Science news articles about 'heart disease mortality'

PITTSBURGH, June 9 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they've determined there's no difference in mortality among certain patients with type 2 diabetes and stable heart disease.

Coronary heart disease mortality in younger women could be on the rise, according to findings in the open access journal, BMC Public Health, published by BioMed Central. High levels of smoking, ...

... apparent paradox of improved prevention, falling mortality rates but stable rates of hospitalisation.(1 ... highlights a "40-50%" reduction in heart disease mortality in the USA from 1968 to 2000 and a 50 ...

... (VARI) in Grand Rapids, Mich. Cancer mortality rates are usually reported as composite age- ... while both heart disease and cancer have been declining, heart disease mortality rates have been declining ...

... benefit of quitting in regard to coronary heart disease mortality and 42 percent of the full potential ... years or greater. For death due to respiratory disease, an 18 percent reduction in risk of death ...

... validated CHD analysis model (the IMPACT mortality model) to official Icelandic death statistics, ... three-quarters of the large coronary heart disease mortality decrease in Iceland between 1981 and 2006 ...

NASA announces STS-127 activities … Diabetes-heart disease mortality studied … Mars orbiter resumes operations … Anti-cancer gene therapy shows promise ... Health/Science news from UPI.

... coincided with a dramatic decline in coronary heart disease mortality after 1968. Kummerow believes the decline ... nearly 2,400 Americans die of heart disease each day," Kummerow said. "This statistic ...