Deaths

Despite overall improved mortality rates, the number of people found at home so decomposed that it is impossible to determine their cause of death is on the rise in parts of the UK. A new study tries to parse the cause.

A new study has found that globally, the rates of new cancer cases and associated deaths in people under 50 increased alarmingly between 1990 and 2019, highlighting the importance of education on the incidence of certain cancers in younger people.

Researchers are close to human clinical trials to test the safety and efficacy of vaccines to prevent heroin and fentanyl overdoses. If approved, they could revolutionize the treatment of opioid addiction and reduce deaths from overdose.

A new first-of-its-kind UK study has found that, compared to 20 years ago, women today with early invasive breast cancer and initially treated with surgery are 66% less likely to die within five years of diagnosis.

The risk factors for cardiovascular disease and cancer are well-known and include low levels of physical activity. A large, new meta-analysis has examined the link between physical activity and the risk of death and revealed some interesting results.

A new report offers the most detailed estimate to date of pandemic-related deaths, finding up to the end of 2021 there were nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID around the world. The estimate is triple the officially reported mortality figures.

Your smartphone likely vibrates multiple times a day with various notifications but in the future there may be a new kind of message coming from your smartphone, a message from an app predicting your risk of death over the coming years.

New modeling has estimated COVID-19 vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths worldwide in 2021. The study also concluded millions more lives could have been saved last year if vaccine distribution was more equitably spread around the globe.

A report from the CDC has found COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the US in 2021, after heart disease and cancer. Another new CDC report estimates nearly 60 percent of the US population had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by February 2022.

A study is offering the first peer-reviewed investigation into the global death toll of COVID-19. Tracking excess death data from nearly 200 countries the study estimates over 18 million COVID deaths, a number three times higher than official counts.

A new study has proposed that a simple retina scan could indicate whether a person is at risk of early death. The research found the greater the gap between a person’s chronological age and retinal age the higher their risk of dying.

Researchers in the US have found changes to electrical activity in the heart can help predict which hospitalized COVID-19 patients are more likely to decline and die. The biomarker is easily measurable and may predict death several days in advance.