Can UV Exposure Reduce Mortality?

Can UV exposure reduce mortality?

A Swedish cohort analysis in this issue (1) demonstrates a significant reduction in all cause mortality and in cardiovascular mortality associated with several measures of sun exposure. In addition, ultraviolet exposure from tanning beds is associated with a significant increase in all cause mortality and cancer mortality. A potential explanation for the protective association is that UV exposu...

Making waves: can radio reduce child mortality?

Can mass media interventions reduce child mortality?

Many people recognise that mass media is important in promoting public health but there have been few attempts to measure how important. An ongoing trial in Burkina Faso (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01517230) is an attempt to bring together the very different worlds of mass media and epidemiology: to measure rigorously, using a cluster-randomised design, how many lives mass media can save in a low-i...

Can vitamin D reduce total mortality?

T HE ANTIRACHITIC PROPERTIES OF VITAMIN D, the " sunshine vitamin, " are generally well recognized, and the role of vitamin D in calcium and phosphorus homeostasis is well established. 1 In the last several decades, many studies have documented nontraditional roles of vitamin D, as well as adverse consequences of vitamin D deficiency for a range of conditions, including bone health, cancer, car...

Can we reduce mortality in sepsis?

Considerable progress has been made over the last 2 decades in diagnosing and treating sepsis. Although the mortality rate is beginning to decline with the development of new therapeutic interventions, it still remains unacceptably high. Five such interventions are discussed in this review article to provide guidance for intensivists on the integration and implementation of new interventions in...