Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have higher risks for mortality and complications than control individuals; Black ...

Infant mortality in the US has been generally trending down since at least 1995, when consistent tracking started, but rates are still much higher in the US than they are in many peer nations. There ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Worldwide, case-mix adjusted survival has improved for patients on hemodialysis. Practices such as reducing ...

Black women remain three times more likely than white and Hispanic women to die from pregnancy-related complications, ...

Targeting a systolic blood pressure below 130 mm Hg was associated with a 21% decreased risk of all-cause mortality among patients with stage 3 to 4 chronic kidney disease, a meta-analysis found. An ...

Association between degree of joint risk factor control and risk for premature mortality in hypertensive participants (n = 70 898) compared to matched non-hypertensive participants (n = 224 069) via ...

Over the 5-year period (July 2001–June 2006), 164,789 adult subjects received dialysis treatment in units owned by DaVita Inc. (Supplementary Fig. 1); of these, 141,762 patients were undergoing MHD at ...

RA prevalence is increasing globally, driven by enhanced diagnostic technologies and improved reporting, not a higher disease burden. Women face a higher RA burden than men, with increased incidence ...

Georgia’s infant mortality increase last year was one of the four worst in the nation, with about seven babies dying for every 1,000 births. In Georgia, 892 infants died in 2022, 116 more infant ...

Black women are the economic backbone of their families, and maternal mortality is a financial crisis that continues to ...