gov)
This translates to an estimated 53 percent reduction in the risk of death from colorectal cancer following the removal of precancerous adenomas during colonoscopy. (cancer.gov)
In the first 10 years after initial colonoscopy, the risk of death from colorectal cancer was approximately the same between the patients who had precancerous adenomas removed and those without adenomas. (cancer.gov)
Green synthesized silver nanoparticles using the plant-based reducing agent Matricaria chamomilla induce cell death in colorectal cancer cells. (bvsalud.org)

1 Information for death certificates is provided to funeral directors or cremation organizations by attending physicians, medical examiners, and coroners. (cdc.gov)

Raising people's awareness of the links between lifestyle and cancer will empower people to make healthy lifestyle choices, such as quitting smoking, keeping physically active and eating healthy food and can also reduce the cancer burden. (who.int)
Everyone can play a role in reducing the burden of cancer. (who.int)
Ensuring cleaner air in and around the home is fundamental to reducing the burden of disease from air pollution, especially in low- and middle-income countries," said Dr Maria Neira, WHO director for public health, environmental and social determinants of health. (straitstimes.com)
Post the UN High Level Meeting, NCD Countdown 2030 will assist in holding governments and donors accountable and help to ensure that the opportunity before us next week to renew, reinforce, and enhance commitments to reducing the burden of NCDs, translates the rhetoric into reality. (itv.com)
The new document paints a comprehensive picture of the levels and patterns of alcohol consumption worldwide, the health and social consequences of harmful alcohol use, and steps that some of the 194 WHO member states are taking to reduce this burden. (medscape.com)

Training staff in Zambia (also as part of SMGL) to conduct perinatal death surveillance, including conducting cause-of-death analyses. (cdc.gov)
Improving perinatal death reporting in Uganda and Cameroon and developing national surveillance guidelines. (cdc.gov)
Recommendations for Use of ZDV to Reduce Perinatal Trans. (cdc.gov)
On June 6, 1994, the U.S. Public Health Service convened a workshop in Bethesda, Maryland, to develop recommendations for the use of zidovudine to reduce the risk for perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (cdc.gov)
The recent results of AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 076, a controlled clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health in collaboration with the National Institute of Health and Medical Research and the National Agency of Research on AIDS in France, indicate that zidovudine administered to a selected group of HIV-infected women and their infants can reduce the risk for perinatal transmission of HIV by approximately two-thirds. (cdc.gov)
The following persons participated in the workshop and either served as the Executive Committee writing group that developed the recommendations or were members of the U.S. Public Health Service Task Force on the Use of Zidovudine to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission. (cdc.gov)
These recommendations update the interim guidelines (1) developed by the U.S. Public Health Service for the use of zidovudine (ZDV) to reduce the risk for perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. (cdc.gov)
The recently reported results of AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 076 demonstrated that ZDV administered to a selected group of HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants can reduce the risk for perinatal HIV transmission by approximately two-thirds. (cdc.gov)
This document summarizes the results of the trial, discusses limitations in the interpretation of the results, reviews the potential long-term adverse effects of this ZDV regimen for infants and women, and provides recommendations for the use of ZDV to reduce perinatal transmission and for medical monitoring of pregnant women and infants receiving this therapy. (cdc.gov)
The ideal approach to reducing perinatal transmission is to prevent HIV infection among women. (cdc.gov)

and eliminating trans-fat could reduce early deaths by another 14.8 million. (beckershospitalreview.com)
To answer that question, the team then trawled through data taken from more than 20 smaller international studies looking into the connection between salt substitutes and reduced early deaths. (globaltimes.cn)

The pregnancy-related mortality rate, used in California and some other states, tracks deaths within a year of giving birth. (ktvu.com)
The authors recommend clinicians consider vegetarian diets as a cost-effective intervention for high-risk groups to reduce mortality from heart disease. (pcrm.org)
If the study hadn't shown a reduction in mortality, explained Dr. Zauber, that would have indicated that colonoscopy mostly picks up adenomas that would not progress to the aggressive cancers that lead to death from the disease. (cancer.gov)
Compared to other high-income countries, the U.S. has a high rate of maternal mortality, and in Utah, substance use is the leading cause of pregnancy-related death. (utah.edu)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Officials say they hope a recently released state report on infant mortality in Indiana will help prevent deaths. (wishtv.com)

Previous research has shown that diabetes-related complications put people with type 1 diabetes at greater risk for death than people in the general population. (newsday.com)
Cases of ASCVD - defined as coronary artery disease (CAD), ischemic stroke , or acute complications - were identified via hospital records and death registry. (medscape.com)

