Sudden infant death syndrome may have a biological cause
25 May 2023
The condition may at least partly be caused by insufficient binding of a neurotransmitter to receptors in the brainstem
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Irregular sleep linked to a higher risk of death over the next 7 years
15 May 2023
Lacking a set bed and wake time may influence our body's various psychological processes, affecting our health. Alternatively, irregular sleep habits could be caused by a pre-existing medical condition that itself raises the risk of death over a given...
How long can humans live? We may not have hit the limit yet
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The record for the maximum human lifespan has been unbroken since the 1990s, but that might soon change, according to a new way of analysing mortality records
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Since April, there have been 22,500 more deaths than expected in the UK. Health experts are concerned but unsure of the causes – which could include covid-19, population ageing and NHS problems
Blood substitute repairs damaged organs hours after heart stops
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Use of an artificial blood substitute can reverse cell damage caused by lack of oxygen and could make more organs available for transplants, treat heart attacks and strokes and even reverse death
Life expectancy of Native American peoples falls 4.7 years since 2019
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Amid the pandemic, the life expectancy of American Indian or Alaska Native people is thought to have fallen by nearly five years from 2019 to 2021, the biggest decline of any ethnic group in the US
Pollution killed 9 million people worldwide in 2019 alone
17 May 2022
Pollution accounted for one in six deaths three years ago, a figure that is unchanged since the last analysis in 2015
Oscar-winning actors live longer than unsuccessful nominees
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Landmark ruling says air pollution contributed to death of 9-year-old
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A court has ruled that dirty air contributed to the death of Ella Kissi-Debrah, an asthmatic 9-year-old girl in south London, in a significant ruling marking the first time a person in the UK has had air pollution listed as a cause of death
Fatal cardiac arrests could be hiding opioid overdose deaths in the US
10 August 2020
A study in San Francisco has found that 17 per cent of deaths ascribed to cardiac arrest were actually caused by drug overdose, most commonly opioids
