For patients ages 40-49, cancer treatment rates increased 18.2% for colorectal cancer, 11.2% for cancers of the digestive system and 8% for HPV-related cancers between 2016 and 2023.

Research from Des Moines University has found cancers related to HPV — the human papillomavirus — are rising faster in rural areas. The study looked at HPV-related cancer rates in Iowa and 19 ...

The study also noted a low number of PE-related in-hospital deaths (0.16 per 100,000 people), and when split by age, those aged younger than 1 year had a heightened rate (0.7 per 100,000 people).

The global rate of DALYs for obesity-related EC in 2019 was 2,202,314.1 (95% UI, 681,901.4-4,173,080.3). An increase in absolute health inequality in BMI-related EC burden was observed in 2019 ...

Obesity-related cancer rates in China were rising at an alarming 3.6% every year between 2007 and 2021 while non-obesity-related cancers remained stable, according to the first comprehensive study ...

Over this ten-year period, the annual incidence rate of exercise- and weightlifting-related head and facial injuries increased by 32.7%.

The study found that the rate of pregnancy-related deaths rose from 25.3 per 100,000 live births in 2018 to a peak of 44.1 in 2021, coinciding with the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

However, little is known about the potential cancer-related benefits of losing weight with GLP-1 receptor agonists, said Dror. The new study, which was published simultaneously in eClinicalMedicine, ...

More information: Saloni Ghai et al, The Association between Autism Spectrum Traits and Age-Related Spatial Working Memory Decline: A Large-Scale Longitudinal Study, The Gerontologist (2025).