Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with an increase in stroke-related mortality in older individuals, according to study results presented at the Internati ...

Health insurance loss, changes "may undermine continuity of critical treatment," researche ...

Five notes: 1. In 2024, there were 649 maternal deaths in the U.S., translating to a mortality rate of 17.9 per 100,000 births. Maternal deaths are defined as those that occur while a woman is ...

The U.S. maternal mortality rate fell to 17.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024, statistically similar to the 2023 rate of 18.6 per 100,000, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control ...

Adjusted analyses associated overestimation with nearly doubled 2-year mortality (aHR 1.98; 95% CI, 1.04-3.77). Differences in advanced-therapy receipt did not explain the mortality signal, suggesting ...

A new machine learning model built using a simple and interpretable approach predicts in-hospital death in patients with acute liver failure and reveals top risk drivers.

Parkinson's paradox, linking current smoking to lower disease risk but linking quitting to lower all-cause mortality.

Maternal mortality rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels in recent years, according to new data published on Thursday. The report, from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

In-hospital mortality was significantly higher for younger women vs. younger men after a first heart attack, with women ...

Evidence from Nursing Home Room Assignments (NBER Working Paper 34538), Alden Cheng and Martin B. Hackmann use data spanning 2000 to 2010 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to examine 2 ...