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Forget the debate over public health versus jobs – the same people suffer the most either way
Throughout the pandemic, millions of Americans wondered: "Is the cure worse than the disease?"
Apr 19, 2021
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Life expectancy lower near superfund sites
Living near a hazardous waste or Superfund site could cut your life short by about a year, reports Hanadi S. Rifai, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston. The ...
Apr 13, 2021
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EU life expectancy drops across bloc amid virus pandemic
Life expectancy across much of the European Union has dropped last year, as the 27-nation bloc struggled with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 7, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tracking how COVID-19 is changing life expectancy
As a demographer—someone who studies how human populations grow and change—UCLA professor of sociology Patrick Heuveline typically spends time each year traveling around the world, talking to people about their hopes ...
Apr 2, 2021
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230,000 more deaths than expected between 2010-18, according to new study
A study by the University of Liverpool has found a larger than expected increase in deaths between 2010-2018 and this can be partly associated with the impact of fiscal austerity measures.
Mar 26, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Risk prediction to reduce minority disparities in USPSTF lung cancer screening guidelines
According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), updated United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung cancer screening (LCS) guidelines based solely on age, pack-years, and quit-years perpetuate eligibility ...
Mar 26, 2021
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New study lays bare inequalities in life expectancy across Wales
The gap in life expectancy between the most and least deprived parts of Wales increased in the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for women, new research has suggested.
Mar 25, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Decades of radiation-based scientific theory disproven by study
Surprisingly, exposure to a high background radiation might actually lead to clear beneficial health effects in humans, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Nuclear Research Center Negev (NRCN) scientists. ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Shortage of primary care doctors is costing American lives
(HealthDay)—The United States could save thousands of lives each year by addressing its lack of enough primary care doctors, a new study projects.
Mar 23, 2021
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More primary care physicians could mean gains in life expectancy, fewer deaths
People who have primary care physicians tend to have better health care, to receive timelier diagnoses and to get more prompt treatment when it is needed. So, it comes as small surprise that reliable access to primary care ...
Mar 22, 2021
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