Gulf in rich-poor life expectancy
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The gap in life expectancies between rich and poor persists, with professionals enjoying longer lives than the lower-skilled.
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A US government survey says the number of Americans living in poverty or without health insurance grew last year. The Census Bureau on Thursday said the number of poor people have climbed 1.3 million to 35.
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Black Americans born between 1946 and 1964  "are no better off relative to whites than their parents and grandparents" were in terms of income, according to a new Duke University study.
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Virtually the entire risk of heart attack can be predicted and the impact of factors causing attacks is the same whether you live in a rich country or a poor one, a global study has showed.
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ATLANTA -- The death rate from falling has risen dramatically for elderly people since the 1990s, said federal health officials, speculating that it's because people are living longer with chronic conditions like cancer and heart disease.
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NEW YORK  - Children whose parents enjoyed a long life, living well into their 80s, seem to have healthier hearts in middle age compared with children whose parents did not live this long. Moreover, the heart advantage persists over time, which should help them follow in their parents' footsteps.
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Living to 100 is easier than you might think. Surprising new research suggests that even people who develop heart disease or diabetes late in life have a decent shot at reaching the century mark.
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NEW YORK  - When it comes to defining good health, low-income teenagers may put more stock in mental well-being than wealthier teens do, a new study suggests.
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Recently there has been a roiling debate about how to describe living standards in this country.
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Inequality in some parts of society remains at &quot;intolerable levels&quot;, despite significant progress in the last 60 years, and could last indefinitely if nothing is done.
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The average 65-year-old American woman can now expect nearly two more decades of life, while men of the same age will live an average of 16 years longer.
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GENEVA, May 18 -- A boy born in San Marino, a tiny republic surrounded by Italy, will likely live to age 80, the world's longest male life expectancy, but newborn girls in Japan and 30 other countries have even better prospects, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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Mexico has some of the highest and the lowest standards of living in the world, such is the extent of the gap between rich and poor, a UN report says.
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The life expectancy for Americans is nearly 78 years, the longest in U.S. history, according to new government figures from 2005 released Thursday.
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The first-ever Surgeon General&#39;s report on bone health indicates osteoporosis could reach epidemic levels within 15 years. By the year 2020 one of two Americans over the age of 50 will be at
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The dramatic increase in health-care spending in the United States since 1960 is a major reason that Americans are living longer, making the world's most expensive health-care system a good value despite its high costs, according to an academic study being released today.
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NEW YORK  - After having a stroke, people  with lower incomes and blue-collar jobs seem to be more likely  to die in the next year or two than those with higher incomes  and white-collar jobs -- regardless of the severity of the  stroke -- according to a new study.