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Original Technorati articles tagged “mortality”

• in Technorati Women
  Break a Hip--Lose your Life? The Risk to Women of Brittle Bones
  Research has shown that hip fracture increases a woman's rate of mortality.
  by jenna3967 / on Sep 27, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Heart Disease: A Silent and REAL Threat to Women
  Heart disease remains the disease responsible for the most deaths of women in the U.S.
  by jenna3967 / on Jul 6, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Treating Syphilis to Reduce Infant Mortality in Africa
  Syphilis is a highly treatable infection which results in thousands of prenatal deaths yearly in Africa.
  by jenna3967 / on Jun 16, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “mortality”

 

• UK death in a home setting on the rise

  
  SAGE Insight — Authority: 103
  Reversal of the British trends in place of death: Time series analysis 2004–2010 From Palliative Medicine Although around two thirds of us would prefer to die at home, in the developed world the trend in recent years has been for the majority to spend their final days in an institutional setting. But ...
  5 days ago

• The complacency over unsafe abortions must end

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 133
  The results of the latest study on global abortion are no surprise – the shock is policy-makers have ignored such data for decades The astounding thing about the global abortion debate is not that some people have deeply held views about what a pregnancy is and when a human existence begins. After all, both of ...
  6 days ago

• Why Child Marriages Occur

  
  Opinion Studio — Authority: 120
  Pakistan is an Islamic state where Islam is the official religion of the state. In Islam a right of choice is given to woman regarding selection a life partner. Without her consent a marriage cannot be declared as valid. It is narrated by Ibn Abbas (R.A) that a girl came to prophet P.B.U.H and complained that her ...
  1 week ago

• Development deficit dogs poll-bound states

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) With high fiscal deficits — an indicator of poor financial management — the five poll-bound states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Goa, home to about 230 million people, leave very little for development, a report says.An analysis of budgets of these states, done by the ...
  1 week ago

• How lethal is ebolavirus?

  
  virology blog — Authority: 479
  After we discussed newly discovered entry factors for ebolavirus and hepatitis C virus on  TWiV 166 , the New York Times covered part of the story in  Key protein may give Ebola virus its opening . Given my recent interest in the case fatality ratio of avian influenza H5N1 , I was intrigued by the following ...
  1 week ago

• Fukushima Radiation Spreads Worldwide

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 148
  Washington’s BlogWednesday, January 18, 2012 California, Finland, Canada, Australia Hit By Radiation The University of California at Berkeley detected cesium levels in San Francisco area milk above over EPA limits … and even higher than they were 6 months ago. Finnish public television says that cesium from ...
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• Bill Weir

  
  Smoat — Authority: 144
  The Ultimate Example of Preventive Medicine – YAHOO! Few of us expect to be confronted with our own mortality during the course of your average workday, but that’s exactly what happened to Bill Weir last Friday, January 13th. In Los Angeles to interview renowned cancer specialist and preventive medicine … ...
  1 week ago

• Killer Energy (Time to Apply Endangered Species, Wildlife Laws to Windpower?)

  
  MasterResource — Authority: 501
  “ Gleaming white wind turbines generating carbon-free electricity carpet chaparral-covered ridges and march down into valleys of Joshua trees.” Such is “the future” of American energy,  not “the oil rigs planted helter-skelter in [nearby] citrus groves.” So reads a recent Forbes article. But ...
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• Meet the Innovator: Jorge Odon

  
  USAID Impact: The Official Blog of the U.S. Agency for International Development — Authority: 409
  “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” –Albert Einstein It all started with friendly bet amongst friends – who could get a cork out of an empty wine bottle with only a plastic bag? The friends had seen the trick on YouTube earlier and wanted to re-enact it. Somehow, Saving Lives at Birth ...
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• XLV

  
  b.rox — Authority: 94
  Here I am on my 20th birthday, with my mother and sister. My hair was thicker then. That was 25 years ago today. For as long as I can remember, I’ve contemplated my mortality on an almost daily basis, yet I’ve often behaved as if I think I’m immortal. I’ve frequently envisioned myself as an old man, ...
  1 week ago

• Is Sierra Leone right to ban traditional birth attendants? | Kati Whitaker

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Is Sierra Leone right to ban traditional birth attendants? | Kati Whitaker Although traditional birth attendants are often poorly trained and sometimes use unsafe delivery procedures, for most women in rural Sierra Leone they are a lifelineWhen Kartuma Katim went into labour she ...
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• Is Sierra Leone right to ban traditional birth attendants? | Kati Whitaker

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Although traditional birth attendants are often poorly trained and sometimes use unsafe delivery procedures, for most women in rural Sierra Leone they are a lifeline When Kartuma Katim went into labour she was referred to Bo district hospital, 35km away from Old Condor, the small village in the southern province of ...
  1 week ago

• New therapy could help beat Hepatitis C virus

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Toronto, Jan 17 (IANS) Scientists have found a way to block the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and possibly benefit 170 million people worldwide.The breakthrough opens the way for new therapies to treat HCV which targets the liver and is among the leading causes of liver cancer and liver transplant globally. “Our approach ...
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• Christopher Hitchens last book

  
  Alistr.org - By Alistair Murray — Authority: 119
  Publication of Mortality   has been delayed until September, according to publishers: Atlantic Books publicist Karen Duffy said the move, initiated in the US, would enable simultaneous publication for the book in the UK, US and Australia, and ensure that any additional material needed in the wake of Hitchens ...
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• Eating Disorders Becoming More Prevalent Among Men And Children

  
  Health 2 u — Authority: 116
  by Rogers Memorial Hospital Eating Disorders Becoming More Prevalent Among Men And Children New research shows the pool of people struggling with eating disorders is rapidly transcending boundaries of race, age and gender. Eating disorders among minorities, males and children under the age of 12 are on the rise, ...
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• It may be my age talking

  
  like water on a rock or off a duck's butt... — Authority: 103
  You know that saying, “it may be the martini talking?” This phrase is usually uttered after someone has shared something of import and weight or pure sentimentality to someone who most likely was not receptive to hearing such profundities. Or maybe the recipient felt burdened by the secret suddenly thrust upon ...
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• Pakistans cities wake up to climate threats

  
  Carbon-Based — Authority: 427
  Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio in AlertNet : Alerts last June from the Pakistan Meteorological Department about a fast-approaching tropical cyclone, urging the evacuation of communities along the coastline of the southern city of Karachi, are still fresh in Haleema Memon’s memory. “The warnings created a hue and ...
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• Interactive Tools to Assess the Likelihood of Death

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 115
  New York Times Health January 10, 2012To help prevent overtesting and overtreatment of older patients — or undertreatment for those who remain robust at advanced ages — medical guidelines increasingly call for doctors to consider life expectancy as a factor in their decision-making. But clinicians, research has ...
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• QD: News Every Day--15 top causes of death detailed

  
  ACP Internist — Authority: 115
  Heart disease remains the single most common cause of death, reported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its annual report. The top 15 are: 1. Diseases of heart 2. Malignant neoplasms 3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4. Cerebrovascular diseases 5. Accidents (unintentional injuries) 6. ...
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• Abortion still taboo in Pakistan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Islamabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Even though abortion is legal in Pakistan and Islamic scholars agree on its permissibility in certain conditions, many medical professionals term it an “un-Islamic act” and refuse treatment to women, compelling them to seek help from untrained people and risk their lives, experts have ...
  1 week ago

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