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The Payoff for Staying Well

January 8, 2013 | | Posted in Newsletter

Wellness is hard to define, though most who have given it some thought suppose it means something more than [MORE]

Diabetes Prevalence Since 1980

August 16, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Health Organization, a group of public health [MORE]

Healthcare Reform while US Life Expectancy Dips

January 25, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

It may only be a “statistical blip,” but the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics reported that “. . [MORE]

90% of Americans at Risk for Heart Disease

October 20, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

For decades the CDC has conducted National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, and the most recent one finds that nearly [MORE]

Cancer: Worldwide, Killer #1

January 6, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

WHO reports that as soon as 2010, cancer will surpass heart disease as the world’s greatest killer.  Its global incidence [MORE]