mortality
Examining mortality and leadership succession in family business
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain By 2030, more than 30% of family businesses in the U.S. will lose their aging leaders to retirement, or death. Many of those leaders don’t have a strategy for letting go of their business, turning it over to a successor, or selling it. While it is rare for an incumbent leader …
CMI says 2022 had the worst second half for mortality since 2010
17 January 2023 In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) is publishing frequent UK mortality analysis through its mortality monitor. Today’s updates cover week 1 of 2023 (to 6 January), based on provisional England & Wales deaths data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 17 January 2023. This …
As maternal mortality rates rise in Virginia, health officials launch interviews into deaths
Preliminary data show Virginia’s maternal mortality rate more than doubled between 2018 and 2020, a sharp increase encouraging state officials to start doing ground-level interviews to figure out what’s driving pregnancy-related deaths. According to early numbers from Virginia’s Maternal Mortality Review Team, the state’s maternal mortality rate in 2018 was 37.1 deaths per 100,000 cases. In …
How ultraprocessed foods affect gut microbiome and health
Several studies have demonstrated a potential link between ultra-processed foods (UPF) and chronic inflammation. One recent review published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology describes the mechanistic association between the consumption of UPF and chronic medical conditions, especially those involving the gut microbiome. Study: Ultra-processed Foods and Human Health: From Epidemiological Evidence to Mechanistic Insights. Image …
CHEST launches an empathetic health care initiative in Bexar County
Aimed at improving patient care, the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) is launching the First 5 Minutes™, an empathetic health care initiative, on June 18 in Bexar County, Texas. The First 5 Minutes™ focuses on: Up to 24 practicing Texas-based clinicians will participate in this in-person pilot training program at the University of Texas …
Parkview Health launches safe sleep program to reduce infant mortality, educate caregivers
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Parkview Health’s Advanced Medical Simulation Lab, in partnership with Healthier Moms and Babies and New Tech Academy at Wayne High School, is launching a pilot program designed to increase adherence to safe sleep practices among infant caregivers in Allen County, with the goal of decreasing sleep-related infant deaths in the …
Structural Urbanism Contributes To Poorer Health Outcomes For Rural America
The authors received no support explicitly for the current article. However, they have conducted multiple research projects funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. Current funding from this source is through Grant No. U1CRH30539, CDFA 93.155. The authors thank the anonymous reviewers …
Men’s risk of breast cancer is low, but mortality is high: Health Matters
Q: How common is breast cancer in men? A: Men do get breast cancer, but at much lower numbers than women. About 2,200 American men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, compared with about 245,000 women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 460 men die from the disease annually, compared …
The 10,000 step goal with fitness trackers is good but probably more than needed to lower mortality risk
When Sonia Anderson got her first Fitbit step tracker, her poor pooch, Bronx, had no idea of all the steps that were coming. The device — which counts every step Anderson takes and displays those steps on an app — was a Christmas gift from her daughters two years ago. At the time, Bronx, a …
