Americans have shorter lifespans and higher rates of injury and disease than their counterparts in other rich countries, researchers from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council wrote in a new report this week. The authors added that not only are disadvantaged Americans way behind their equivalents in other industrialized nations, but also Americans with higher incomes, college educations, healthy behaviors and people with health insurance. The chair of the panel that wrote the report, Steven H...
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