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Heart patients may be at higher risk of early death due to loneliness
Feeling lonely was associated with poor outcomes in all patients regardless of their type of heart disease.
Study finds two out of three diabetes drugs lower death risk
All drugs lower blood sugar levels but results reveal while two of them reduced risk of death, one did not.
Study finds HIV patients with depression face serious death risks
This is the first time that the impact of cumulative depression has been studied across the whole HIV care continuum.
Study shows breast cancer gene doesn't really increase risk of death
Women with a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes have a seven-in-10 chance of getting breast cancer by the age of 80.
Sleep disturbance in diabetic women may turn out to be fatal
A comprehensive sleep evaluation for diabetes patients should also include tests on symptoms such as neuropathic pain and fatigue.
People with schizophrenia are three times more likely to die
A study looked at all deaths in Ontario over a 20-year period, more than 1.6 million deaths to understand trends in schizophrenia.
Conjoined twins find hope in surgery as they face early death
The surgery came after months of observation as the doctors gear up for a complicated procedure.
Risk of death from several diseases caused by red meat
Nitrates in processed meat were associated with a 15 percent increased risk of death from all causes.
Unemployment linked to increased risk of death
The ability to hold a job brings valuable information on wellbeing and performance status.
People losing sense of smell face early death risk
Researchers from Stockholm University in Sweden followed about 1,774 adults aged 40 to 90 years for 10 years.