FRIDAY, Sept. 28, 2018 — Many proxies of centenarians are not well-informed about the centenarians’ thoughts and plans regarding the
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Despite red flags at surgery centers, overseers award gold seals
This story is from Kaiser Health News At his surgery center near San Diego, Rodney Davis wore scrubs, was referred
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Ebola death toll rises to 88 in DR Congo
The death toll from an outbreak of Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 88, the health
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Chest pain drug falls short in preventing first episode of ventricular arrhythmia or death
A clinical trial of more than 1,000 patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) found that the drug ranolazine (commonly used
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Study raises the standard for measuring nerve cell death
Researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus have developed a new and improved method to judge the effectiveness of experimental therapies for
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Heart abnormalities may trigger sudden unexplained death in epilepsy
Imagine putting your child to bed, only to have them pass away inexplicably in their sleep. This is the chilling
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Molecular autopsy may shed light on sudden death in young
(HealthDay)—Ultrarare, nonsynonymous variants are seen in 64 percent of victims of sudden unexplained death in the young (SUDY), with 10
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Why does making new egg cells require so much cell death?
A highly detailed study of how the roundworm C. elegans forms oocytes suggests that the egg-making process leads to the
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Antidepressants may increase risk of death by 20 percent for those with progressive lung disease
Antidepressant use in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a 20 per cent increase in likelihood
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Nearly 400 people used California assisted death law in 2017
California health officials say 374 terminally ill people took drugs to end their lives in 2017, the first full year
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