New research shows that preventable deaths are increasing in the US at the same time that life expectancy keeps dropping.
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Many of the preventable pregnancy-related deaths documented by the CDC are directly attributable to failures and barriers in the maternal care system.
Australians are entering our most dangerous time of year for fatal drownings. So what can you do to keep yourself and loved ones safer this summer?
Twenty years after a landmark report on preventable deaths and injuries in hospitals, is the medical profession doing better?
Some experts believe that e-cigarettes can help people stop smoking cigarettes. But do they lead others, especially teens, to start? The question intensifies as teens take up Juul.
Our new study has found that people who suffer from severe mental illness are at a much higher risk of dying from preventable diseases and conditions.
We tend to consider the deaths of older people, and especially those in care, are due to natural causes. But new research shows how many die from injuries and violence.
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Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University
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Dean and Professor of Public Health, The Ohio State University
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
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Clinical Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Swansea University
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney
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Clinical Training DIrector and Assistant Professor of Couple and Family Therapy, Adler University
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
