Washington Post The disease killing white Americans goes way deeper than opioidsWashington PostIn rich countries, death rates are supposed to decline. But in the past decade and a half, middle-aged white Americans have actually been dying faster. Princeton economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton first pointed out this disturbing trend in a 2015 …Health-Care Reform ...

The Verge Want to examine your semen? There’s a device for thatThe VergeLet’s say you’re a guy encountering some fertility problems, and you want a hands-on approach. A new device could let you turn your phone camera into a microscope — which would then allow you to test your semen in the privacy of your ...

Philly.com White working class increasingly hit with ‘deaths of despair,’ report findsABC NewsA drug user takes a needle before injecting himself with heroin on March 23, 2016, in New London, Connecticut. 0 Shares. Email. The white working class in the U.S. has bucked a global trend of improved mortality rates in recent years as a ...

CNN ‘Bad luck’ mutations increase cancer risk more than behavior, study saysCNN(CNN) For the first time, researchers have estimated what percentage of cancer mutations are due to environmental and lifestyle factors, hereditary factors and random chance. Overall, 66% of the genetic mutations that develop into cancer are caused by …More than two-thirds of cancer mutations are ...