Daily exposure to ground level ozone in cities worldwide is associated with an increased risk of death, finds the largest study of its kind published by The BMJ today. The findings—based on data from over 400 cities in 20 countries across the world—show that more than 6,000 deaths each year…
Study of near-death experiences: The death does not feel so bad
How does it feel at the Moment of death? This is a question people have always been. Although no one from the dead is still returned, but there are now many patients who at least stood just before the threshold of death. Are meant for persons with suture or experience….
HIV could increase risk of death from heart failure
After a heart failure diagnosis, people who are HIV-positive are more likely to be hospitalized or die of any cause than those not infected with HIV, new research shows. The study is the largest to date to look at how HIV status affects people diagnosed with heart failure, a chronic…
ASPCA Again Calls for Suspension of Racing at Santa Anita as Death Toll Rises to 37 Horses
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Doctors Explain How Fecal Transplant Patient Died from Contaminated Stool
A procedure that was hailed for its revolutionary approach left one person dead and another severely ill last Spring. The doctors involved have now come forward to explain what happened. In an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, a group of doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital…
Hirschhausen to visit in the hospice: The second life begins when you get it, you only have one
When the candle is burning in the niche on the landing in St. Hildegard, is even a bit quieter about the stages: There’s someone died. People come here – to die or to accompany people who are dying here. For three days I was allowed to be a guest in…
Meet the molecule that helps stressed cells decide between life and death
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have identified a molecule that plays a pivotal role in determining the fate of cells under stress, much like a Roman emperor deciding the fate of gladiators in the coliseum. The findings appear today in the journal Nature and suggest a possible new approach…
Healthiest lifestyle linked to 75% reduction in diabetes risk, reduced risk of CD, death in those already with diabetes
People with the healthiest lifestyle have a 75% lower risk of type 2 diabetes than those with the least healthy lifestyle, according to a new study in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes). Amongst those individuals with type 2 diabetes, a healthy lifestyle is…
The risk of death from yellow fever can be detected sooner
Approximately ten out of every 100 people who are bitten by mosquitos infected by the yellow fever virus develop symptoms of the disease. Although most infected people do not develop the disease, it is lethal to approximately 40% of those who do. Outbreaks of yellow fever have occurred in Brazil…
Amy Duggar Does Maternity Shoot in Dress From Grandma 2 Months After Death
So special. Pregnant Amy King (née Duggar) shared the sweet story behind the dress she wore in her maternity shoot. “This dress has special meaning,” the 3130 Clothing owner, 32, wrote on Instagram at Friday, August 9. “My [grandma] and I went shopping in June. We found this beautiful dress……
Suicide, accidents, and hepatitis: The leading causes of death for Veterans in their first year of PTSD treatment
According to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, United States Veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at increased risk of death compared with the general population. Veterans with PTSD are twice as likely to die from suicide, accidental injury, and…