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Gaps in lung cancer treatment persist, study finds

In recent decades, lung cancer treatment has been transformed—new surgeries, new radiation techniques, and dramatically improved outcomes. But according to new research from Yale, published in JAMA Network Open, one thing ...

What a map of Queensland reveals about health inequality

Researchers have used geospatial data to illustrate significant life expectancy differences across Queensland, including for areas only kilometers apart within cities. Health geographer Associate Professor Jonathan Olsen ...

Major demographic transition happening in U.S. births

There is a major demographic transition in U.S. births, according to a research letter published online in JAMA Network Open. Amos Grünebaum, M.D., and Frank A. Chervenak, M.D., from Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, New ...

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