Mortality
Here’s Your Heart Disease Mortality Risk If You Live In California – Health Digest
Cavan Images / Ron Koeberer/Getty Images California is known for its beaches, Hollywood style, and healthy living. As the fifth largest economy in the world, California also has one of the highest life expectancies in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]
Mississippi Has One Of The Highest Heart Disease Mortality Rates In America – Health Digest
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images If you’ve ever been to Mississippi, your heart will be warmed by the Southern charm of its people. From Elvis’s birthplace in Tupelo down to the Gulf shores of Biloxi, you can enjoy Mississippi’s iconic cuisine. You start with some fried dill pickles, then […]
Is E. Coli Deadly? Here’s Your Mortality Risk – Health Digest
PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock From time to time, outbreaks of E. coli pop up in the news cycle. For instance, in October 2024, dozens of McDonald’s restaurants were shut down when consumers became ill with E. coli after eating contaminated Quarter Pounders, according to the U.S. Centers for […]
New Study Shows A Common Medication Could Reduce Breast Cancer Mortality Rates – Health Digest
A 2023 study in JAMA Network Open followed more than 13,000 women with invasive breast cancer. Women who started taking prescription statins to lower cholesterol after their initial breast cancer diagnosis had a lower likelihood of dying from their cancer. The reduction in risk was more notable when their cholesterol levels also went down, and […]