They found that patients with diabetes had a 23 % increased risk of developing breast cancer and a 38 % increased risk of
dying from the disease compared to non-diabetic patients.
The international team of researchers modeled the lifetime risk of women developing radiation - induced breast cancer from digital screening mammography and
dying from the disease compared to the number of breast cancer deaths prevented by early detection.
Not exact matches
For some perspective, here's a chart
comparing the number of people in the US who
died from SCA in 2012 to the number who
died from Alzheimer's
disease, assault with firearms, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, diabetes, HIV, house fires, motor vehicle accidents, prostate cancer, and suicides:
Although the actual absolute numbers have increased when
compared with 2009 (the year for which there are World Health Organization mortality data for most EU countries) due to the growing numbers of elderly people, the rate (age - standardised per 100,000 of the population) of people who
die from the
disease has declined
from 148.3 male and 89.1 female deaths per 100,000 in 2009 to 138.1 deaths and 84.7 per 100,000 predicted for 2014.
Among them, a 2006 American Journal of Medicine study
compared the reported daily sodium intakes of 78 million Americans to their risk of
dying from heart
disease over the course of 14 years.
Until recently, the only way to look at human plaques was by analyzing the brains of people who
died from the
disease — a challenge one scientist
compared to looking at a car wreck and trying to puzzle out the accident's cause.
Compared to patients with low - risk
disease, those with intermediate - risk cancer (PSA > 10ng / ml or Gleason score 7 or clinical stage T2b / 2c) had a nearly four-fold higher chance of
dying from prostate cancer within 15 years.
Women who experience hot flashes and night sweats earlier in life are more likely to
die from cardiovascular
disease (CVD) when
compared to women with later onset menopausal symptoms, according to research
from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine published today in the journal, Menopause.
Women with type 1 diabetes [1] face a 40 % increased excess risk of death
from all causes [2], and have more than twice the risk of
dying from heart
disease,
compared to men with type 1 diabetes, a large meta - analysis involving more than 200 000 people with type 1 diabetes published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has found.
Analysis of data
from 26 studies involving 214 114 individuals with the
disease found a 37 % higher excess risk of
dying from any cause in women with type 1 diabetes
compared with men who have the disorder.
Adults with moderate scores of 100 - 399 were 80 % more likely to
die from heart
disease than those with a score of zero, and those with scores of 400 or more were three times more likely to
die from heart
disease, when
compared to adults with no calcified plaque buildup, or a score of zero.
People who ate the most pro-vegetarian style diets (≥ 70 percent of food coming
from plant sources) had a 20 percent lower risk of
dying from cardiovascular
disease,
compared to those who were the least pro-vegetarian (< 45 percent).
A pro-vegetarian diet — one that has a higher proportion of plant - based foods
compared to animal - based foods is linked to lower risks of
dying from heart
disease and stroke, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association EPI / Lifestyle 2015 meeting.
The review suggested that drinking coffee in moderate amounts seemed to reduce the chances of
dying from any
disease,
compared with those who didn't drink coffee at all.
Compared to those who watched less than two hours of TV per day, people who watched four hours or more were 80 % more likely to
die from heart
disease and 46 % more likely to
die from any cause.
One study found that women who ate 2 - 3 servings of whole grain products daily were 30 % less likely to have a heart attack or
die from heart
disease compared with women who ate less than one serving a week.
One study of more than 40,000 postmenopausal women found that women who consumed 4 - 7 servings a week of whole grains had a 31 % lower risk of
dying from causes other than cancer or heart
disease when
compared with women who had few or no whole grains in their diet.
A 2014 study revealed that people who consumed 17 percent to 21 percent of their daily calories
from the sweet stuff had a 38 percent higher risk of
dying from heart
disease compared with those who kept their added sugar intake to 8 percent of their daily calories.
Research has shown that women with estrogen - sensitive breast cancer (the most common form) who walked just three to five hours a week at a moderate pace experienced a 50 percent lower risk of
dying from breast cancer,
compared with physically inactive women with the
disease.
Not eating walnuts may double our risk of
dying from heart
disease (
compared to at least one serving a week)-- perhaps because nuts appear to improve endothelial function, allowing our arteries to better relax normally.
The researchers found that,
compared to non-vegetarians, vegetarians (including vegans and lacto - ovo vegetarians) were much less likely to get colon cancer or prostate cancer, or to
die from cardiovascular
disease or breast cancer.
Not eating walnuts may double our risk of
dying from heart
disease,
compared to at least one serving a week.
More specifically, those who got between 17 and 21 percent of calories
from added sugars had a 38 percent higher risk of
dying from cardiovascular
disease compared to those who consumed 8 percent of their calories
from added sugar.
People with high blood pressure are 4 times more likely to
die from a stroke and 3 times more likely to
die from heart
disease,
compared to those with normal blood pressure.
Studies also show that people who eat dark chocolate 5 or more times per week are less than half as likely to
die from heart
disease,
compared to people who don't eat dark chocolate (16, 17).
The original Adventist Health Study, involving 20,000 men and women, found that those who drank five or more glasses of water daily had about half the risk of
dying from heart
disease compared to those who drank two glasses or less.
, those who consumed 25 percent or more of their calories
from sugar were twice as likely to
die from cardiovascular
disease compared with those who consumed less than 10 percent of calories
from sugar.
A 2011 study headed by Quanhe Yang, PhD and published in JAMA showed persons who consumed around 4,069 mg potassium daily had a nearly 5 percent reduced risk of
dying from ischemic heart
disease compared with persons consuming 1,000 mg of potassium per day.
Compared to happy people, those with low levels of psychological distress were 23 % more likely to
die from accidents or injuries and 25 % more likely to
die from heart
disease, strokes, or heart failure.
Among them, a 2006 American Journal of Medicine study
compared the reported daily sodium intakes of 78 million Americans to their risk of
dying from heart
disease over the course of 14 years.
Despite these changes in risk factors for heart
disease, men who had three heart risk factors in middle age had a threefold higher risk of
dying from heart
disease and a twofold increased risk of
dying from other causes,
compared with men with none of these risk factors, the study found.