Tag: Mortality

New York: People with colon cancer who regularly eat nuts such as almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews and peanuts may be at significantly lower risk of cancer recurrence and mortality, researchers say. The findings showed that those who regularly consumed at least two, one-ounce servings of nuts each week showed a 42 per cent improvement in […]

New York: Researchers have identified gene variants that boost the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease — the leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, a finding that points to potential targets for common drugs. While the study confirmed most of the known diabetes “risk loci”– sites on the genome where small […]

New York: People who find it difficult to adapt to distressing life situations such as divorce or unemployment may experience fluctuations in life satisfaction which can be detrimental to their longevity, suggests a research. Greater life satisfaction in adults older than 50 years of age is related to a reduced risk of mortality, the results […]

Jerusalem: Researchers have developed a method to assess the “age” of patients’ immune systems, thus predicting mortality in older adults. According to researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), the immune age is a kind of biological clock that will help identify an early weakening of the immune system. The new model will help […]