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Google is adding World Bank figures to Internet results in a bid to make hard facts about countries worldwide easier to find. http://www.physorg.com/news177186683.html Technology Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:00:01 EST news177186683 Homeless and marginally housed people have much higher mortality and shorter life expectancy than could be expected on the basis of low income alone, concludes a study from Canada published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news175807471.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:40:01 EST news175807471 (PhysOrg.com) -- UCL researcher Hashim Uddin Ahmed is conducting a series of world-first trials into an alternative form of treatment for prostate cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news175419203.html Medicine & Health Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:10:11 EST news175419203 Today's babies will be tomorrow's centenarians. A new report says that reaching the age of 100 may become ordinary for most American babies born since 2000. How will living for a century affect our kids? And what quality of life awaits those who live this long? http://www.physorg.com/news174594020.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:20:54 EST news174594020 (AP) -- Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say that since the 20th century, people in developed countries are living about three decades longer than in the past. Surprisingly, the trend shows little sign of slowing down. http://www.physorg.com/news173644547.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:36:55 EST news173644547 The Great Depression had a silver lining: During that hard time, U.S. life expectancy actually increased by 6.2 years, according to a University of Michigan study published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news173371667.html Other Sciences Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:10 EST news173371667 Bee colonies are well known for high levels of cooperation, but new research published in Molecular Ecology demonstrates a conflict for reproduction between worker bees and their Queens, leading some workers to selfishly exploit the colony for their own needs. http://www.physorg.com/news171746038.html Biology Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:20:01 EST news171746038 (AP) -- U.S. life expectancy has risen to a new high, now standing at nearly 78 years, the government reported Wednesday. The increase is due mainly to falling death rates in almost all the leading causes of death. The average life expectancy for babies born in 2007 is nearly three months greater than for children born in 2006. http://www.physorg.com/news169903338.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:22:44 EST news169903338 When Albina Duggan of Bourbonnais, Ill., was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, it had spread from her liver to her spine and lymph nodes. http://www.physorg.com/news169152201.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:50:01 EST news169152201 Japanese people are living longer than ever, with the average life expectancy now 86.05 years for women and 79.29 years for men, the health ministry said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news166945685.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:20:01 EST news166945685 Costa Rica is the happiest place on earth, and one of the most environmentally friendly, according to a new survey by a British non-governmental group. http://www.physorg.com/news165950840.html Other Sciences Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:28:10 EST news165950840 People with schizophrenia die from cancer four times as often as people in the general population. That was the conclusion of a new study published in the August 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results suggest that extra efforts should be made to improve cancer prevention and early detection in patients with schizophrenia. http://www.physorg.com/news164878421.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:35:10 EST news164878421 (AP) -- The World Health Organization says women in Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world with 86 years. http://www.physorg.com/news162110620.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 07:44:35 EST news162110620 (PhysOrg.com) -- Wealth and social class has a greater impact on the health and well-being of the elderly than previously realised, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news160934670.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 17:05:00 EST news160934670 The impact that wealth and social class has on people's well-being in old age is far greater than is often assumed. New research from the Economic and Social Research Council reveals just how great the difference really is in people's health and well-being between different social groups at older ages. http://www.physorg.com/news160897776.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 06:50:38 EST news160897776 African Americans have a shorter life expectancy than whites, and cancer plays a major role in this disparity. African Americans are more prone to get cancer; they tend to present at a later, deadlier stage; and they have poorer survival rates after diagnosis. http://www.physorg.com/news156795797.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:24:03 EST news156795797 A new study by researchers at Brigham Young University and Harvard School of Public Health shows that average life expectancy in 51 U.S. cities increased nearly three years over recent decades, and approximately five months of that increase came thanks to cleaner air. http://www.physorg.com/news151780986.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:23:38 EST news151780986 Persons with temporal lobe epilepsy who do not respond to medication could receive a substantial gain in life expectancy and quality of life by undergoing surgery of the temporal lobe part of the brain, according to an analysis reported in the December 3 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news147463504.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:05:04 EST news147463504 In a computer-based model evaluating the benefits and costs of three types of HIV disease monitoring strategies, early initiation of antiretroviral therapy and monitoring using the CD4 count, a measure of immune system function, instead of based on symptoms appear to provide health benefits in low- and middle-income countries, according to a report in the September 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news141322965.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:22:45 EST news141322965 In the world of Down syndrome, 'Mr. C' is a rarity. A real person whose progress has been tracked for the past 16 years, at seventy, 'Mr. C' has well surpassed the average life expectancy of a person with Down syndrome, currently in the late fifties, but in the teens when 'Mr. C' was born. Further, 'Mr. C' does not exhibit clinical symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, which is almost a given for people with typical Down syndrome over 65 yeas of age. http://www.physorg.com/news140242284.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:11:24 EST news140242284 The life expectancy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased by more than 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. http://www.physorg.com/news136213120.html Medicine & Health Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:58:40 EST news136213120