Premature Death

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  Weight Gain In Early Adulthood Linked To Increased Risk Of Premature Death, Finds Study

  People who were obese by age 29 showed 70-84% higher premature death risk, with higher risk in women at 84% in some measures.

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  Air Pollution, Wildfires Linked To 135 Million Premature Deaths: Study

  Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said Monday.

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  Research Uncovers Wide Range Of Health Risks From Air Pollution

  Air pollution, world's top environmental health risk, causes diseases, loss of healthy years, and preventable deaths.

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  Human-Caused Climate Change May Lead To 1 Billion Premature Deaths: Study

  Climate change induced by human activity is likely to be responsible for the premature death of about one billion people over the next century, if global warming reaches two degrees Celsius, a study suggests.

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  One Lakh Excess Premature Deaths Linked To Air Pollution In 8 Indian Cities

  Exposure to air pollution has been linked to 100,000 excess premature deaths in the Indian cities of Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Surat, Pune and Ahmedabad between 2005 and 2018, according to a study.

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  Food Scarcity May Be A Major Cause Of Premature Deaths; Finds Study

  The study states that premature death due to food scarcity is found in about 10 to 37 percent people as compared to food-secure people.

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  Inadequate Access To Food Associated With Premature Mortality: Study

  For the study, people were categorised as food secure, or marginally, moderately or severely food insecure. Food insecure people were found 10 to 37 percent more likely to die prematurely from any cause other than cancer

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  AI Can Help Predict Premature Deaths: Study

  The study found that new AI Machine Learning models known as "random forest" and "deep learning" were very accurate in its predictions and performed better than the current standard approach to prediction developed by human experts.

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  Beware! Job Stress May Increase The Risk Of Premature Death In Men

  The findings, published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, showed that men who experience job strain -- having high work demands and low control over them -- had a 68 per cent greater risk of premature death.

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  Kidney Failure Patients On Dialysis At Early Death Risk

  Kidney failure patients on dialysis may be at risk of dying prematurely, especially from cardiovascular causes, due to altered blood clots, a study has warned.

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  Handful Of Nuts A Day May Cut Heart Disease, Cancer Risk: Study

  Eating at least 20 grammes of nuts a day - equivalent to a handful - may lower the risk of heart disease, cancer and premature death, new research has claimed.

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  Study Estimates 100,000 Premature Deaths From Indonesia Haze

  Indonesian forest fires that choked a swath of Southeast Asia with a smoky haze for weeks last year may have caused more than 100,000 premature deaths, according to new research that will add to pressure on Indonesia's government to tackle the annual crisis.

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  High Levels Of 'Good' Cholesterol May Cause Premature Death: Study

  Both high and low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol - commonly called 'good cholesterol' for helping reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack - may increase a person's risk of premature death, a new study has claimed.

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  Obesity Raises Risk of Premature Death in Men

  The findings showed that the premature deaths, defined as those at ages 35-69 years, would be 29.5 per cent and 14.6 per cent for moderately obese men and women.

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  Blood Test May Predict Premature Death Risk

  A single blood test could tell whether an otherwise healthy person is likely to die of pneumonia or sepsis within the next 14 years, scientists say.