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  2. Health of Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cardiovascular disease is the "leading underlying cause of death in diabetic adults" in Native Americans. [21] Diabetes can cause nephropathy, leading to renal function deterioration, failure, and disease. Prior to the increase in cardiovascular disease among diabetic Native Americans, renal disease was the leading cause of death for this ...

  3. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    “The event or death may have been related to the underlying disease being treated, may have been caused by some other product being used at the same time, or may have occurred for other reasons.” The Times story also cited a buprenorphine study by researchers in Sweden that looked at “100 autopsies where buprenorphine had been detected.”

  4. Death - Wikipedia

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    In developing nations, inferior sanitary conditions and lack of access to modern medical technology make death from infectious diseases more common than in developed countries. One such disease is tuberculosis, a bacterial disease that killed 1.8 million people in 2015. [49] In 2004, malaria caused about 2.7 million deaths annually. [50]

  5. Global Burden of Disease Study - Wikipedia

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    The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is a comprehensive regional and global research program of disease burden that assesses mortality and disability from major diseases, injuries, and risk factors. GBD is a collaboration of over 12,000 researchers from more than 160 countries. [1]

  6. Congo says mysterious disease killing dozens of kids finally ...

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    At least 592 cases were reported after the alert was first raised by Congo's health ministry on Oct. 29. The ministry said the disease had a fatality rate of 6.25%.

  7. Palliative care - Wikipedia

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    Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, meaning "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. [1]

  8. The 'widowhood effect': How losing a spouse can affect your ...

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    The death of a partner can take a serious toll on the surviving spouse's well-being. Experts suggest ways people can protect their health. The 'widowhood effect': How losing a spouse can affect ...

  9. Liger - Wikipedia

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    The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a tigress, or female tiger (Panthera tigris). The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species . The liger is distinct from the opposite hybrid called the tigon (of a male tiger and a lioness), and is the largest of all known extant felines .