Study: Brain disease deaths high in NFL veterans

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AIDS deaths worldwide drop as access to drugs improves

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Cambodian deaths tied to common child illness

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Athletes' deaths in workouts prompt new guidelines

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Teenage pregnancy deaths a 'global scandal': charity

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Pregnancy-Related Deaths Fall Worldwide: Report

HealthDay – 4 mins 33 secs ago WEDNESDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- The number of women worldwide who died from pregnancy-related complications each year fell from 12 million in 1990 to 7.6 million in 2010, according to a new report.

It also found that child death rates in many African countries have dropped twice as fast in recent years as during the 1990s.

In Botswana, Egypt, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda and the United Republic of Tanzania, the rate of decline was an average of 5 percent or more a year between 2000 and 2010, according to the report released June 13 by the Countdown to 2015 Initiative, an international research and advocacy group.

Similar progress has occurred in reducing pregnancy-related deaths in certain developing countries. For example, maternal deaths fell by 75 percent in Equatorial Guinea, Nepal and Vietnam.

Despite this good news, too many women and children are still dying, according to the report written by an international group of academics and professionals.

Every two minutes, a woman somewhere in the world dies from complications of pregnancy and her newborn's chances of survival are poor. For every woman who dies, another 20 to 30 women suffer major and sometimes lifelong problems due to pregnancy.

Also every two minutes, nearly 30 young children die of disease and illness that could have been prevented or treated.

The report also noted that many countries in Africa and South Asia are not making progress. Of the 75 countries with the highest rates of maternal and child deaths, 25 have made insufficient or no progress in reducing maternal deaths and 13 have made no progress in reducing child deaths.

"Global efforts to save the lives of women, newborn babies and young children are not moving fast enough," Dr. Mickey Chopra, chief health officer of United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF) and co-chair of the Countdown to 2015 initiative, said in a news release. "Some countries are showing us what success looks like, but many other countries still have to learn the lessons of those successes."

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WHO target to cut early chronic illness deaths

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Study: Simple scope exam cuts colon cancer deaths

Associated Press – 2 hrs 7 mins ago A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds.

Many doctors recommend a more complete test

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FDA says unsure if Novartis MS pill caused deaths

Reuters – 24 mins ago (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it could not conclude that Novartis AG's multiple sclerosis pill Gilenya was related to unexplained deaths of patients, but it remains concerned about the cardiovascular effects of the drug after the first dose.

In recent months, doctors have grown more cautious about the drug following reports of heart problems in some patients and the death of one person in the United States within 24 hours of starting treatment.

A committee of European Medicines Agency concluded last month that the benefits of the drug continue to outweigh its risks, but along with the FDA sought stronger warnings on heart risks.

(Reporting by Anand Basu in Bangalore; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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Keep off beaches, Peru warns after mass pelican deaths

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Keep off beaches, Peru warns after pelican deaths

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Injury deaths drop among US kids: study

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Childhood deaths from injury have dropped almost 30 percent over the past decade, but suffocation deaths by infants and fatal poisonings among teens have risen, said a US study out Monday.

Despite the 29 percent decline, unintentional injuries are still the number one killer for US minors between the ages of one and 19, taking more than 9,000 lives in 2009, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The US rate of unintentional injury deaths among youths in 2004 was about twice that in other high-income countries in the the World Health Organization's European and Western Pacific Regions, it added.

Car crashes dropped by 41 percent from 2000-2009, but remained the leading accidental killer among this group. The CDC attributed the decline to improvements in child safety seats and better training for teen drivers.

"Despite this success, traffic crashes remain the leading cause of death for persons in age groups 5-19 years, accounting for 67 percent of unintentional injury deaths and 28 percent of deaths from all causes among those aged 15-19 years in 2009."

Poisoning deaths among those age 15 to 19 have been rising -- up 91 percent in 2009 compared to 2000 -- along with the rest of the US population, mainly due to overdoses of prescription drugs.

The higher infant suffocation rate -- up 54 percent from 2000 to 2009 -- "could be curbed" if more parents followed pediatricians' recommendations to have infants "sleep in safe cribs, alone, on their backs, with no loose bedding or soft toys," the study added.

However, the CDC pointed out that the apparent higher rate of infant suffocation could be a result of the change of death certificate classification over time.

Such deaths were often previously attributed to mysterious "sudden infant death syndrome," but recently, more of these deaths have been classed as "suffocation" as understanding of the syndrome has improved.

"Kids are safer from injuries today than ever before. In fact, the decrease in injury death rates in the past decade has resulted in more than 11,000 children's lives being saved," said CDC Director Thomas Frieden.

"But we can do more. It's tragic and unacceptable when we lose even one child to an avoidable injury."

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