(HealthDay)—From 1999 through 2019, the death rates for males and females were higher in rural than urban areas, according to a September data brief published
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STI rates plunged by a third last year
STI rates plunged by a third in England last year as people had less casual sex during Covid lockdowns, official data shows 317,901 people tested
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Natural rates of aging are fixed, study suggests
No matter how hard you try, it might be difficult to slow down aging, a depressing new study suggests. Across a range of primate species,
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Youth vaping rates decline, but 1 in 5 U.S. teens still uses E-cigs
Although the number of teens who use e-cigarettes has dropped significantly, new research suggests that vaping rates are still too high. “This study underscores that
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International study reveals gut bacteria from people in industrialized societies swap genes at much higher rates
Thousands of different bacterial species live within the human gut. Most are beneficial, while others can be harmful. A new study from an MIT-led team
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Investment needed to bring down pancreatic cancer death rates in Europe
Researchers have called on European policymakers to make adequate resources available to tackle pancreatic cancer, a disease that is almost invariably fatal and where little
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SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence study in daycare centres in France suggests low rates of infection in very young children
Children aged between 5 months and 4 years attending daycare during lockdown in March to May 2020 in France had low rates of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
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Dementia rates higher in men with common genetic disorder haemochromatosis
New research has found that men who have the Western world’s most common genetic disorder are more likely to develop dementia, compared to those without
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Unexplained 7-fold variation in euthanasia rates across the Netherlands
There’s a 7-fold unexplained variation in rates of euthanasia across The Netherlands, reveals an analysis of health insurance claims data, published online in the journal
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Focus on COVID-19 deaths in under-65s for better insights into infection rates across populations, say researchers
Simply comparing the total number of deaths across countries may provide a misleading representation of the underlying level of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that
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