Tag: death
First asthma-linked death highlights hazards at marijuana-processing plants
A young woman working at a Massachusetts cannabis-processing facility who developed new-onset asthma and later died of a fatal asthma…
US men are dying much earlier than women, as death ‘gender gap’ widens: Study
The gap in life expectancy between American men and women is now the biggest it has been since the mid-1990s—almost…
Podcast #941: How to Avoid Death by Comfort
Nietzsche’s maxim, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” isn’t just a sound philosophical principle. It’s also a certifiable physiological…
Study finds that 20–25 minutes of daily physical activity may offset death risk from prolonged sitting
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Clocking up just 20–25 minutes of physical activity every day may be enough to offset the…
Mammogram trial may help close gap in breast cancer death rates
Are 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers? A clinical trial is recruiting thousands of volunteers — including…
Lead poisoning causes far more death, IQ loss than thought: study
Blood lead level IQ loss function from Crump and colleagues. The blood lead level is mean lifetime blood lead level…