article thumbnail

How has cardiovascular disease contributed to the rural–urban life expectancy gap?

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

In our research recently published in the IJE, we found that the gap in life expectancy would be even wider today if declines in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality had not dramatically slowed around 2010. However, around 2010, this decline stagnated. Urban life expectancy increased 1.19 years more in women and 0.86 years for men).

article thumbnail

Ozempic and Other Weight Loss Drugs Linked to 162 US Deaths

Mercola

The study authors suggest that risk factors for these complications may include chronic kidney disease, advanced age, obesity and concurrent use of other medications that can affect the kidneys. A review of the FDA's adverse event reporting system revealed 2,375 kidney-related events associated with GLP-1 drugs between 2010 and 2022.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How New York is addressing health disparities in pregnancy-associated deaths

HEALTHBEAT

There are also tremendous disparities as to who is most at risk Black women in the United States die at more than double the rate of white women. In 2010, New York ranked 46th of 50 states for maternal mortality meaning New York had some of the highest maternal deaths. Maternal mortality is a public health crisis.

article thumbnail

Disaggregated Data Key to Tackling Low Maternal Vaccination Rates among Boston’s Black Pregnant Population

Maternal Health Task Force

For instance, in 2016, approximately 10% of Black residents in Massachusetts had limited English proficiency a surrogate marker for national origin indicating a staggering 300% increase from 2010.

article thumbnail

What is Mycobacterium Tuberculosis?

Gideon

Risk Factors Five-to-ten percent of people with latent TB who do not receive appropriate treatment will eventually develop active TB infection [17] Individuals at a higher risk of contracting TB and developing an infection include: Those who have traveled to or are living in a country with a high prevalence of TB. Online] G.

article thumbnail

Top Lifestyle Changes to Build a Better Heart

Mercola

It took 16 years, but Medicare approved and started covering the program in 2010 — officially referred to as "Dr. Some of the other insurance companies cover it not only for heart disease but also for Type 2 diabetes, or even two or more risk factors like obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and so on.

article thumbnail

HealthyNYC – Extending the Lifespan of New Yorkers

Fund for Public Health NYC

Life expectancy in New York City increased by three years between 2001 and 2010. The recent fall in life expectancy reversed years of progress that New York City had made over prior years.