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03/12/2019

Air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

Air pollution could be causing double the number of excess deaths a year in Europe than has been estimated previously,

02/11/2019

More than half a million breast cancer deaths averted in the US over three decades

Latest U.S. estimates indicate that since 1989, hundreds of thousands of women’s lives have been saved by mammography and improvements

09/21/2018

Most nations falling short of UN targets to cut premature deaths from chronic diseases

People in the UK, US and China have a higher risk of dying early from conditions like cancer, heart disease

07/25/2018

29 NHS trusts have excess deaths – NOT 13!

Named and shamed: 29 NHS trusts have excess deaths, claims eminent professor who helped expose the Mid-Staffs hospital scandal (so

07/19/2018

Rapid increase in deaths due to alcohol-related liver disease

Research led by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has made a disturbing find about deaths related to cirrhosis,

07/05/2018

Screening fewer women for breast cancer could reduce deaths

Screening FEWER women for breast cancer could reduce deaths from the disease and save the NHS money, study claims All

05/23/2018

Social isolation plus heart failure could increase hospitalizations, deaths

Patients with heart failure who felt socially isolated were much more likely to die or be hospitalized than more socially

05/01/2018

Fentanyl now drives drug overdose deaths in U.S.

(HealthDay)—Overdose deaths involving dangerous synthetic opioids like fentanyl have skyrocketed in recent years, surpassing deaths from prescription painkillers, a new

04/25/2018

Number of US deaths from poison-laced synthetic pot rises to 4

A deadly batch of synthetic marijuana laced with rat poison has claimed its fourth victim in the US Midwest, as

04/17/2018

Rethinking the fight as surge of malaria deaths in conflict zones threatens to upend progress

Ten years of progress globally in the fight against malaria have masked the rapid rise of infections and deaths in