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2016: A Year in Review

Mr. Epidemiology

Thanks to all our old and new Public Health Perspectives readers for your support over the year. billion individuals from 1999 to 2014 aged 40 to 76. They examined these data to look at what predicted life expectancy at age 40, after adjusting for race and ethnicity.” Researchers collected tax records from 1.4

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People taking adult education classes run lower risk of dementia

Frontiers

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Researchers analyzed health information on middle-aged and senior participants in the UK Biobank. The authors focused on data from the enrollment visit and third assessment visit, between 2014 and 2018. This held true for both Caucasian people and those of other ethnicities.

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Fewer than half of Latinos in the U.S. have adequate health insurance coverage

The Hill

Latinos in the United States are less likely to have adequate health insurance than Americans overall, according to a new survey from health research nonprofit The Commonwealth Fund. of working age have health insurance for the whole year and are not underinsured, according to the surveypublished Tuesday.

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4 million could lose health insurance if ACA tax credits expire

Association of Health Care Journalists

If the credits end, 4 million Americans could lose their ACA health insurance and 7.2 Also, hospitals, physicians and other professionals who deliver health care could see a rise in uncompensated care. million enrolled in 2020, according to this Health Affairs article. The enhanced premium tax credits were among the reasons 21.4