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Life Sciences
Scientists at West Virginia University target life sciences
December 27th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "According to previous studies, 20% to 24% of deaths in the United States occur in nursing homes. This number is increasing." "Overall vital statistics document that the leading causes of death in the United States remain cardiovascular/cerebrovascular and cancer, with Alzheimer's disease seventh as of 2004. However there are few statistics on causes of death specifically in the nursing home population. The objective of this study was to determine the most common causes of death in one nursing home in our practice, and specifically to see how common it was to die of dementia in the nursing home. To improve on these...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-12-27)
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