Remember, none of the newer drugs have been shown to decrease cardiac mortality either.
Exercise training may decrease cardiovascular mortality and sudden cardiac death.
Bicycling to work has been shown to decrease mortality by as much as 40%.
All of these methods are not totally precise, but they can provide some useful information to decrease maternal mortality.
There is no evidence that screening these women would decrease mortality from endometrial cancer.
Surgery for severe obesity is associated with long-term weight loss and decreased overall mortality.
However, subsequent studies showed that it increased adverse events and did not decrease mortality.
Screening for breast cancer decreases mortality by identifying and treating cases at an earlier stage.
Efforts to decrease heart disease and mortality by treating depression have been disappointing.
"But we've run out of ways to decrease mortality, and what we're left with is prevention."