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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius spoke Thursday afternoon at the annual luncheon for the National Partnership for Women and Families about how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will benefit women. The law...
Underinsured black breast cancer patients have worse survival outcomes than underinsured white patients, a new U.S. study has found.
Researchers analyzed the records of 574 breast cancer patients treated at Wishard Memorial Hospital in...
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer contracted by women in the U.S. The American Cancer Society estimates that 190,000 cases will be diagnosed this year and 40,000 people will die from the disease.
While you may not be able to control...
Since 1990, more and more women have been surviving breast cancer, largely because of early detection through mammography and improvements in treatment. However, breast cancer is still the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only...
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Despite having the most costly health system in the world, the United States consistently underperforms on most dimensions of performance, relative to other countries. This report—an update to three earlier editions—includes data from...
