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The United States will have the largest drop in life expectancy rankings of all high-income countries by 2040

Sharp Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy Rankings by 2040

U.S. expected to fall from 43rd in 2016 to 64th by 2040, with an average life expectancy of 79.8
Cancer treatment is associated with a clinically meaningful survival benefit in older

Treatment Tied to Survival Benefit in Complex Bladder Cancer

Medically complex patients with superficial disease have reduced deaths with treatment vs. observation
Annual lung cancer mortality was 28 percent lower in California than in the rest of the United States in 2013

Lung Cancer Deaths 28% Lower in California Than Rest of U.S.

Among those aged 18 to 35, California has had larger drops in smoking initiation, intensity, more quitting
Recreational marijuana became legal in Canada today

Recreational Marijuana Now Legal in Canada

Canada is first major world economy to legalize recreational marijuana use
The incidence of congestive heart failure during pregnancy is 31 percent among women with a history of cardiotoxicity associated with cancer treatment

CHF in Pregnancy Up for Cancer Survivors With Cardiac Toxicity

Incidence of congestive heart failure at 31 percent among women with a history of cardiotoxicity
Women with high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV)-positive cervical tumors have a substantially better prognosis than women with hrHPV-negative tumors

Positive HPV Status Tied to Better Cervical Cancer Prognosis

Five-year relative survival ratio better for hrHPV-positive cases than for hrHPV-negative cases
Dietary supplements often include active pharmaceuticals

Active Pharmaceuticals ID’d in >700 Dietary Supplements

More than 20 percent of the 776 adulterated products contained more than one unapproved ingredient
Among patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive non-small cell lung cancer who have not previously received an ALK inhibitor

In NSCLC, Longer Survival With Brigatinib Than Crizotinib

Longer progression-free survival in those with ALK-positive dz who did not previously take ALK inhibitor

American College of Gastroenterology, Oct. 5-10

The American College of Gastroenterology's 83rd Annual Scientific Meeting The annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology was held from Oct. 5...
Doing without medical care is much more common among low-income residents of states that have not expanded Medicaid than among low-income people in other states

Without Medicaid Expansion, Poor Patients Forgo Medical Care

Seventeen states have not expanded Medicaid, and expansion is an election issue in several states