On July 11, World Population Day is observed to help everyone understand the issues facing the global population and how it affects everything around it. Let us understand how a healthy population ...

Efforts in the early 20th century to improve the quality of medical education in the United States led to a steep decline in the number of medical schools and medical school graduates. In a new ...

Treating patients with severe influenza with oseltamivir in the first 2 days after hospital admission was associated with a lower in-hospital mortality risk, earlier discharge, and lower ...

According to Tennessee's Maternal Mortality Review Board, from 2020 to 2022, the leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the state were mental health conditions, including substance use ...

Cardiovascular mortality has been increasing since 1999 among individuals with hyperlipidemia, especially in the southern US region.

Hypothyroidism mortality was associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer disease mortality, whereas hyperthyroidism was not.

New research shows Medicaid expansion reduced mortality in low-income adults Findings suggest Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act saved about 27,400 lives between 2010-22, including among ...

Concurrent hypertension and type 2 diabetes significantly increase mortality risk, emphasizing the need for targeted health interventions to improve outcomes.

While it may seem intuitive that people would die without life-saving medications, Penn and Harvard researchers have connected losing a federally funded prescription drug assistance program and an ...

A total of 14 million Medicare beneficiaries receive the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), which reduces cost sharing in Medicare Part D. Losing the LIS may impede medication access and affect mortality. U ...

US infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots The U.S. infant mortality rate has been worse than other high-income countries, which experts have attributed to poverty ...

Star Jones opens up to PEOPLE about her heart disease diagnosis in 2010 and undergoing a life-saving open-heart surgery. In honor of Mother’s Day and Women’s Health Month, she’s encouraging ...