mortality
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Lee, then, is left wondering if this is the true nature of mortality: a long pattern of disappointments, up to and including the moment you gasp your final breath.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Researchers also observed that glucosamine use was linked to a 25% increase in mortality risk among people already diagnosed with ADRD.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
However, because mortality risk increases with age, post-term coverage is typically priced aggressively.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Yet age-indexed mortality rates are used to estimate length of life in general, which affects everything from pension and social-security payments to population predictions and insurance rates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
By submitting guests to a mild form of the distemper, which should last for some few weeks, he might greatly curtail the mortality of his acquaintance and their households.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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