morbidity

• Maternal mortality and morbidity is a large problem worldwide, and one we've written about here in various contexts in the past. —  Our Bodies Our Blog
• For those with diabetes morbidity is also much higher, especially heart disease (two to three times higher in South Asians), renal failure (four times higher in Asians) and stroke is three times higher in African-Caribbeans. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
• Longer patent-life is a pre-requisite for obtaining good evidence that any treatment (for diabetes, blood pressure or lipids) designed to reduce long-term morbidity and mortality is safe and effective. —  Health News from Medical News Today
• Pretreatment MRI and PET / CT for cervical cancer may direct more women to optimal therapy choices and spare many women potential long-term morbidity and complications of trimodality therapy (surgery followed by chemoradiation), according to a study performed at the Institute for Technology Assessment in Boston, MA. —  EurekAlert! - Breaking News
• Although there has been a longstanding debate about the clinical significance of mild gestational diabetes on perinatal morbidity, there has been wide acceptance of treating the condition, according to Dr. Landon. —  MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians

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