News tagged with morbidity rates

Study examines hospital complication rates of bariatric surgery

An examination of hospital complication rates of bariatric surgery for more than 15,000 patients in Michigan finds that the frequency of serious complications is relatively low and is inversely associated with hospital and ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Death from childhood stroke

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke is an important cause of childhood morbidity and is in the top ten causes of childhood death. For the first time, new research has looked at trends in death from childhood stroke in ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decline in health among older adults affected by Hurricane Katrina

In the year following Hurricane Katrina, the health of survivors 65 and over declined nearly 4 times that of a national sample of older adults not affected by the disaster, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0