Canada’s global reputation as a healthy place to raise children is belied by statistics showing strikingly high rates of suicide, child abuse and struggles with mental health, a new report suggested Tuesday.
Tag: mortality
‘Startlingly high mortality’ among single dads in Canada
A new Canadian suggests that single fathers have double the risk of dying prematurely than single mothers or any other partnered parent.
A complicated heart: Facing my baby’s mortality before his life began
My son’s only chance at life would be surgery on his walnut-size heart just 48 hours after he was born.
Heart attack gender gap: Mortality rate 3 times higher for women, study finds
Published time: 8 Jan, 2018 16:52 A new study has found that women are three times more likely to die after suffering a heart attack because doctors consider it a “male issue.” Research from the British Heart Foundation has found that three times the expected number of women died in the first year after a […]
Way more black women die during childbirth — and hospitals that serve black women have huge maternal mortality rates
Thomson Reuters A ProPublica study revealed shocking patterns in rates of maternal mortality and complications from childbirth across several US states, including New York. Hospitals that treat predominantly African-American mothers have much higher rates of mortality and complications than those who don’t. Geography often dictates access to care. Solutions for this disparity exist, and work […]
The older the doctor, the higher the patient mortality rate, study finds
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Media for Medical ) The age of your doctor may impact the quality of the care you receive—and even cut your chances of survival—researchers report in the British Medical Journal. Harvard researchers looked over data on more than 700,000 hospital admissions of elderly patients cared for by nearly 19,000 physicians between […]
Sir Cliff Richard admits Cilla Black's death made him think about his own mortality
In an interview with Ross King on today’s episode of Lorraine, Sir Cliff spoke of fond memories he has with his late friend. “She just made me laugh, she was full of fun,” said the singer, speaking from his home in Barbados. He joked that he used to be “Cilla’s chauffeur” to big parties as […]
