mortality
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Warren Buffett notes mortality, pledges $1 billion in Berkshire stock
Warren Buffet is distributing an additional $1 billion of his fortune to his family’s foundations and designated three potential successor…
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Discoveries & Research
Methadone much more effective than buprenorphine/naloxone for treatment retention, with no difference in mortality risk, study finds
People with opioid use disorder in British Columbia who received methadone had a 37-40 per cent lower rate of treatment…
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Severe cold-water bleaching and mortality of deep-water reef observed in the Eastern Tropical Pacific
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) recently published a paper detailing their observations of a major coral…
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New risk scoring system to account for role of chronic illness in post-surgery mortality
A UCLA research team has created the Comorbid Operative Risk Evaluation (CORE) score to better account for the role chronic…
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Discoveries & Research
BMI’s relation to cancer therapy mortality risks not so straightforward
While being overweight increases the risk of developing lifestyle-related diseases, there is a phenomenon known as the obesity paradox where…
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