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A Factor Explains ‘Deaths Of Despair’ In Declining Life Expectancy of White Americans [VIDEO]
By Lori Brown | Mar 27, 2017 09:48 AM EDTA study attempted to shed light on why "deaths of despair" may be causing the shorter life expectancy of white Americans.
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Longer Life Expectancy May Go Beyond 90 By 2030
By Anne Collins | Feb 23, 2017 07:20 AM ESTSouth Koreans ranked as the highest life expectancy in the world, and those in the United States were amongst the lowest where men and women are expected to live 79.5 and 83.3 years respectively.
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Drugs and Suicide: White American’s Life Expectancy Declined Specially Among Women
By Chris Bale | Apr 21, 2016 06:13 AM EDTWhite American’s life expectancy has slightly declined in 2014, according to the new federal data. More younger and middle-age whites are dying due to drug related causes and suicide and this is lowering the average life spans for the white American population as a whole.
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Japan's high life expectancy linked to high intake of fish, soybean
By C. Tordesillas | Mar 30, 2016 12:15 AM EDTResearchers found that participants who closely followed Japan's government-recommended dietary guidelines had a 15 percent lower risk of dying during a 15-year time period, as compared to those who didn't.
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Stop the Process of Brain Shrinking by Exercising in your 40s
By Kanika Gupta | Feb 12, 2016 11:26 AM ESTTo maintain an active lifestyle between the ages of 40 and 50 can be beneficial in preventing shrinking of brain, thus extending the life expectancy, reveals a new study
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Infant Mortality Rate in the U.S. is at a New Low
By Cheri Cheng | Dec 09, 2015 10:36 AM ESTThe infant mortality rate in the United States fell to a new low in 2014, new federal data revealed.
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Life-Extending Genes Recently Discovered
By R. Siva Kumar | Dec 02, 2015 08:54 AM ESTResearchers examine genes that are related to the aging process.
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Life Expectancy Gap between White and Black Americans is Narrowing, Study Says
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 06, 2015 12:46 PM ESTThe life epectancy gap between white and black Americans has narrowed to a four-year difference, a new study reported.
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Life Expectancy Continues to Vary Among Whites and Blacks Across America
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 05, 2014 11:10 AM EDTA new report found that the life expectancies for white and black Americans continue to vary throughout the country.
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Double Mastectomy not tied to Increased Survival Rate from Breast Cancer
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 17, 2014 01:12 PM EDTAccording to a new study, getting a preventive mastectomy does not improve survival rate from breast cancer.
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World’s Life Expectancy Increases Again, WHO Reports
By Cheri Cheng | May 16, 2014 10:06 AM EDTWHO reported that the global world's life expectancy increased for men and women.
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Shorter Men Tend to Live Longer, Study Finds
By Cheri Cheng | May 10, 2014 10:29 AM EDTA new study found that shorter men tend to live longer than taller men,
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Study Uncovers Why Men have Shorter Life Expectancies
By Cheri Cheng | Apr 29, 2014 10:52 AM EDTA new study found that the loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells could explain why men have shorter life expectancies than women.
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Mouth and Throat Cancers Caused by Virus is Less Deadly, Study Reports
By Cheri Cheng | Feb 20, 2014 10:07 AM ESTResearchers reported that patients are twice as likely to be alive two years after their mouth and throat cancers recur if the cancers were caused by a virus.
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Gap Between Rural and Urban Life Expectancies Grows
By Cheri Cheng | Jan 24, 2014 11:45 AM ESTThe gap between the life expectancies of rural and urban residents is growing, according to a new study.
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