Growing Disparities in Life Expectancy
Here is a recent Congressional Budget Office report on how wealth and education are linked to life expectancy.
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Here is a recent Congressional Budget Office report on how wealth and education are linked to life expectancy.
While life expectancy is going up overall, there are some areas of the US where it has actually decreased. It is difficult to pinpoint a single reason, but regions affected include the deep south, along the Mississippi river, in Appalachia,
This is good news, not only for those with the Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis disease, but also for the entire field of gene therapy which had suffered setbacks when a a teenager named Jesse Gelsinger died of organ failure just days
A study by Steven Zeisel, M.D., Ph.D. Nutritionist of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has apparently shown that “Pregnant women who get sufficient levels of the nutrient choline in their diet may have offspring with a higher
As baby boomers are repainting the aging landscape, new products dedicated to fighting aging are cropping up. However, these products aren’t only for older generations — younger groups could also utilize them to detect problems early on. Read more here.