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Smoking Death Rates
Results from a new study suggest that depression may take as many years off sufferers' lives as smoking. Researchers looked at death records and a survey of more than 60,000 people and found that during the four years after the survey, people who were depressed had a higher death rate than people who weren't depressed. However, a combination of anxiety and depression appeared to be better for people's longevity than depression alone.
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Suicides Inspiring Copycat Deaths
If someone commits suicide (or homicide) in an unusual or notable manner, does it prompt a copycat? For example, if someone at a... Read more »
When Will the Alzheimer's Disease Death Rate Stop Climbing?
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Research finds decreased death rates in diabetic men, but not in...
A new research report (Mortality Trends in Men and Women with Diabetes, 1971–2000) suggests that a decrease in mortality has occurred in... Read more »
The Overall Cancer Death Rate Has Declined
There has been plenty of recent news about breast cancer, most of it good: The overall cancer death rate has declined. Fewer Americans... Read more »
Mammograms Lower the Breast Cancer Death Rate
A new study by the National Cancer Institute finally confirms what seems like common sense to me: Mammograms lower the breast cancer death... Read more »
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College Grads Have Lower Cancer Death Rates
(Ivanhoe Newswire) Higher education isn't just good for the mind; it's also good for your health. According to a new study done by the American... Read more »
College grads have lower cancer death rates
Getting a good education may benefit your body as well as your mind, a new report suggests. Researchers from the American Cancer Society say that... Read more »
High blood pressure, smoking account for 1 in 5 U.S. deaths
Although both smoking and hypertension had previously been shown to be linked with premature death, the magnitude of the effect found in a recent... Read more »
Weight Gain, Smoking May Double Prostate Cancer Death Risk
Men who gain weight or who smoke after a prostatectomy double their risk of prostate cancer recurrence and death, a new study suggests. The study on... Read more »
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