Type 1 diabetes patients with children have a lower risk of death than those without children, but the benefits of parenthood are stronger in women than in men, a new study finds. (newsday.com)
The study found only an association between having children and risk of death -- it did not prove cause-and-effect. (newsday.com)
The study finds that the new drug reduced the risk of death by 38 percent in patients with advanced prostate cancer. (nbcnews.com)
For this study, 372 patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (a measure of heart function) and depression were randomly assigned to receive escitalopram or matching placebo in addition to optimal heart failure therapy. (sciencedaily.com)
Washington, DC - Clinicians were more likely to reduce the number and dose of opioid drugs they prescribed after learning that one of their patients had died from an overdose from a controlled substance than those not notified, according to a recent study appearing in the August 10 issue of Science. (imperialvalleynews.com)
This study illustrates one small and relatively inexpensive method of reducing the number of opioid prescriptions written, thus reducing the number of drugs available for misuse. (imperialvalleynews.com)
The study, led by Imperial College London, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and NCD Alliance, is described as the most detailed global analysis of carried out into deaths from NCDs. (itv.com)
The study suggests that light-to-moderate alcohol consumption - classed as less than 14 drinks a week for men, and seven for women - may have 'protective' health effects and can reduce the risk of dying young. (telegraph.co.uk)
Study lead author Doctor Bo Xi, associate professor at Shandong University School of Public Health in China, said: 'Our research shows that light-to-moderate drinking might have some protective effects against cardiovascular disease, while heavy drinking can lead to death. (telegraph.co.uk)
Because this type of comparison could never be performed, Dr. Zauber and her colleagues also used a computer model in their study called MISCAN-Colon to estimate the number of deaths that would have occurred in a population of the same age and with the same number of detected adenomas as the National Polyp Study group, but who did not have those adenomas removed. (cancer.gov)
Merck reported no deaths among those who received molnupiravir in its outpatient study. (consumeraffairs.com)
Did ivermectin reduce COVID-19 deaths by an incredible 70% in the I-TECH study? (techarp.com)
A Google doctor called Jacinta Lee recently called the Malaysia Director-General a liar, and claimed that ivermectin reduced COVID-19 deaths by 70% in the I-TECH study! (techarp.com)
The study found that improved diet quality over a 12-year period was associated with reduced risk of death in the subsequent 12 years, no matter which score was used. (dubaichronicle.com)
Among those who had relatively unhealthy diets at the beginning of the study but whose diet scores improved the most, the risk of death in subsequent years was also significantly reduced. (dubaichronicle.com)
Senior study author, Dr. Filippos Filippidis, also from Imperial's School of Public Health, says: "Raising tobacco taxes has been shown to be the most effective measure to reduce smoking, but most research is only in adults or high-income countries. (medicalxpress.com)
The study does not look at specific causes of death associated with tobacco. (medicalxpress.com)
Eating salt substitutes could lower the risks of early death from cardiovascular diseases, according to a new study by an international research team including Australian and Chinese experts. (globaltimes.cn)
The Times of Munster reports the study looked at causes behind infant deaths. (wishtv.com)

The White House Is Taking Credit for Reducing Opioid Deaths. (motherjones.com)
And though prescription opioid overdoses appear to be falling, deaths involving fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid that's often mixed into the drug supply, are still on the rise. (motherjones.com)
Prescription opioid deaths are reported to the National Center for Health Statistics. (imperialvalleynews.com)
In addition, interventions such as overdose education and naloxone distribution are promising strategies to address this issue and help reduce opioid-related deaths. (health.gov)

Georgia was one of the worst states, leading the country in high school football player heat-related deaths. (gpb.org)
DAVIS-YOUNG: Unfortunately, heat-related deaths in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, have been skyrocketing in recent years. (wqln.org)

Bloomberg) -- Israel revised down its death toll from the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that set off the latest crisis, putting the figure at about 1,200 instead of the earlier 1,400, after finding that some of the casualties belonged to fighters from the group. (yahoo.com)
Israel's Foreign Ministry revised down its death toll from the Oct. 7 attack to 1,200 from the 1,400 reported earlier, according to spokesman Lior Haiat. (yahoo.com)

The medicine cut deaths by up to a third in coronavirus patients on ventilators and cut deaths by one-fifth in patients on oxygen, according to data from a trial run by scientists at Oxford University. (politico.com)

Their analysis on deaths in more than 180 nations found the lowest risks of dying early from NCDs were seen in high-income countries - especially South Korea, Japan, Switzerland and Australia. (itv.com)

The prevention and control of chronic diseases: reducing unnecessary deaths and disability--a conference report. (cdc.gov)

