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Heart Disease - Number One Cause of Death by Diana Y. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 19 May 2008 10:01am Heart disease prevention information from the Orlando Heart Center: Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. Fortunately, we now know ways...) blood cholesterol (you can subtract one risk factor if HDL is higher than 60) High LDL (bad) blood cholesterol High triglyceride blood level Obesity - 30% or more overweight Read on »

Can We Reduce the Number of Preventable Deaths Occurring Yearly in the U.S.? by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert

Posted Thu 17 Jun 2010 12:00am . One of the ways in which to understand the effects the preventive medicine and wellness movement is to measure changes in the number of preventable deaths. A recent article... of obesity (see: Obesity as a Cause of Death Recorded on Death Certificates ) and diabetes (see: The Staggering Cost of Treating Diabetes ). Increasing attention is being paid Read on »

Obesity as a Cause of Death Recorded on Death Certificates by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert

Posted Tue 23 Feb 2010 12:00am whether doctors would be recording obesity on death certificates. This article touches on a number of key points in the relationship of obesity to autopsy findings and the cause... The idea has not previously occurred to me but recording obesity as the primary or contributing cause of death on death certificates could be a way to cast greater Read on »

Cause of Death, Not Breastfeeding? The Bias That Won't Die by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Tue 20 Apr 2010 7:09pm

1 Comment , rather NOT breast-feeding, is now officially linked to death. Forget mere ear infections and bouts of gastro-intestinal distress. We're talking The Great Beyond. That Good Night... be latched to breasts for a year or else risk disease and now undoubtedly death), persisted through the frequencies of breast-feeding and subsequent lamentation that more women don't Read on »

Smoking, high BP main causes for deaths in US by Invisalign topdentist Posted Mon 15 Jun 2009 6:27pm Washington (IANS):- Smoking, high blood pressure and being overweight are the leading preventable causes of death in the US says a new study. Researchers from Harvard... overweight accounts for 216,000 deaths. The effects of smoking work out to be about one in five adult deaths in US while high BP is responsible for one in six deaths. It is the most Read on »

Smoking, high BP main causes for deaths in US by Invisalign topdentist Posted Mon 15 Jun 2009 6:27pm

1 Comment Washington (IANS):- Smoking, high blood pressure and being overweight are the leading preventable causes of death in the US says a new study. Researchers from Harvard... and being overweight accounts for 216,000 deaths. The effects of smoking work out to be about one in five adult deaths in US while high BP is responsible for one in six deaths Read on »

Smoking, high BP main causes for deaths in US by Invisalign topdentist Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:04pm Washington (IANS):- Smoking, high blood pressure and being overweight are the leading preventable causes of death in the US says a new study. Researchers from Harvard... overweight accounts for 216,000 deaths. The effects of smoking work out to be about one in five adult deaths in US while high BP is responsible for one in six deaths. It is the most Read on »

Poverty: One of the Causes of Death of Dialysis Patients by julius Patient Expert

Posted Sun 26 Apr 2009 6:17pm from Dialysis Postings: “Bawal Magkasakit” (It is forbidden to get sick). You can see this words on Ad campaign billboards by the DOH, the Philippines’ national health agency, and on most of their TV Ads... http://bit.ly/96Nn1 Read on »

Pneumonia biggest cause of death of under five year olds worldwide by Dave W Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 14 May 2012 6:01am An international team of researchers have published data in The Lancet showing that 18% of deaths worldwide among children under the age of five years are caused by pneumoniaInflammation of one or both lungs.. The second leading cause of death amongst this age group is the result of pre ... Read on »

Suicide: Top 10 Cause of Death in U.S Men by k Patient Expert

Posted Thu 04 Jun 2009 10:33pm The news of David Carradine’s death ( David Carradine Dead From Apparent Suicide ) might have not registered with me had I not read of his cause of death, reportedly by hanging. That’s how my brother took his life four years ago. Did you know that suicide is the number 8 cause in the United States for death among men? They make up 80% of total Read on »