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Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties - United States, 2010-2017.
This report enhances the geographic detail by using the six levels of the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) urban-rural classification scheme for counties and extending estimates of potentially excess deaths by annual percent change (APC) and for additional years (2010-2017). Trends were tested both with linear and quadratic terms.
PERIOD COVERED: 2010-2017.
DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM: Mortality data for U.S. residents from the National Vital Statistics System were used to calculate potentially excess deaths from the five leading causes of death among persons aged <80 years. CDC's NCHS urban-rural c...
Source: MMWR Surveill Summ - November 7, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Garcia MC, Rossen LM, Bastian B, Faul M, Dowling NF, Thomas CC, Schieb L, Hong Y, Yoon PW, Iademarco MF Tags: MMWR Surveill Summ Source Type: research
Heat illness and deaths - new york city, 2000-2011.
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Heat waves kill more persons, on average, than any other extreme weather event in the United States, and additional heat-related deaths are caused by hot weather not classified as heat waves. Summer temperatures in New York City (NYC) are increasing, with longer and hotter heat waves projected into the next century and beyond. To assess current risk factors and vulnerable populations among NYC residents, hospital data, death certificate data, and medical examiner records involving cases of heat illness, including hyperthermia (also known as heat stroke), were analyzed by the NYC Department of Health and M...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - August 9, 2013 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research
10 Must-Do Health Checks For Women Over 50
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ambulance Road Rage Leads State to Suspend Former Washington EMT
By Tad Sooter of the Kitsap Sun KINGSTON - The state has suspended the credential of a former North Kitsap Fire & Rescue EMT who drove recklessly while transporting a patient who'd suffered a possible stroke. According to a Department of Health order, EMT Glen N.
The EMT was transporting a possible stroke patient when he began tailgating another vehicle and improperly using the lights and sirens. A suspended license is a step in the right direction, but only a system-wide culture of safety will ensure incidents like this don't happen again.
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Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - August 22, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Operations Source Type: news
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Bagot KL, Cadilhac DA, Hand PJ, Vu M, Bladin CF. Telemedicine expedites access to optimal acute stroke care. Lancet 2016; 388: 757 –58—the conflict of interest statement of this Correspondence piece (published Aug 20, 2016) should have stated “KLB, DAC, MV, and CFB report grants from The Windemere Foundation, The State Government of Victoria: Department of Business and Innovation and Department of Health, Commonwealth Gov ernment: Health and Hospitals Fund, and Telstra. KLB, DAC, MV, and CFB report non-financial support from Monash University, Ambulance Victoria, National Stroke Foundation, and Loddon Mallee Rural Health Alliance.
Source: LANCET - September 23, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Department of Error Source Type: research
In Times of Uncertainty, Keep Calm and Get Covered
It's no secret that the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature healthcare legislation, is facing an uncertain future. The incoming administration has pledged to repeal the law and offer an alternative in its place. But this uncertain future should not keep you from taking advantage of what is available to you and your loved ones today.
Thursday is the deadline to ensure coverage under the ACA when the calendar turns to 2017. This goes for both uninsured Americans seeking coverage and those who need to re-enroll. Missing the deadline doesn't mean you're out; it just means you won't have coverage Jan. 1. The final...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In assessing risk of hormone therapy for menopause, dose — not form — matters
FINDINGSWhen it comes to assessing the risk of estrogen therapy for menopause, how the therapy is delivered — taking a pill versus wearing a patch on one’s skin — doesn’t affect risk or benefit, researchers at UCLA and elsewhere have found. But with the commonly used conjugated equine estrogen, plus progestogen, the dosage does. Higher doses, especially over time, are associated with greater risk of problems, including heart disease and some types of cancer, especially among obese women.BACKGROUNDThe Women ’s Health Initiative established the potential of estrogen therapy to increase or decrease the risk of strok...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 27, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Promoting evidence-based health care in Africa
Charles Shey Wiysonge, Director ofCochane South Africa, gave an interview to the World Health Organization Bulletin. Here is a re-post , with premission, from their recent publication.Charles Shey Wiysonge is devoted to encouraging better use of scientific evidence for health policies and programmes in African countries. He is the director of the South African Cochrane Centre, a unit of the South African Medical Research Council, and a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the department of Global Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He was Chief Res...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - August 17, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Marshfield Clinic heart health app takes prize in HHS challenge
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation’s Heart Health Mobile app has won the Department of Health and Human Services challenge, part of its Million Hearts initiative, intended to leverage clinical and community prevention strategies to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. The app is designed to help consumers assess their risk of heart attack or stroke and direct them to health screening locations in their community.
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Source: Healthcare IT News - February 15, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only API Archimedes Inc. Department of Health and Human Services iPhone Simon Lin Mobile/Wireless Policy and Legislation Source Type: news
Lipid Abnormalities in Foreign and US-Born Patients in a Medical Group
This study was funded by the HealthPartners Research Foundation (a partnership grant to TEK); The Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health from a Capacity Building - Cooperative Agreement grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC) 5U50DP000721-04; and NIH training grant T32 HL69764 (supporting CJB).
Source: Journal of Clinical Lipidology - May 1, 2013 Category: Lipidology Authors: Jawali Jaranilla, Teri Defor, Gabriella Vasquez Benitez, Thomas Kottke Tags: Abstracts Source Type: research
Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle
Acupuncture has been prescribed by half of Britain's doctors, but after 3,000 clinical trials its efficacy remains unproven. So is the NHS making a grave error in supporting this ancient treatment?• Are vitamin pills a sham? Q&A with Dr. Paul OffitYou can't get crystal healing on the NHS. The Department of Health doesn't fund faith healing. And most doctors believe magnets are best stuck on fridges, not patients. But ask for a treatment in which an expert examines your tongue, smells your skin and tries to unblock the flow of life force running through your body with needles and the NHS will be happy to oblige.The govern...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 26, 2013 Category: Science Authors: David Derbyshire Tags: Culture Health Science and scepticism Features NHS Alternative medicine The Observer Source Type: news
California Health Interview Survey releases new 2011-12 data on health of Californians
The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) today released new data based on interviews with more than 44,000 households in California. The survey, conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, covered hundreds of topics affecting state residents' health and well-being. (See a complete list of topics here.)
Data on nearly 200 of these topics were released today on AskCHIS, the center's award-winning, free, easy-to-use Web tool that provides data by state, region, county and some service-planning areas in Los Angeles and San Diego counties. Even more data were released through free, downloadable pub...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 8, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
A Picture of Health, Chronic Disease in North Dakota: A Status Report for 2012
Presents data on indicators that provide information about how well people in NorthDakota are doing regarding heart disease and stroke prevention, diabetes prevention and control, and tobacco prevention and control. -- North Dakota Department of Health
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - September 25, 2013 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Walking ‘could save 37,000 lives a year’ report claims
The benefits of walking have been reported across the UK media. The BBC reports that “walking more 'would save thousands' of lives in the UK”.
These stories have been prompted by the "Walking Works” report (PDF, 3.4MB). It provides an overview of current evidence on physical inactivity, and makes the case for encouraging more people to take up walking as a form of physical activity.
It lays out that a large proportion of the population is not meeting physical activity guidelines and that if more people did so, this could potentially save 37,000 lives a year in England. It also discusses the specific benefits o...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Lifestyle/exercise QA articles Source Type: news
