January 27, 2020
Access to care may explain disparities in prostate cancer outcomes
Disparities in medical care may account for why African-American men with prostate cancer are almost twice as likely to die as white men with the disease....
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January 27, 2020
Health implications of income inequality
Income inequality in the U.S. is at an all-time high, according to the Census Bureau. And a recent poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shows that regardless of their income, Americans generally view this as a serious problem....
January 15, 2020
People’s body systems age at different rates
Individuals have an "ageotype" that's specific to one organ system, which could be targeted in order to extend healthy life....
January 10, 2020
Wisconsin follows national decline in cancer death rates
The cancer death rate in the United States has steadily decreased over the past few years, but recently that decline has slightly accelerated, according to American Cancer Society research. Wisconsin is following the national trend....