Health Headlines for Friday, December 9
Life Expectancy in U.S. Declines Slightly, and Researchers Are Puzzled
New York Times
American life expectancy is in decline for the first time since 1993, when H.I.V.-related deaths were at their peak. But this time, researchers can’t identify a single problem driving the drop, and are instead pointing to a number of factors, from heart disease to suicides, that have caused a greater number of deaths.
Cures Act Gains Bipartisan Support That Eluded Obama Health Law
New York Times
With self-congratulatory zeal and smiles all around, huge bipartisan majorities in Congress have just passed legislation to speed the discovery of cures for killer diseases.
1 Patient, 7 Tumors and 100 Billion Cells Equal 1 Striking Recovery
New York Times
The remarkable recovery of a woman with advanced colon cancer, after treatment with cells from her own immune system, may lead to new options for thousands of other patients with colon or pancreatic cancer, researchers are reporting.
Keep It Moving
New York Times
By now it is pretty well accepted both that physical inactivity is bad — recently linked to 6 percent of all cases of heart disease worldwide and 11 percent of all premature deaths in the United States — and that exercise is good, because it tends to increase life span and protect against heart disease.
Repealing Obamacare could cost state billions
WBFO
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act — also known as Obamacare — and replace it with something else.