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Americans Living Longer Than Two Decades Ago, But Overall State Of Health Care Is 'Mediocre,' Despite Spending Increase: Report
The United States is falling behind its economic peers in most measures of health, despite making gains in the past two decades, according to a sweeping study of data from 34 countries. Read More »
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By Drawing 50 'States' According to Income, Study Reveals 'Developing Countries' Within the U.S.
The United States is one of the richest countries in the world, but it would look dramatically different if its 50 states were organized according to income instead of geography. If that were the case, residents of the poorest state in the union would have a median household income that’s just above the federal poverty line for a family of four. They would also expect to live shorter lives than people in more than half of the world's countries. It's not a pretty picture, according to the researchers who carried out this thought experiment...
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Expensive Healthcare Doesn’t Help Americans Live Longer
Among developed countries, a new report says, the U.S. ranks very low in translating health dollars into longer lives—particularly for women Read More »
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For Americans Under 50, Stark Findings On Health
Younger Americans die earlier and live in poorer health than their counterparts in other developed countries, with far higher rates of death from guns, car accidents and drug addiction, according to a new analysis of health and longevity in the United States. Read More »
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Lancet/Oslo Commission: The Political Origins Of Health Inequity
Despite large gains in health over the past few decades, the distribution of health risks worldwide remains extremely and unacceptably uneven. Although the health sector has a crucial role in addressing health inequalities, its efforts often come into conflict with powerful global actors in pursuit of other interests such as protection of national security, safeguarding of sovereignty, or economic goals. Read More »
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Living Sick And Dying Young In Rich America
Chronic illness is the new first-world problem. Read More »
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Our Status-Driven Culture May Be Shortening Your Lifespan
Imagine you got to choose whether to be born Black or born White in America. Here are a few health statistics that might inform your decision... Read More »
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Stanford’s John Ioannidis On “Underperforming Big Ideas”
In a thought-provoking JAMA commentary out today, Stanford’s John Ioannidis, MD, DSc, and two colleagues call for biomedical researchers — and funding institutions — to “sunset underperforming initiatives.” Nothing controversial there, until you go on to read that some of those initiatives are in the popular fields of gene therapy, stem cell therapy or precision medicine. And, they write, perhaps some less-successful projects have been pursued simply because they fall within a top research field.
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State Of U.S. Health 'Mediocre': Report
The United States is falling behind its economic peers in most measures of health, despite making gains in the past two decades, according to a sweeping study of data from 34 countries. Read More »
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This Is Your Brain On Gluten
The idea that gluten and carbohydrates are at the root of Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, depression, and ADHD has now reached millions of people. It is the basis of a number-one bestseller written by a respected physician. What is it worth? Read More »
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Why We Need To Treat America's Poorest Neighborhoods Like Developing Countries
The average life expectancy in Japan right now, home to one of the healthiest, longest-living populations in the world, is about 83 years. That's four years longer than in the United States, a decade longer than in much of North Africa, and as many as 30 years longer than some war-torn parts of the world like Sierra Leone. Read More »
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