... report to demonstrate an independent association between all-cause mortality and obstructive sleep apnea in a population-based ... to find out whether we can prevent disease or reduce mortality risk." Professor Ron Grunstein, Head ...
... cardiovascular disease had a 3-fold cardiovascular mortality risk compared with men with neither cardiovascular ... but in the long term the 2 groups had similar mortality risks. These findings underscore the need for prevention ...
... per 24-hour period also had a greater risk of mortality compared to those who slept between 8-9 ... sleep quality in older women may reduce mortality risk," says Katie L. Stone, co ... than 3 hours per week were not at increased risk of mortality compared to women who did not nap ...
... and loss of social support, which may contribute to a higher mortality risk, the new study says. But the stress and emotional ... that may contribute to a more frail widowed population. "The growing mortality gap between the married and the unmarried, especially the widowed ...
... -acquired infection rates are not an indication of patients' mortality risk, according to researchers the University of Pennsylvania, undermining ... ', may actually penalize good hospitals with low mortality rates." Research on the efficacy of 'report cards ...
... ) to estimate kidney damage were strongly related to mortality risk. The results are published in the May 17, 2010 ... thresholds are indicative of increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk with both kidney filtration function ...
ICU-acquired infection rates are not an indication of patients' mortality risk, according to researchers, undermining a central tenet of many pay-for-performance initiatives.
... , which often requires antibiotic use and intubation. The increased mortality risk associated with the condition also increases end ... is present with a number of serious conditions, which may contribute to mortality risk. The most common conditions associated with dysphagia ...
... medications to treat insomnia and anxiety increases mortality risk by 36%, according to a study conducted by Genevi ... %. After controlling for personal factors that might affect mortality risk, notably alcohol and tobacco consumption ...
... countries,” the authors write. They add that the rate of mortality risk reduction after quitting compared with continuing ... . “Early age at initiation is associated with an increased mortality risk so implementing and maintaining school ...
... indicator beyond well-known risk factors for cardiovascular mortality should be considered when caring ... dysfunction, with or without ischemia) at significantly higher mortality risk while awaiting transplantation, where ...
... guidelines, which recommend at least 10 days, and up to 35 days, of treatment after surgery. Although mortality risk following hip and knee replacement ...
Moderate to severe sleep apnea can increase the risk of all-cause mortality, according to new Western Australian research.
Smoking cigarettes has the same effect as cutting the life span by close to five years, according to a mortality risk chart released Tuesday in the US Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
... guidelines. If there are no local guidelines, treatment should be considered when the 10 year CV mortality risk with the (newly adapted) Framingham/SCORE ...