In general, the more children a person had, the lower their risk of death. (newsday.com)
Vegetarian diets reduce the risk of death from ischemic heart disease, according to a meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology . (pcrm.org)
Vegetarian diets, including vegan eating patterns, were associated with a 30% reduced risk of death from ischemic heart disease when compared to nonvegetarian diets. (pcrm.org)
A 20-percentile increase in diet-quality scores-the kind of increase that can be achieved by swapping out just one serving of red or processed meat for one daily serving of nuts or legumes-was linked with an 8%-17% reduction in the risk of death, depending on the diet score. (dubaichronicle.com)

In the period before widespread vaccination, those facilities that received their testing results in 2 days or less had fewer deaths per outbreak than those that got them back in 3 or more days. (nih.gov)

The committee would investigate every maternal death and allow for voluntary interviews of family members to better understand what happened. (ktvu.com)
This investment from the National Institutes of Health in promoting maternal health in partnership with the community will allow us to create the necessary infrastructure and garner appropriate resources to make strides in preventing the incredibly tragic event of maternal death, which always has far-reaching consequences," says Torri Metz, M.D., the project's principal investigator. (utah.edu)

During his campaign, President Joe Biden lauded California's efforts to reduce deaths, and in April he proclaimed Black Maternal Health Week. (ktvu.com)
Despondent over her recurring health problems and concerned Courtney would be placed in a state facility in her absence, Liltz fed herself and Courtney a combination of prescription drugs after she awoke feeling so ill she believed she was near death. (dailyherald.com)
Jason Doctor, Ph.D., of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and colleagues found that physicians who received a letter from the chief deputy medical examiner informing them of the overdose death of one of their patients reduced the number of opioids prescribed by 9.7 percent in the three months following the intervention. (imperialvalleynews.com)
They also compared the number of deaths in the adenoma group with the number of deaths expected to have occurred in the general population, calculated from NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database, the National Center for Health Statistics database, and the National Death Index . (cancer.gov)
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, the death toll in Gaza since the war began on Oct. 7 now exceeds 11,000 people, including 4,506 children. (yahoo.com)
Earlier in the week, a senior US official said the death toll in Gaza may be higher than the figures cited by the Hamas-controlled health ministry there, but didn't provide a specific estimate. (yahoo.com)
More tools and treatments are urgently needed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, which has become a leading cause of death and continues to profoundly affect patients, families, and societies and strain health care systems all around the world," said Robert M. Davis, chief executive officer and president, Merck. (consumeraffairs.com)
At the same time, although Covid-19 is a primary factor in reducing progress towards malaria elimination, the measures to contain the pandemic have pointed to ways to strengthen health systems, including those delivering malaria services. (allafrica.com)
FIGO said that simple interventions such as rotavirus and hib vaccinations, kangaroo care and active management of third stage labour (AMTSL) could prevent these health issues causing death. (figo.org)
Dr. Jennifer Walthall, deputy state health commissioner, says officials are optimistic they can make "meaningful change" in reducing infant deaths. (wishtv.com)
The non-pharmacological intervention of social distance is effective as a public health measure with individual, environmental and community reach, promoting the isolation of cases, reduction of contact between individuals and reduction in the number of deaths related to COVID-19. (bvsalud.org)
Reducing subnational inequities, ensuring universal health coverage, and progressively realizing the right to health and health care of every woman, every child and every adolescent everywhere all remain challenges in most settings. (who.int)
The goals include health targets, such as reducing alcohol-related harm. (medscape.com)

Delma Banks Jr., one of Texas death row's longest residents, on Wednesday agreed to a life sentence for the 1980 murder of Richard Whitehead. (texastribune.org)
Banks, 53, was convicted of the 1980 shooting death of 16-year-old Richard Whitehead. (texastribune.org)
At a hearing in the case last year, prosecutor James Elliott, who tried Banks in 1980 and had vowed to see his death sentence restored, said that during the original trial he had not known that Farr was a paid informant or that Cook's testimony had been coached. (texastribune.org)

This review presents moderate-quality evidence to show that blood pressure-lowering drugs reduce heart attacks but do not appear to reduce sudden cardiac death. (cochrane.org)
This suggests that sudden cardiac death may not be caused primarily by heart attack. (cochrane.org)
Continued research is needed to determine the causes of sudden cardiac death. (cochrane.org)

This finding could be very useful in the effort to reduce inappropriate prescribing of opioids without severely restricting availability of legally prescribed opioids for patients who should be getting them," said NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. "It shows that physicians respond to information about adverse outcomes. (imperialvalleynews.com)
Outcomes assessed were sudden death, fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction and change in blood pressure. (cochrane.org)
A mathematical projection was made on the number of outcomes with death related to COVID-19. (bvsalud.org)

