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UNICEF hails Iran's efforts to lower child mortality rate

The United Nations’ Children's Fund (UNICEF) praised Iran’s achievements in reducing child mortality rate.

New report shows overall cancer mortality on the decline in US

Overall mortality rates continue to decline, according to the most recent US Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.

AI now better at predicting mortality than human doctors

As scientists continue to toil away at creating machine learning algorithms that will one day enslave humanity save us all, artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have discovered that computers are outpacing human doctors in a number of important areas.

Physical activity reduces mortality in patients with diabetes

Patients with type 2 diabetes should be prescribed physical activity to control blood sugar and improve heart health. That is one of the recommendations in a position paper of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), a branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The paper is published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Infant mortality in England, Wales could soar without action, study warns

Infant mortality rates in England and Wales could be 140 percent higher than in comparable wealthy countries by 2030 without concerted action, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health warned.

Accurate measurements of sodium intake confirm relationship with mortality

Eating foods high in salt is known to contribute to high blood pressure, but does that linear relationship extend to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death?

US's high child mortality rate might be linked to poverty

The US spent $3.3 trillion on health care in 2016 — the most of any developed country. Yet for the past 50 years, it's had the highest child mortality rate of any other wealthy nation, and some researchers say it's all due to poverty.

Rising Chinese ozone levels cause higher mortality

Rising ozone pollution in China’s cities has emerged as a major health risk, causing a rise in deaths from strokes and heart disease among vulnerable residents, according to a new study by a team of Chinese researchers.

Child mortality rate in India lags world

By Sanjukta Nair*

Mortality rate four times higher in OSA sufferers

By Sadeq Dehqan & Katayoon Dashti

Infant mortality racial gap increasing in US

Infant mortality rates recently increased for blacks in the United States, whereas the rates in whites continued to decline, a new study showed.

Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world

Lawmakers in Texas, the US, largely failed to take any significant action to address the state's skyrocketing rate of pregnancy-related deaths just months after researchers found it to be the highest in not only the US, but the developed world.

New drug may reduce transplant, mortality rates in hepatitis C

A new drug has been found to significantly reduce the risk of transplantation or death in patients with hepatitis C infection, according to a recent study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare's Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Maternal mortality rates decline worldwide except US

While the maternal mortality rates are declining worldwide, the situation for women in the United States is a glaring exception.

Deprived African-American men face highest mortality risk

African-American men who live in poverty have the greatest mortality risk, according to a study from the National Institute on Aging which examined race, gender and socioeconomic status.