March 15, 2021
Rural-Urban Variation Found in Racial Disparities in Death Rates
MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Mortality rates of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and stroke are highest for Black adults living in rural areas, according to a research letter published in the March 23 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Rahul Aggarwal, M.D., from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in...
Pooled Analysis Shows Men Have Higher Mortality Than Women
MONDAY, March 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Men have higher mortality than women, with considerable variation seen in the effect size across countries, according to a study published online March 15 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association. Yu-Tzu Wu, Ph.D., from King’s College London, and colleagues used a two-step individual participant data...