Cause of Death

How Much Do The Top Causes Of Death Cost?

24/7 Wall St. | Baxter B. Allen, MD | Posted 01.18.2012

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Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its estimated causes of death for 2010. The 10 leading causes of death in the...

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Homicide Not As Deadly For Americans

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 03.13.2012

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ATLANTA — For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation's top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung...

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Gone Without A Case: Suspicious Elder Deaths Rarely Investigated

www.propublica.org | Posted 12.22.2011

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Nothing, it seemed, was unusual about Joseph Shepter's death. A retired U.S. government scientist, Shepter spent his final two years dwelling in a ...

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Autopsy Reveals Little In Death Of New Hampshire Girl

AP | LYNNE TUOHY | Posted 10.03.2011

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STEWARTSTOWN, N.H. — Law enforcement officials looking into the death of an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl whose body was pulled from a river th...

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Abe Cahan, Towson University Junior, Found Dead In Home

thetowerlight.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Towson University junior Abe Cahan died Thursday, Sept. 23, according to his father. Police were called to Cahan's Towson Woods apartment at 1:43 p.m....

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Harold Dow Died Of Asthma Behind The Wheel

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

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But late last night, Dow's family released a statement linking his death to an asthma attack behind the wheel. The CBS News report reveals that, accor...

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Why Hugo Chavez Dug Up Simon Bolivar's Bones

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Friday before dawn, a Chávez government team ceremoniously opened Bolívar's casket in the National Pantheon in Caracas, where his remains were br...

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Simon Bolivar & Arsenic: Poison Killed Latin American Liberator, Says Dr. Paul Auwaerter

AP | ALEX DOMINGUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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BALTIMORE — Arsenic helped kill Simon Bolivar, according to a Johns Hopkins doctor who is questioning the tuberculosis diagnosis given as the cause ...

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Girl, 6, Commits Suicide: Medical Examiner Stands By Report On Samantha Kuberski, Police Disagree

AOL News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The death of a 6-year-old Oregon girl sent to her room after exchanging cross words with her mother has been classified as a suicide by a state medica...

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Is Heart Disease The Number 1 Killer In The US? On The Semantics Of Death

Gayatri Devi, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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"Make sure you write advanced Alzheimer's," instructed James, "otherwise it's no good. Crazy I know, but that's bureaucracy for you!" He shrugged.

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When Is a Suicide Not a Suicide?

Diane Dimond | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Diane Dimond, Bernalillo County, Albuquerque, Office of Medical Investigators, New Mexico, Dr. Michael Baden, Lt. Todd Parkins, Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White, Cause of Death, Suicide, Shotgun Death, Re-Examines the Case for Free, Healthy Living News

I say the city of Albuquerque owes the Parkins family a second opinion. Dr. Baden, who took this case for free, may conclude it was suicide. But I doubt it.

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