Patterns: In the Upper Great Plains, Lower Mortality Rates
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Minnesotans and residents of the other Upper Great Plains states have some of the lowest mortality rates in the country.
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By Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 10--HUTCHINSON -- Disaster aid for drought-stricken parts of the state, money challenges to the 2007 farm bill, changes to farm policy, and gaining markets for U.S.
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Americans living in Minnesota, New Hampshire and Vermont are more likely to live long, healthy lives than people residing anywhere else in the nation, according to an annual study ranking state-by-state health indicators.
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As people spend more time communing with their televisions and computers, the impact is not just on their health, researchers say. Less time spent outdoors means less contact with nature and, eventually, less interest in conservation and parks.
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People with at least some education  beyond high school have a lower cancer death risk than those  with less education, according to a U.S. study published on  Tuesday
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Cancer death rates are down in the United States, but certain cancers seem to becoming more common. Why?
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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A national health report released Monday shows that progress in the nation&#39;s overall healthiness is slowing dramatically and even declining in some areas -- a trend that&#39;s reflected locally.
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WASHINGTON - Hunters may not be to blame for the decline in bison populations, according to a new study that points the finger at climate change.
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Life expectancy in the United States has increased to almost 78 years, the country's highest on record, amid a downturn in deaths from heart disease, cancer and stroke, according to new federal estimates published on Wednesday.
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As chronic wasting disease spreads through populations of deer and elk in some states, hunters are finding that their quarry may not be safe to eat.
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By Debbie Gebolys, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 17--In the rolling landscape north of Scioto Downs, a colony of agricultural researchers and greenhouse entrepreneurs toils a short walk from their ecologically sensitive homes.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Good news continues to come forth from the cancer front: U.S. death rates from the disease have declined by 18.4 percent among men and by 10.5 percent among women since mortality rates first started going down in the early 1990s.
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A study finds race plays a major role, with blacks and Native Americans the least likely to be screened. By Steven Reinberg. MONDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDayNews) -- Throughout rural America, breast cancer screening
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By Katherine Cromer Brock, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep.
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Seniors who follow a Mediterranean diet and a healthy lifestyle have a mortality rate half that of seniors who do not, a study said.
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A five-year survey of outdoor recreation finds a sharp drop in the number of Americans who cast a rod and reelâand a lesser decline in hunting. But that doesnât mean weâre spending less time with animals in nature.