As Stanford drug policy expert Keith Humphreys put it, "This is the first sign of declining deaths since the epidemic started. (motherjones.com)
In addition, findings by Dehning et al5 (in Germany) and Garcia and Duarte 6 (in Brazil) corroborate the hypothesis that social isolation is fundamental for disease control, being a non-pharmacological and effective measure for reducing the hypothetical epidemic curve for COVID-19. (bvsalud.org)

Treatment of hypertension and controlling tobacco and alcohol use alone can prevent millions of deaths from cancer, heart disease, stroke and other NCDs. (itv.com)

The mathematical projections of the proposed model projected an estimate of 17,452 deaths for the optimistic hypothesis, with 22,623 deaths for the realistic model and 32,825 deaths for the pessimistic model. (bvsalud.org)

What are some protective factors to reduce sleep-related causes of infant death? (acphd.org)
In fact, swaddling can increase the risk of SIDS and other sleep-related causes of infant death. (acphd.org)
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden, unexplained death of an infant younger than one year old. (medlineplus.gov)

But he added: 'For most older persons, the overall benefits of light drinking, especially the reduced cardiovascular disease risk, clearly outweigh possible cancer risk. (telegraph.co.uk)
Climbing more than five flights of stairs daily is associated with a reduced risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) of about 20%, new observational data suggest. (medscape.com)

No deaths were reported in patients who were given molnupiravir within the 29-day period, while eight deaths were reported in placebo-treated patients. (cnbc.com)

Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) are a form of personal protection that has been shown to reduce malaria illness, severe disease, and death due to malaria in endemic regions. (cdc.gov)

First, any breastfeeding, compared to no breastfeeding at all, can protect against death from SIDS, and this protection increases the longer you breastfeed, which means it's dose-responsive and that is significant. (acphd.org)
The risk of SIDS and suffocation, entrapment and strangulation is significantly reduced for babies whose sleep areas are free of these items. (acphd.org)
There is no scientific evidence to support the claims of safety or effectiveness of wedges, positioners or other related products that claim to keep infants in a specific position or to reduce the risk of SIDS, suffocation or reflux. (acphd.org)
Some people call SIDS "crib death" because many babies who die of SIDS are found in their cribs. (medlineplus.gov)
SIDS is the leading cause of death in children between one month and one year old. (medlineplus.gov)
Although the cause of SIDS is unknown, there are steps you can take to reduce the risk. (medlineplus.gov)

Death data must be interpreted with caution due to the potential for misclassification of ICD-10 codes on the death record, underrepresentation of certain racial/ethnic populations in US Census data , and underreporting of viral hepatitis as a cause of death o n death certificates. (cdc.gov)

However, empty tomb's analysis of goals set by world leaders in 1990 and 2000 finds that the "promise" (their word) made to the world's children to reach target reduction goals in the child death rate have not yet been met. (prweb.com)

causes of death are coded in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases, 10 th Revision. (cdc.gov)
Deaths are classified using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). (health.gov)

High blood pressure is a major risk for an early death and a diet high in sodium and low in potassium is known to drive up blood pressure," he said. (globaltimes.cn)

Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in men in the U.S., after lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. (nbcnews.com)
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American men. (health.gov)
Death rates from prostate cancer are much higher in some groups than others. (health.gov)
Research shows that closely monitoring prostate cancer is an effective way to reduce the prostate cancer death rate in men who are diagnosed early. (health.gov)

Cause of death is defined as the underlying cause of death or one of the multiple causes of death and is based on the International Classification of Disease, 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes B17.1 or B18.2. (cdc.gov)

Now, some of those same advocates are voicing dismay over Garcetti's budget plan, saying it does too little to prevent traffic deaths. (latimes.com)
This type of technology could help prevent accidental firearm deaths, suicides or homicides by unauthorized users. (kmuw.org)
Antihypertensive drugs are often used in the belief that lowering blood pressure will prevent cardiac events, including myocardial infarction and sudden death (death of unknown cause within one hour of the onset of acute symptoms or within 24 hours of observation of the patient as alive and symptom free). (cochrane.org)
However, refraining from breastfeeding will not prevent transmission occurring in utero or intrapartum, and strategies to reduce transmission during these periods are being evaluated. (cdc.gov)

Progress has been made on reducing the rate at which little children around the world die from treatable causes, and more can be done. (prweb.com)
Young children are most at risk of injury or death from tip over incidents with this type of furniture, which includes products such as chests, bureaus, dressers, armoires, wardrobes, chests of drawers, drawer chests, chifforobes and door chests. (cpsc.gov)

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