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A study just released by UCLA Public Health reports that Asian and Latino immigrants in California are not getting cancer screening tests at the same rate as whites and African Americans. The differences — attributed to cultural, education, language and other barriers — occur even when comparing people with similar income levels or health insurance status across racial and ethnic ...

Boy, the good news keeps coming. A British study saying people are living longer, healthier lives than ever.

A little encouraging news from a study of health care costs and longevity. Longer life itself does not necessarily mean greater overall health care costs. “The basic lesson of our study is that although healthy people live longer, they don’t cost more in the long run,” said Jim Lubitz, acting chief of the Aging Studies Branch in the statistics center’s ...

Employees Pay 48% More for Company Health Plans The headline says it all.