Mortality

Omicron less severe

Omicron appears less likely to damage the lungs, research suggests

COVID-19 was the third-leading cause of death in 2020, early CDC data shows

Breast cancer death rates increasing among women under 40

Breast Cancer Screening

COVID-19 takes more than a year off average US life expectancy, study shows

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Breast cancer treatment advancements, early detection are saving lives

Philly breast cancer doctors

Not getting enough REM sleep may shorten your life

REM sleep mortality rate

Surgery patients with COVID-19 more likely to die shortly afterward, study finds

Surgery COVID-19 risk

Here's how many daily steps you need to potentially extend your life

Steps to stay healthy

Scientists identify why some prostate cancers are more likely to result in death

Prostate Cancer Aggressive Tumors

Facts vs. fears: Five ways to help weigh your coronavirus risk

For advanced prostate cancer patients, statins offer hope of a longer life

Statins reduce mortality in prostate cancer patients

Sepsis death rates declining in Pennsylvania, health officials say

Sepsis PA

Climbing death rates in young and middle-aged Americans tied to drug use, heart disease

young middle aged mortality

Screening, early detection driving decline in Delaware cancer deaths

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Checklist spurred significant reduction in post-surgical deaths, study finds

global surgical guidelines mortality

Study: Overdose, suicide among top causes of death for new moms

suicide overdose new moms

Turns out, medical marijuana has no impact on opioid deaths

Medical Marijuana Products Beyond/Hello Philadelphia

How traumatic injury has become a health care crisis

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'Hospital openness' can lead to lower mortality rates and improved patient safety, study finds

hospital openness mortality

Children's Health

Nearly 40,000 U.S. children died by gunfire since 1999 – study

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Can sitting less decrease your risk of heart disease?

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Dying while black: Perpetual gaps exist in health care for African-Americans

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Americans more likely to die of overdose than car crash, new report finds

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Grandparents getting tipsy at the holiday party? It's a growing trend

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Drug overdoses and suicide driving decline in U.S. life expectancy

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Dispatches from the morgue: Toxicology tests don't tell the whole story of the opioid epidemic

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For nursing home patients, breast cancer surgery may do more harm than good

Large study shows drinking coffee could extend your life

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Redesigning maternal care: OB-GYNs urged to see new mothers sooner and more often

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Omissions on death certificates lead to undercounting of opioid overdoses

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Penn study: Improvements in U.S. mortality rate offset by obesity

Buffet Line

New Jersey bill would create commission to probe deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth

New Jersey Statehouse

Too much sitting can lead to early death, study finds

CDC: Overdose deaths have more than doubled nationwide in 16 years

Study: Philly air pollution above standard kills 126 people every year

Study: Women who frequently attend religious services have lower risk of death

Decline in economic status to blame for 'death gap' in middle-aged whites, study finds

White Death Gap

At Death Salon, real-world forensic investigations trump TV's CSI

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