April 3, 2018 • People who experience a sharp drop in wealth face a much higher
risk of dying over the next 20 years, according to a study of more than 8,000 adults in the U.S.
In one recent study,
the risk of dying over a two - decade period was 50 percent higher for lonely men and 49 percent higher for lonely women than it was for those who did not experience feelings of isolation.
«For example, when we compared patients taking H2 blockers with those taking PPIs for one to two years, we found those on PPIs had a 50 percent increased
risk of dying over the next five years.
Still, after controlling for those and other variables, they found that each daily increase of three ounces of red meat was associated with a 12 percent greater
risk of dying over all, including a 16 percent greater risk of cardiovascular death and a 10 percent greater risk of cancer death.
In the first study, U.S. scientists found that slim people had the lowest
risk of dying over a 15 - year period — 12 % for women and 20 % for men.
The new analysis, conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital, found that people who ate a lot of animal protein had a higher - than - average
risk of dying over the next few decades, especially if they favored processed red meat over fish or poultry.
People who eat red meat every day have a higher
risk of dying over a 10 - year period than those who eat it less, according to a 2009 study from the University of North Carolina.
Researchers from SciLifeLab / Uppsala University have studied
the risk of dying over the next five years.
A study last year found that people in their 70s whose biological age is five years greater than their chronological age have a 20 percent higher
risk of dying over six years than people whose biological and chronological ages are the same.
In a 2011 study published in JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association, Stolarz - Skrzypek and her colleagues compared the urinary sodium levels of 3,681 people with
their risk of dying over the course of eight years.
Study participants who traded time on the sofa for a total of 30 minutes of walking during the day reduced
their risk of dying over a three - year period by 33 percent.
New research from Harvard University actually suggests that attending «religious services» at least once a week will significantly lower
your risk of dying over the next decade and a half — and these results have been replicated in enough studies and populations to be considered highly reliable.
Not exact matches
As the Pope still has significant influence
over the less educated masses in these parts
of the World, he has exercised this power by: (a) Using some
of the Vatican's incomprehensible wealth to educate these vulnerable people on health family planning and condom use; (b) Supporting government programs that distribute condoms to high
risk groups; (c) Using its myriad
of churches in these regions to distribute condoms; or (d) Scaring people into NOT using condoms, based upon his disdainful and aloof view that it is better that a person
die than go against the Vatican's position on contraceptive use.
And so, a recent German Study
of about
over 300 infants who had
died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, they were compared with 1000 age - matched controls and found that breastfeeding reduced the
risk of SIDS by 50 percent.
«An absolute
risk of 0.15 % for an event that happens only a few times in one's lifetime is very low (in other words a woman would only expect to have 1 child
die if she had
over 650 children).»
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.
In other words, a drop
of 10 °C in the average temperature
over seven days, which is common in several countries because
of seasonal variations, is associated with an increased
risk in being hospitalized or
dying of heart failure
of about 7 percent in people aged
over 65 diagnosed with the disease..
But for some patients who have received therapy and survived, the
risk of dying from the side effects
over the long term might be even higher than from the cancer.
«The increased
risk is such that if Canada was to switch
over to a system
of private, for - profit hospitals, we would expect an additional 2200 Canadians to
die each year,» says the cardiologist, adding that this number is comparable to that
of Canadians
dying each year in motor vehicle accidents or from colorectal cancer.
In one study that examined data from
over 38 million inpatients in North America, Devereaux and his colleagues determined that patients treated at investor - owned, private for - profit hospitals had a significantly higher
risk of dying.
«
Over the past 25 years, a woman's
risk of dying from pregnancy - related causes has nearly halved,» said Flavia Bustreo, assistant director - general for family, women's and children's health at the World Health Organization (WHO).
Over the next seven years, those in the combination group had a 43 percent lower
risk of dying from prostate cancer, the team found.
Studies have shown that people who use saunas four to seven times a week have a 48 percent lower
risk of dying from heart disease
over those who used the sauna once a week.
In the large Rotterdam study looking at dietary data from 4,000 adults
over a period
of 7 - 10 years, researchers found that those with the highest intakes
of vitamin K2 had a 52 % reduced
risk of severe arterial calcification and a 57 % lower
risk of dying from heart disease (27).
Specifically, Cook's team found that
over 24 years, people who consumed less than 1 teaspoon (2,300 mg
of salt a day) had a 25 percent lower
risk of dying, compared with those who consumed almost 1.5 teaspoons (3,600 mg / day).
In the study, dietary fiber reduced the
risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, infectious and respiratory disease
over the nine - year study period by 24 to 56 percent for men, and 34 to 59 percent for women.
I don't have any other heart disease
risks, other than the fact my dad
died of heart disease (a man who smoked for
over 60 years and was a fireman until his first heart attack).
According to lead author John Abramson
of Harvard Medical School, the data shows that statins don't reduce your
risk of being hospitalized for a heart problem or even
of dying from a heart - related event
over a 10 - year period.
In the Rotterdam study, those who had the highest intake
of Vitamin K2 were 52 % less likely to develop calcification
of the arteries, and had a 57 % lower
risk of dying from heart disease,
over a 7 - 10 year period (9).
They found that
over a 15 year period, those women who had the highest intake
of nitrate from vegetables had up to a 4 % lower
risk of dying from heart disease or stroke.
One study linked a daily handful
of nuts to a reduced
risk of dying from any cause
over a 30 - year period.
Each 11 - pound decrease in grip strength
over the course
of the study was linked to a 16 % higher
risk of dying from any cause, a 17 % higher
risk of dying from heart disease, a 9 % higher
risk of stroke, and a 7 % higher
risk of heart attack.
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.
For years the debate
over fuel economy has been about making cars smaller and lighter, changes that could put people at greater
risk of dying or being injured in crashes.
In reality the
risk of being killed or even seriously injured by a dog is very small in comparison to the
risk of drowning (315 people a year)[20],
dying on the road (1291 per year)[21] or if you're a child, being run
over (one child is run
over in the driveway
of their own home every week in Australia)[22].
This added the
risk of dying and losing them altogether, but getting that extra boost to your health often made the difference between defeating a boss or getting killed by them all
over again.
The
risk of dying from extreme heat has declined for decades and by now «this should be rather unsurprising as it has been demonstrated
over and
over again,» they said.
In this scenario, the second option is actually a better choice, because utilizing a second - to -
die life insurance policy, called a survivorship policy, allows the cost
of insurance to be spread
over two lives, not one, reducing the overall
risk of an earlier payout by the insurance company.
This is what's known as the underwriting process; the carrier is finding out your
risk level — the probability that you'll
die over the term
of your policy — and setting your premiums accordingly.
Over the same period, as colonoscopy rates nearly quadrupled, the
risk of dying from colon cancer tapered steadily, even after accounting for factors such as income and age.
The idea is that the
risk of your
dying is calculated
over the term
of the policy, and your premiums will reflect that
risk.