Night-time ambulatory blood pressure more predictive of death risk Dr. Mahalakshmi Sivashankaran17 May 2023 10:45 AM ISTSpain: A recent observational cohort study published in The Lancet has found that ambulatory blood pressure measurements, particularly those taken at...
Early treatment with anti-anaerobic antibiotics tied to increased mortality in critically ill patients Dr. Shravani Dali28 Oct 2022 9:00 AM ISTIn critically ill patients, early treatment with anti-anaerobic antibiotics is associated with increased mortality suggests a recent study published...
Leisure time activities and lower risk of death for older adults Isra Zaman25 Aug 2022 9:00 AM ISTOlder adults who participate weekly in many different types of leisure time activities, such as walking for exercise, jogging, swimming laps, or...
Risk of death rises as climate change causes night time temperatures to climb Roshni Dhar11 Aug 2022 4:49 PM ISTAs night-time temperature climbs owing to climate change, so does your risk of death -- nearly six-fold in the future -- due to excessive heat that...
5 hour + emergency care wait before admission linked to heightened death risk Hina Zahid1 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTWaiting more than 5 hours in emergency care before admission to hospital is linked to a heightened risk of death from any cause within the next 30...
Difference between retina's biological age and person's real age linked to heightened death risk Hina Zahid24 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTThe difference between the biological age of the retina, the light sensitive layers of nerve tissue at the back of the eye, and a person's real...
Higher intake of dairy fat associated with lower CVD risk, finds study Dr Kartikeya Kohli24 Sept 2021 10:15 AM ISTHigh dairy fat intake was associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk, finds a new study. Further high dairy fat consumption was not associated...
Benzodiazepines or z-drugs when taken with opioids increase death risk: Study Hina Zahid20 July 2021 9:00 AM ISTThose using benzodiazepines had a 221% increase in the risk of death from any cause and those taking non-benzodiazepine hypnotics, or "z-drugs," had a...
Higher body fat in women may protect against death due to heart disease: Study Dr Kartikeya Kohli17 March 2021 11:45 AM ISTThe American Heart Association estimates that 5 million men and 3 million women have heart attacks annually. Yet despite this wide gender gap and an...
Diabetes diagnosis at younger age tied to increased mortality, CVD risk: Study Medha Baranwal21 Dec 2020 10:45 AM ISTAustralia: Younger age at the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) increases the risk of mortality and cardiovascular disease, finds a recent study in...
Higher BP difference between arms tied to greater risk of heart attack, stroke and death Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 Dec 2020 10:30 AM ISTGenerally, a small difference in blood pressure readings between arms isn't a health concern. However, a higher difference between two arms may be...
High and low LDL-C levels increase death risk in general population: BMJ Medha Baranwal17 Dec 2020 3:45 PM ISTCopenhagen, Denmark: Both low and high levels of LDL-C increases the risk for all-cause mortality, suggests a recent study in the journal BMJ. People...
