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By the numbers: America’s alcohol-related health problems ... - STAT
Jun 27, 2024 · The U.S. saw a 25.5% spike in alcohol-related deaths between 2019 and 2020 — accounting for 3% of all deaths in the first year of the pandemic. The largest increases in …
Comparing three Covid-19 vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna, J&J - STAT
Feb 2, 2021 · The interval between Moderna doses is 28 days; for the Pfizer vaccine, it’s 21 days. Each dose of Pfizer’s contains 30 micrograms of vaccine. Moderna went with a much larger …
Life expectancy for men in U.S. falls to 73 years - STAT
Nov 13, 2023 · The picture is especially concerning for men, whose life expectancy is now 73.2 years, compared with women’s 79.1.This 5.9 year gap is the widest between the two genders …
Cancer, heart disease are most common causes of death in U.S.
Aug 8, 2024 · The report relied on death certificates from 2019 through 2023. Covid-19 was documented as the underlying or contributing cause of 76,446 deaths in 2023, a 68.9% …
Medical errors and accidents: an ongoing threat to health| STAT
Aug 4, 2021 · A meta-analysis of such studies concluded that the average annual death rate from such errors in the first decade of the 2000s was in the neighborhood of 250,000. That’s more …
Health websites are notoriously misleading. So we rated their
Jul 26, 2019 · Of all the sites with red ratings, 37% publish false or unfounded health claims. These sites accounted for more than 49 million engagements (shares, likes, comments, etc.) …
Experts: Trump speech patterns hint of potential cognitive decline
Aug 7, 2024 · Incoming Senate Majority Leader Thune hails from a state that relies on rural hospitals, telehealth. Getting creative with health care in a new Trump administration. …
The history of OxyContin, told through Purdue Pharma documents …
June 15, 1993 to April 15, 1994: Purdue conducted a clinical trial in elderly patients with osteoarthritis to test the safety and efficacy of OxyContin. It enrolled 133 patients, but only 63 ...
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