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(Thomas Jefferson University) A population-based analysis looking at almost 13,000 cases revealed that men who received brachytherapy alone or in combination with external beam radiation therapy had significantly reduced mortality rates.

(MedPage Today) -- Mortality rates in the postneonatal period -- between one month and one year of age, when many deaths are preventable -- remain persistently high among Native Alaskans, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(MedPage Today) -- Women aren't intrinsically more likely to die after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); rather, their risk factors and comorbidities may account for elevated mortality rates, researchers found.

(American Cancer Society) Progress in reducing colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality rates varies significantly across states, with rates in the Northeast showing the most progress and those in the South showing the least progress, according to a new study.

(Public Library of Science) Pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 mortality rates exhibited wide diversion between countries.

Based on data from a total of 30 European countries, a study published in the journal PLoS ONE (May 11, 2011) found that the greater the state financial "generosity" to health sector the lower the pandemic influenza mortality.

(MedPage Today) -- A teamwork-building program for operating room staff that incorporates aviation practices reduces surgical mortality, VA researchers affirmed.

Breast cancer deaths have fallen in the UK since the 1980s, but mortality rates from the disease continue to be among the highest in Europe, a study shows.

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Between 33 and 77 million people in Bangladesh have been exposed to arsenic in the drinking water -- called "the largest mass poisoning in history." A new study led by Dr.

Joseph Graziano of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and published in the Lancet provides the most complete picture to date of the high mortality rates associated with this exposure.

Although worldwide adult mortality rates have been dropping overall for the past four decades, the gap between men and women, who have lower mortality risk, has widened, researchers found.

Even after adjusting for injury severity and comorbidities, trauma patients who did not have insurance had higher mortality rates than those who did, researchers said.