Hypertension is the leading cause of maternal deaths in Nepal, according to a study on maternal and perinatal deaths carried out by the Family Welfare Division under the Department of Health Services.

India has made significant progress in reducing child deaths over the past three decades, but deaths among newborns are a cause for concern.

An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024 globally, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new estimates relea ...

Using a liver stiffness measurement to screen for liver fibrosis in patients with type 2 diabetes could help identify those at an increased risk of all-cause mortality. While liver stiffness ...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness month. According to a study published in January 2026 by the Journal of American Medical Association, colorectal cancer is now t ...

A large meta-analysis of 50 cohort studies involving over three million adults found that higher consumption of certain fermented foods is associated with lower risks of all-cause and cardiovascular ...

Reductions in child mortality have slowed around the world and even stalled in some places, with communities in sub-Saharan ...

Outpatient HF worsening occurred in 49.1% of patients and identified a large subgroup with higher event burden than hospitalization-based metrics alone captured. Experiencing outpatient HF worsening ...

Cancer survivors who consumed more ultraprocessed foods had significantly higher risks of death from any cause and from cancer over long-term follow-up. Cancer survivors who reported eating larger amo ...

The racial gap in maternal mortality is narrowing, driven largely by climbing death rates of white women with no more than a high school education and declining rates for college-educated Black women, ...

Large international study finds nearly half of patients admitted with visible blood in urine receive no imaging, delaying ...

A new Public Health Department report shows non-Hispanic Black infants remain over three times more likely to die before their first birthday than white infants. Mecklenburg County's infant mortality ...