Health Outcomes

Health Outcomes

a painting of a human skull on a table.
Most people are not experiencing a "good" death.
A deadly myth has been manufactured from poor methods and wishful thinking.
Gum disease begins in the mouth but spreads to the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is just one of several diseases linked to poor oral health.
amoeba illustration
The pathogen typically kills more than 90% of people it infects.
drug ads
Close to 70% of drugs advertised on TV offer little to no benefit over other cheaper drugs.
millennials
Millennials are reversing a 40-year decline in stroke deaths.
Chronotherapeutic drug delivery aims to maximize treatment effectiveness and minimize side effects.
The prescription poop can correct life-threatening bacterial imbalances in the gut.
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Black women are 3x more likely to die giving birth. Here’s one plan to fix that.
Just as human beings diversified so that people in Asia look different from people in Europe, so too did their microbiomes.
Certain cancers are striking earlier than they used to.
circumcision
"Our risk-benefit analysis showed that benefits exceeded procedural risks... by up to 200 to 1."
type o kidney
By creating a type O kidney, they hope to make more organs available for transplant.
Before anesthetics, some patients would die of the pain on the operating table.
When scientists tested this hydrogel on mice, they had cleaner teeth than most humans.
Cycling – active transportation or death trap?
Two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it.
Wearable technology can help increase lifespan by changing what we know about our dietary needs and creating new ways to exercise.
Thanks to genetic clues, scientists discovered that an old stroke therapy that had abandoned for decades might just work.
A study finds prescription medications and dangerous unlisted ingredients in ordinary supplements.
A baby crib at night
SIDS deaths have decreased worldwide, but research has yet to solve this medical mystery.
dizzy standing
Scientists find two 30-second techniques that prevent dizziness upon standing.
painkillers
Painkillers have nasty side effects, such as organ damage or addiction. Researchers have discovered a new drug that may cause none of these.
poisson distribution
The Poisson distribution has everyday applications in science, finance, and insurance. To compare the results of some biomedical studies, more people ought to be familiar with it.
body fat
Scientists at UCLA and Penn argue that malfunctioning fat, not necessarily too much of it, is what makes people metabolically unhealthy.