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New algorithm more accurately predicts life expectancy after heart failure

By Guest PostOctober 16, 2018Healthalgorithm, heart failure, heart transplant, life expectancy, trees of predictors

UCLA research could help health care providers make better use of life-saving resources

A new algorithm developed by UCLA researchers more accurately predicts which people will survive heart failure, and for how long, whether or not they receive a heart transplant. The algorithm would allow doctors to make more personalized assessments of people who are awaiting heart transplants, which in turn could enable health care providers to make better use of limited life-saving resources and potentially reduce health care costs. (more…)

Mexico’s murder rate has led to decrease in men’s life expectancy, UCLA-led study shows

By Guest PostApril 5, 2016General, Politicshiram beltran sanchez, life expectancy, mexican men, mexico murder rate

Increases in women’s average life expectancy have slowed

Mexico’s staggering homicide rate has taken a toll on the mortality rate for men — and it could be even worse than the statistics indicate, a new study from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health suggests. (more…)

World population to keep growing this century, hit 11 billion by 2100

By Guest PostJanuary 15, 2015Scienceadrian raftery, bayesian statistics, century, e nable arms, hirnforschung, jan born, langzeitgedaechtnis, life expectancy, marion inostroza, patrick gerland, united nations, university of washington, world population

Using modern statistical tools, a new study led by the University of Washington and the United Nations finds that world population is likely to keep growing throughout the 21st century. The number of people on Earth is likely to reach 11 billion by 2100, the study concludes, about 2 billion higher than widely cited previous estimates. (more…)

U.S. ranks near bottom among industrialized nations in efficiency of health care spending

By Guest PostDecember 26, 2013Healtharijit nandi, douglas barthold, first look, german, health care spending, health care system, industrialized nations, jody heymann, life expectancy, mcgill university, united states, us ranks

UCLA, McGill study also shows women fare worse than men in most countries

A new study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and McGill University in Montreal reveals that the United States health care system ranks 22nd out of 27 high-income nations when analyzed for its efficiency of turning dollars spent into extending lives.

The study, which appears online Dec. 12 in the “First Look” section of the American Journal of Public Health, illuminates stark differences in countries’ efficiency of spending on health care, and the U.S.’s inferior ranking reflects a high price paid and a low return on investment. (more…)

China’s chance to reinvent itself environmentally

By Guest PostJuly 22, 2013Environmentair pollution, cancer, China, chinese cities, environmental problem, environmental protection law, environmental well being, epl, gross domestic product, guizhen he, heart disease, jianguo jack liu, lei zhang, life expectancy, michigan state university, natural system, Netherlands, population, problem, rates of stroke, renmin university, wageningen university, yonglong lu

China’s 34-year-old Environmental Protection Law was created when it made sense for legislators in a developing country to trade environmental well-being for a boost to the gross domestic product.

Today, China wrestles with pollution that is leaving its citizens gasping for clean air, worried about water quality and concerned for the safety of the food grown there. In the current issue of Science, a team of researchers, including a Michigan State University sustainability expert, offers guidelines for revising the EPL to protect both humans and nature. (more…)

Global health policy fails to address burden of disease on men

By Guest PostMay 20, 2013General, Healthaids, alcohol use, burden of disease, cerebrovascular disease, chris murray, davidson gwatkin, decline, economic situation, gender inequalities, gender norms, global health policy, global mortality rates, hiv, ischemic heart disease, kent buse, lancet, life expectancy, lower respiratory infections, men, policy makers, sarah hawkes, tobacco smoking, unaids, university of washington, unprotected sex, unsafe sex, women

Men experience a higher burden of disease and lower life expectancy than women, but policies focusing on the health needs of men are notably absent from the strategies of global health organisations, according to a Viewpoint article in this week’s Lancet.

The article reinterprets data from the ‘Global Burden of Disease: 2010’ study which shows that all of the top ten causes of premature death and disability, and the top ten behavioural risk factors driving rates of ill-health around the world, affect men more than they affect women. (more…)

Exercise and Healthy Eating Make a Difference Even Later in Life

By Guest PostJune 8, 2012Health, Sportsaging studies, american geriatrics society, blood samples, cardiovascular disease, carotenoids, emily nicklett, exercise, fruits, healthy diet, inflammation, jared wadley, johns hopkins university, life expectancy, mortality risk, physical activity, university of michigan, vegetables, women

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Women in their 70s had a longer life expectancy when they exercised and regularly ate fruits and vegetables, a new University of Michigan study found.

“This is the first study to show that the combination of a healthy diet and greater physical activity predict greater survival and that the combination of both positive factors confers lower mortality risk than either factor alone,” said Emily Nicklett, U-M assistant professor of social work.

Nicklett and researchers at The Johns Hopkins University studied the results from 713 women ages 70 to 79 years who participated in the Women’s Health and Aging Studies. (more…)

Ageing Population Could Boost Economy

By Guest PostApril 26, 2012Economyadam jones, ageing population, alzheimer disease, boost, british economy, david taylor, diabetes, dilnot proposal, economic problem, Economy, gdp, gross national product, heart attack, jennifer gill, life expectancy, longevity, medicine, national productivity, nhs, obesity, older people, pharmaceutical revolution, phenomena, society, stroke, ucl, uk

Older people are a benefit, rather than a burden, to the economy and society according to a new report from the UCL School of Pharmacy.

The report, Active Ageing: Live Longer and Prosper (produced with financial support from Alliance Boots) refutes the view that older people are a major source of economic problems such as reduced international competitiveness. It provides evidence that the benefits of living longer will outweigh the additional health and social care costs of population ageing.

“All too often old age is seen as a time of increasing dependency, vulnerability and frailty. But older people already contribute significantly to their families’ and wider communities’ wellbeing,” said Dr Jennifer Gill (UCL School of Pharmacy), co-author of the report. (more…)

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