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Mortality is a quantification of death, often referring to deaths attributing to a specific cause such as a disease or illness. Epidemiological studies often report mortality rates which are calculated by dividing the number of deaths due to a disease by the total population.
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JUL 12, 2016Cardiology
Heart disease deaths among older Americans have fallen dramatically over the past 40 years, but the same is not true for ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 09, 2016Cancer
Cancer of the esophagus makes up about 1 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States. Despite the low prevalen ...JUL 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Is your sore throat caused by the Streptococcus bacteria, or a common cold virus? It can be difficult to tell, even for ...JUL 08, 2016Microbiology
By now, you’re probably all familiar with the Flint, Michigan, water crisis. In April 2014, Flint began sourcing i ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The crux of anticancer efforts has always been to identify the cancer target and kill it without harming nearby healthy ...JUN 27, 2016Cancer
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a protein that launches cancer growth and appears to ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUN 15, 2016Cancer
Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other type of cancer. To add more cause for alarm, a recent study found that d ...JUN 10, 2016Cardiology
Cardiac troponin T is a protein biomarker detectable with a blood test, and it is the preferred biomarker for determinin ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2016Plants & Animals
Due to an unfortunate combination of rising sea levels and a major El Niño, new research confirmed from the Great ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 02, 2016Immunology
The human immune system works around the clock to fight pathogens and protect the body from disease. T cells play an ess ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 31, 2016Health & Medicine
Malnourishment encompasses both under- and overnutrition, and for the approximately five million children that die each ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 25, 2016Health & Medicine
Maintaining a regular exercise schedule is commonly known to be the cornerstone of a lifestyle suited to prevent cardiov ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 12, 2016Cardiology
Older people are more likely to lack the strength needed to survive the recovery following heart surgery, and scientists ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientist demonstrate an effective way to deliver drugs to the placenta – a feat that’s ...MAY 02, 2016Cancer
For women diagnosed with breast cancer, is it more beneficial to undergo mastectomy or breast conserving therapy (BCT)? ...APR 27, 2016Health & Medicine
For most patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who die, the cause of death is heart disease. Although N ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 26, 2016Cardiology
Right now, in any US hospital, about half of the patients have a prescription for an acid-reducing drug to reduce h ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 25, 2016Immunology
A new vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) would significantly reduce both cervical cancer incidence and health care c ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 24, 2016Microbiology
People with anorexia nervosa have very different microbial communities living in their guts compared to healthy individu ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 22, 2016Cancer
Aspirin, formally known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is one of the cheapest and most widely used over-the-counter drug ...APR 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
MIT researchers recently engineered a flexible polymer implant that can directly release chemotherapy drugs to pancreati ...APR 14, 2016Health & Medicine
Linoleic acid, the primary component of many vegetable oils, has long been thought to be more heart healthy than butter ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 12, 2016Cardiology
There is still no evidence of genetic difference between blacks and whites to account for the health disparities in card ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 11, 2016Earth & The Environment
A casual trailside hike near the Cascade Mountains in western Washington in Mid-March lead to the foreboding discovery o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 12, 2016
Cardiology
Heart disease deaths among older Americans have fallen dramatically over the past 40 years, but the same is not true for
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 09, 2016
Cancer
Cancer of the esophagus makes up about 1 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States. Despite the low prevalen
...
JUL 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Is your sore throat caused by the Streptococcus bacteria, or a common cold virus? It can be difficult to tell, even for
...
JUL 08, 2016
Microbiology
By now, you’re probably all familiar with the Flint, Michigan, water crisis. In April 2014, Flint began sourcing i
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The crux of anticancer efforts has always been to identify the cancer target and kill it without harming nearby healthy
...
JUN 27, 2016
Cancer
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a protein that launches cancer growth and appears to
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUN 15, 2016
Cancer
Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other type of cancer. To add more cause for alarm, a recent study found that d
...
JUN 10, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiac troponin T is a protein biomarker detectable with a blood test, and it is the preferred biomarker for determinin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2016
Plants & Animals
Due to an unfortunate combination of rising sea levels and a major El Niño, new research confirmed from the Great
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 02, 2016
Immunology
The human immune system works around the clock to fight pathogens and protect the body from disease. T cells play an ess
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 31, 2016
Health & Medicine
Malnourishment encompasses both under- and overnutrition, and for the approximately five million children that die each
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
Maintaining a regular exercise schedule is commonly known to be the cornerstone of a lifestyle suited to prevent cardiov
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 12, 2016
Cardiology
Older people are more likely to lack the strength needed to survive the recovery following heart surgery, and scientists
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientist demonstrate an effective way to deliver drugs to the placenta – a feat that’s
...
MAY 02, 2016
Cancer
For women diagnosed with breast cancer, is it more beneficial to undergo mastectomy or breast conserving therapy (BCT)?
...
APR 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
For most patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who die, the cause of death is heart disease. Although N
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 26, 2016
Cardiology
Right now, in any US hospital, about half of the patients have a prescription for an acid-reducing drug to reduce h
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 25, 2016
Immunology
A new vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) would significantly reduce both cervical cancer incidence and health care c
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 24, 2016
Microbiology
People with anorexia nervosa have very different microbial communities living in their guts compared to healthy individu
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 22, 2016
Cancer
Aspirin, formally known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is one of the cheapest and most widely used over-the-counter drug
...
APR 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
MIT researchers recently engineered a flexible polymer implant that can directly release chemotherapy drugs to pancreati
...
APR 14, 2016
Health & Medicine
Linoleic acid, the primary component of many vegetable oils, has long been thought to be more heart healthy than butter
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 12, 2016
Cardiology
There is still no evidence of genetic difference between blacks and whites to account for the health disparities in card
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 11, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A casual trailside hike near the Cascade Mountains in western Washington in Mid-March lead to the foreboding discovery o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan