Mortality Videos

(November 9, 2009 - Insidermedicine) From San Diego - According to research presented at the American College of Chest Physicians meeting, the risk of hospitalization for COPD patients may be dependent on the type of bronchodilator they use. Researchers examined the cases of over 50, 000 COPD patients, dividing the patients into five different treatment groups. Results showed that monotherapy with tiotropium had the lowest amount of hospitalizations. From Toronto - Women who have dense breasts and breast cancer may be at higher risk of recurrence, according to a report published in the journal Cancer. Researchers reviewed over 335 breast cancer patients, all of whom had their breast density assessed before undergoing breast conserving surgery. Results showed that women with high breast density had 6 times the recurrence rate after undergoing surgery. And finally, from Chicago - According to a report presented at the meeting for the American Society of Radiation Oncology, prostate cancer patients who have early rising PSA levels after radiation therapy are at increased risk of mortality. Researchers examined records on over 6000 prostate cancer patients treated with radiation therapy. Survival rates after 5 years were 20% lower for patients who had biochemical failure within 18 months of treatment as opposed to those whose PSA failure occurred after 18 months.

(November 2, 2009 - Insidermedicine) From Philadelphia - According to a report presented at the meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, a specific strain of MRSA has been connected with unusually high death rates. Compared with a 10-30% death rate within a month with a typical MRSA infection, this partially resistant vancomycin strain known as USA600 has a 50% one month mortality rate. From San Diego - Dialysis patients who have low body fat are at a higher risk of mortality, according to a report presented at the meeting of the American Society of Nephrology. Researchers compared the body fat percentage of over 650 dialysis patients with mortality rates over 5 years. They found that dialysis patients who had less than 10% body fat were almost 3 times more likely to die than those whose body fat was between 20-30%. And finally, from Baltimore - According to a report published in the Journal of Public Health, a significant number of children die from lack of health insurance. Examining roughly 23 million pediatric cases from 1988 to 2005, researchers estimate that almost 17, 000 pediatric deaths may have been prevented had the children had insurance.

Every 52 seconds somewhere in the world a women dies in childbirth. In the southern highlands of Peru the rate was extraordinarily high. This is the story of a woman who, with help from the organization CARE, has dramatically reduce the number of maternal deaths in Peru. Visit http://www.womenempoweredproject.com for more information Distributed by Tubemogul.

(October 1, 2009 - Insidermedicine) From the UK - Women who smoke while pregnant put their children at increased risk for developing psychotic symptoms, according to a report published in the British Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers studied over 6,000 children, over 11% of whom had, at 12 years old, clearly demonstrated symptoms of psychosis. Results showed that children were more likely to develop these symptoms if their mother smoked during pregnancy, the risk increasing significantly the more the mother smoked. From Michigan - According to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, care of postoperative complications determines a hospitals surgical death rate as much as the complications themselves. Researchers examined over 80, 000 people who underwent surgery in different US hospitals. There was little difference between the hospitals overall rate of complications, but the difference between the lowest and highest surgical death rate was twofold. These results suggest that hospital's surgical death rates vary as a result of differences in how complications are treated. And finally, from Philadelphia - Adolescent boys with metabolic syndrome have an increased risk of liver disease, according to a report published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. Researchers studied over 1,300 boys aged 12-19. They found that obese teenaged boys had increased liver enzyme levels--levels that were connected to metabolic syndrome more-so than obesity--and thus, were more likely to suffer liver disease.

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, 20 July 2009 Estela Benitez recently gave birth to her first child, a healthy girl named Abril Delfina. VIDEO: Watch now She lives in the Boedo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, where she is benefitting from a new model of neo- and post-natal care at the Hospital Ram n Sarda. The hospitals programme places more attention on the needs of the family than other maternal health facilities traditionally have done. UNICEF is working to replicate this successful programme on a massive scale. "This model includes practices that have been shown to be effective in preventing neo-natal mortality," said UNICEF Health Specialist Zulma Ortiz. "And all of them are based specifically in the relationship between the mother and the son or the daughter and also the whole family so the idea is to promote the implementation of this strategy all over the world." To read the full story, visit http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/argentina_50292.html

Jenny got to Hawaii and was in a very contemplative move. We are here cleaning out her mother's house. Her mother passed away a few months ago. It is a strange feeling being in a house, going through someone's memories, realizing how fleeting this whole life is. We thank you for taking part in our journey on this strange, strange trip! WE LOVE YOU! Jenny & Otis

You can make a difference! Blueprint for a Better World is an interactive exhibition which is traveling around Australia. The exhibition shows the general public how the eight Millennium Development Goals can help end poverty and injustice in our world. Watch this exhibition movie to see what its all about and find out how you can help make a better world! www.blueprintforabetterworld.org