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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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FEB 03, 2016Immunology
There’s a downside to having your local NFL team advance to the Super Bowl: A spike in flu-related deaths. A Corne ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 29, 2016Microbiology
University of British Columbia researchers are taking the fight to antibiotic resistant bacteria - with mud. Well, techn ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 25, 2016Health & Medicine
A new pilot study finds smartphones reminders can help people get moving. Non-infectious diseases cause more than ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Traumatic brain injuries kill about 50,000 Americans every year. To minimize mortality risks and speed up recovery time, ...JAN 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ovarian cancers have one of the highest mortality rates, ranking fifth in cancer deaths among women. Early detection is ...JAN 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, heart attacks can now be accurately diagnosed wi ...JAN 12, 2016Cancer
Magnesium intake may be an effective way to prevent pancreatic cancer, a new study suggests. Pancreatic cancer is the fo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 12, 2016Microbiology
Melioidosis is a potentially deadly bacterial infection, and it’s more widespread than many thought. Melioidosis i ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 10, 2016Health & Medicine
A new study finds that the quantity and the quality of our personal relationships, at different points of our lives, imp ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 29, 2015Cardiology
Recent data combined from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry and ACTION Registry-GWTG have ident ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 28, 2015Neuroscience
There is an old saying that goes, “When you know better, you do better.” It’s true. When there is an a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 12, 2015Health & Medicine
For the first time in history, non-infectious diseases are killing more people than infectious diseases. Non-infectious ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 08, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Sepsis is one of the most serious medical conditions that can scare even the best-trained doctors. When sepsis hits, thi ...NOV 30, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates of all cancer types, largely because the cancer spreads rapidly a ...NOV 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 19, 2015Microbiology
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed nearly 12,000 lives since 2014, leaving researchers scrambling to develop ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 12, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Our DNA encodes genes which express specific patterns that lead to the production of a specific protein which has a spec ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Aside from making it difficult to fit into pants, sporting a so-called beer belly or mushy middle may actually kill you! ...NOV 11, 2015Videos
Heart-related diseases are the number one killer of men and women in the US, but the statistics are even more dire if yo ...NOV 08, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
L. monocytogenes is a bacteria that can be found anywhere in nature. It is a psychrotolerant pathogen, meaning, tha ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 01, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene-targeted and personalized therapy currently exists for a small handful of diseases, but that list may soon include ...SEP 28, 2015Cancer
Scientists from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) have discovered that combining antidepressants with ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 18, 2015Neuroscience
When patients begin treatment for dependence on opioids, they are five times as likely to die in the first four weeks wh ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 09, 2015Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an ...Written By: Kerry Evans
FEB 03, 2016
Immunology
There’s a downside to having your local NFL team advance to the Super Bowl: A spike in flu-related deaths. A Corne
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 29, 2016
Microbiology
University of British Columbia researchers are taking the fight to antibiotic resistant bacteria - with mud. Well, techn
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
A new pilot study finds smartphones reminders can help people get moving. Non-infectious diseases cause more than
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Traumatic brain injuries kill about 50,000 Americans every year. To minimize mortality risks and speed up recovery time,
...
JAN 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ovarian cancers have one of the highest mortality rates, ranking fifth in cancer deaths among women. Early detection is
...
JAN 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, heart attacks can now be accurately diagnosed wi
...
JAN 12, 2016
Cancer
Magnesium intake may be an effective way to prevent pancreatic cancer, a new study suggests. Pancreatic cancer is the fo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 12, 2016
Microbiology
Melioidosis is a potentially deadly bacterial infection, and it’s more widespread than many thought. Melioidosis i
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 10, 2016
Health & Medicine
A new study finds that the quantity and the quality of our personal relationships, at different points of our lives, imp
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 29, 2015
Cardiology
Recent data combined from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry and ACTION Registry-GWTG have ident
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 28, 2015
Neuroscience
There is an old saying that goes, “When you know better, you do better.” It’s true. When there is an a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
For the first time in history, non-infectious diseases are killing more people than infectious diseases. Non-infectious
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 08, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sepsis is one of the most serious medical conditions that can scare even the best-trained doctors. When sepsis hits, thi
...
NOV 30, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates of all cancer types, largely because the cancer spreads rapidly a
...
NOV 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 19, 2015
Microbiology
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed nearly 12,000 lives since 2014, leaving researchers scrambling to develop
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 12, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our DNA encodes genes which express specific patterns that lead to the production of a specific protein which has a spec
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Aside from making it difficult to fit into pants, sporting a so-called beer belly or mushy middle may actually kill you!
...
NOV 11, 2015
Videos
Heart-related diseases are the number one killer of men and women in the US, but the statistics are even more dire if yo
...
NOV 08, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
L. monocytogenes is a bacteria that can be found anywhere in nature. It is a psychrotolerant pathogen, meaning, tha
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 01, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene-targeted and personalized therapy currently exists for a small handful of diseases, but that list may soon include
...
SEP 28, 2015
Cancer
Scientists from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) have discovered that combining antidepressants with
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 18, 2015
Neuroscience
When patients begin treatment for dependence on opioids, they are five times as likely to die in the first four weeks wh
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 09, 2015
Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans