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Mashup Score: 2
Background So far, the few prospective studies on near-death experience (NDE) were carried out only in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with homogeneous aetiologies, such as cardiac arrest or trauma survivors. The aims of this 1-year prospective and monocentric study were to investigate the incidence of NDE in ICU survivors (all aetiologies) as well as factors that may affect its frequency, and…
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Mashup Score: 3Terrorism and Bathtubs: Comparing and Assessing the Risks - 1 year(s) ago
The likelihood that anyone outside a war zone will be killed by an Islamist extremist terrorist is extremely small. In the United States, for example, some six people have perished each year since …
Source: Taylor & FrancisCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1Leading Causes of Death Hit Childhood Cancer Survivors Earlier - 1 year(s) ago
But excess risk lowest in survivors with a healthy lifestyle
Source: www.medpagetoday.comCategories: Latest Headlines, Oncologists2Tweet
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Mashup Score: 0Losing Ceci - 1 year(s) ago
In this narrative medicine essay, a critical care physician’s shared grief with a father who also recently experienced the death of a young child helps guide him back from his family’s unimaginable loss.
Source: jamanetwork.comCategories: Cardiologists, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1
Article courtesy of Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, who is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, one of the world’s top cardiologists, a best-selling author, lecturer, and a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and holistic care.
Source: WorldHealthCategories: Expert Picks, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 8The Covid-19 pandemic and the expansion of the mortality gap between the United States and its European peers - 1 year(s) ago
The mortality gap between the United States and other high-income nations substantially expanded during the first two decades of the 21st century. International comparisons of Covid-19 mortality suggest this gap might have grown during the Covid-19 pandemic. Applying population-weighted average mortality rates of the five largest West European countries to the US population reveals that this…
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Mashup Score: 2
One in ten early deaths could be prevented if everyone managed at least half the recommended level of physical activity, say a team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
Source: medicalxpress.comCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1
Infants whose mothers have used snus (a moist oral tobacco product) during pregnancy run three times the risk of sudden infant death, according to a comprehensive registry study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal Pediatric Research. The risk was much lower if the mother had stopped taking snus before the first antenatal visit. The researchers conclude that all types of…
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Mashup Score: 7
AbstractBackground. Whether changes in stroke mortality are affected by age distribution and birth cohorts, and if the decline in stroke mortality exhibits hete
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Mashup Score: 2Explaining Death to a Child: Tips and Potential Challenges - 1 year(s) ago
Explaining death to your child can help them with the grieving process.
Source: HealthlineCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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