Sliding life expectancy poses gender and inequity questions
Questions about why such affluent western societies are facing a reversal in life expectancy are...
Climate impacts on health and urban areas: Heatwaves and death rate
Over the last half-century, the probability of heat extreme events has changed by orders of...
Where COVID-19 hit hardest, sudden deaths outside the hospital increased
Philadelphia, January 18, 2021 - A new study comparing the incidence of sudden deaths occurring...
Scientists shed light on how and why some people report “hearing the dead”
IMAGE: The Fox sisters: Kate (1838-92), Leah (1814-90) and Margaret (or Maggie) (1836-93). Lithograph after a...
COVID-19 deaths really are different. But best practices for ICU care should still apply
Exactly what kills a person with COVID-19? How do those deaths differ from the deaths...
New study suggests that college campuses are COVID-19 superspreaders
IMAGE: COVID-19 cases across 30 college campuses. Reported cases for ten high case number, public, and...
New clues to prostate cancer
IMAGE: Flinders University Associate Professor Luke Selth, from the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute. view...
Imaging of ballistic wounds, bullet composition and implications for MRI safety
IMAGE: Scout (A), T1-weighted spin-echo (SE) (B), T2-weighted SE (C), T2-weighted gradient-recalled echo (GRE) (TR/TE, 500/10;...
NIH study uncovers blood vessel damage & inflammation in COVID-19 patients’ brains but no infection
IMAGE: In an in-depth study, NIH researchers consistently found blood vessel damage in the brains of...
Study reveals low risk of COVID-19 infection among patients undergoing head and neck cancer surgery
A recent international observational study provides important data on the safety of head and neck...