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| Articles about Mortality |
| | Human Rights Facts (37): Maternal mortality | | 2008-06-17 04:19:20 | | Maternal death, or maternal mortality, is the death of a woman during or shortly after a pregnancy. More than half a million women die during pregnancy or childbirth every year, and many millions suffer from inadequately treated complications. About half of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa and about one third occur in South Asia – [...]... | | By: PAP Blog | | |
| | Thoughts on Mortality, Life, and Forgiveness | | 2008-06-13 23:25:00 | | DEATH BE NOT PROUDMy cousin, Jim Reidhead, is preparing for a bone marrow transplant in a valiant attempt to defeat the leukemia that just doesn’t want to give up its grip on his body. His brother, David, was the donor. He is fighting to hold onto life.Today’s sudden and tragic death of Tim Russert has been a bit strange, for want of a better word. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the death of someone who wasn’t an A-list celeb or a major political figure cause so much shock. Perhaps it reminds us about the fragile ...... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
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| | | Cardiovascular and diabetes mortality determined by nutrition | | 2006-09-18 16:57:04 | | A non-pdf version can be found hereAbstract:Overfeeding and overeating in families are traditions that are often transferred from generation to generation. Irrespective of these family traditions, food availability might lead to overfeeding, in its turn leading to metabolic adaptations. Apart from selection, could these adaptations to the social environment have transgenerational effects? This study will attempt to answer the following question: Can overeating during a child's slow growth period (SGP), before their prepubertal peak in growth velocity influence descendants' risk of death from cardiovascular disease and diabetes? Data were collected by following three cohorts born in 1890, 1905 and 1920 in Overkalix parish in northern Sweden up until death or 1995. The parents' or grandparents' access to food during their SGP was determined by referring to historical data on harvests and food prices, records of local community meetings and general historical facts. If food was not readily available during the father's slow growth period, then cardiovascular disease mortality of the proband was low. Diabetes mortality increased if the paternal grandfather was exposed to a surfeit of food during his slow growth period. (Odds Ratio 4.1, 95% confidence interval 1.33-12.93, P=0.01). Selection bias seemed to be unlikely. A nutrition-linked mechanism through the male line seems to have influenced the risk for cardiovascular and diabetes mellitus mortality. [evolution]See New theory of environmental inheritance ('05 Press Release)technorati tags: overfeeding, overeating, generation, family, food, selection, metabolic, adaptations, child, death, descendants, cardiovascular, disease, diabetes, sweden, parents, grandparents, mortality, mechanism, evolution
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