#risk of death

A new study associates physical activity, diet and other healthy lifestyles with a 27% reduction in risk of death for former smokers.

Compared to white people who suffered the same stroke type, Black and Latino people had a higher risk of dying within a month of the event.

Recent findings show that trans women are twice as likely to die prematurely compared with their cisgender counterparts.

Good adherence to these medications further improved survival outcomes.

Racism consistently predicts poorer health outcomes for college-educated Black males as compared with their white peers.

Researchers theorize that respiratory problems may be to blame when a woman’s heart suddenly stops beating in the nighttime.

Young people who smoke a lot of weed are more likely to harm themselves and die of any cause.

A difference of more than 10 mmHg in blood pressure readings between arms is linked to increased risk for heart attack, stroke and death.

The loss of a child appears to be a mortality risk factor for people diagnosed with cancer.

Poorer outcomes for Black and Hispanic patients significantly depend on where they live.

Those with blood cancers are nine times more likely to be hospitalized or die from the flu.

States that expanded access under the Affordable Care Act had fewer deaths from newly diagnosed breast, lung and colorectal cancer.

Periods lasting 40 days or more versus 26 to 31 days were associated with early death among women in certain age groups.

However, people with cirrhosis alone were as likely to die as those with both cirrhosis and COVID-19.

Under the Affordable Care Act, states had the option to expand Medicaid starting in 2014.

Some experts have doubted the link between sustained virologic response and clinical outcomes.