Low-Carbohydrate Diets and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality — Ann Intern Med
Conclusion: A low-carbohydrate diet based on animal sources was associated with higher all-cause mortality in both men and women, whereas a vegetable-based low-carbohydrate diet was associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality rates.
I know dead fish in the Gulf is not exactly a life mortality risk issue. Well, not yet. I am thinking in terms of human consumption. What if people are eating this seafood thinking that it is safe to eat? I have also been monitoring sporadic reports of blood chemistry abnormalities in some residents of the Gulf shore region. No definite conclusions yet, but this may eventually become a mortality risk issue. Stay tuned.
Massive fish kill reported in Louisiana | The Upshot Yahoo! News – Yahoo! News
Sauna endurance finalist collapses and dies in 110C – Telegraph
Ossi Arvela, the head of the sauna-sitting competition, said in a statement: “The Russian competitor has died in the sauna world championships.”
Hopefully this “sport” will not develop a large following.
By the way, 110 C = 230 F.
HT to Yves Smith at http://www.nakedcapitalism.com
Maintaining strong social relationships may help slow the approach of death, a meta-analysis showed.
In a pooled analysis of 148 studies, having strong social relationships was associated with a 50% greater likelihood of surviving through follow-up (OR 1.50, 95% CI 1.42 to 1.59), according to Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD, of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and colleagues.
The magnitude of the association puts social relationships on a par with quitting smoking and beyond obesity and physical inactivity in terms of relationship with mortality, the researchers reported in the July issue of PLoS Medicine.
Medical News: ADA: Mortality Lower with Metformin – in Meeting Coverage, ADA from MedPage Today
A large, multicenter trial found a 24% reduced risk of all-cause mortality among patients on the drug, compared with those not taking it, according to Ronan Roussel, MD, PhD, of Groupe Hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard in Paris, and colleagues.
Insomnia should be considered a condition with potentially lethal consequences, not simply a bothersome fact of life that people must live with, a researcher said here.
Among participants in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, chronic insomnia was associated with a threefold risk of all-cause mortality (HR 2.9, 95% CI 1.4 to 5.8), Laurel Finn, MS, of the University of Wisconsin Madison, and colleagues reported in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
Meta-analysis: Excess Mortality After Hip Fracture Among Older Women and Men — Ann Intern Med
Conclusion: Older adults have a 5- to 8-fold increased risk for all-cause mortality during the first 3 months after hip fracture. Excess annual mortality persists over time for both women and men, but at any given age, excess annual mortality after hip fracture is higher in men than in women.
BBC News – Lack of sleep ‘linked to early death’
Getting less than six hours sleep a night can lead to an early grave, UK and Italian researchers have warned.
They said people regularly having such little sleep were 12% more likely to die over a 25-year period than those who got an “ideal” six to eight hours.
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