MORTALITY REDUCTION

Jun 11 2025HEALTH

Can Early Warning Scores Save Lives in Hospitals?

In the fast-paced world of hospitals, every second counts. A tool called the National Early Warning Score 2, or NEWS2, has been making waves in how doctors spot and handle patients in trouble. It's a simple scoring system that helps doctors quickly see if a patient's condition is getting worse. This system has been put to the test in a single hospital's fever clinic....

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Dec 18 2024ENVIRONMENT

The Uneven Impact of Cooling the Planet: Solar Geoengineering and Mortality

Let's talk about solar geoengineering (SG), a method that tries to cool down the Earth by reflecting sunlight back into space. Scientists have been wondering how effective this could be in saving lives from heat-related deaths. They used two climate models and a look into how temperature affects mortality, and found some interesting stuff. When they modeled a 1°C coo...

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