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Queen Elizabeth’s newly released death certificate contains just two curious words under her cause of death – old age. We might talk about people dying of old age in everyday speech. But who actually dies of old age, medically speaking, in the 21st century? Such a vague cause of death not only raises questions about how someone died, it can also be hard on family and loved ones left behind.

Extreme heat, cold, and pollution can each raise heart attack risk, study finds. Climate change. Women are more likely to die from heart attacks.

According to a new study, women may be twice as likely to experience a fatal heart attack compared to men. Women have several unique risk factors that may explain this higher risk, including premature menopause, pregnancy complications, gestational hypertension, and delivering an infant that is premature. Other risk factors for heart disease in women include more well-known issues: diabetes, blood pressure, smoking, and family history.

Suicide is often thought of as a gender-neutral issue, but in reality, three times as many Canadian men than women kill themselves every year.

77% of suicides are by men. What are the underlying causes of the gender suicide gap, and what you can do if you suffer from suicidal ideation.

In countries around the world, women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression and to attempt suicide. So why is the male suicide rate still several times higher than female?

Most American men who die by suicide do not have any known history of mental health problems. Alcohol and firearms are greater factors.

We tend to consider the deaths of older people, and especially those in care, are due to natural causes. But new research shows how many die from injuries and violence.

Truer words were never spoken: we all have to die sometime. But here's something you may have thought less about: we all have to die somewhere. And most people don't want it to be in a hospital. Despite this, about one-third of deaths in this country occur in hospitals. The good news is, that this seems to be changing.

For the first time since the early 20th century, more people in United States are dying at home than anywhere else, according to a new report.