Tag: life expectancy
Sickle Cell Patients Suffer Discrimination, Poor Care — And Shorter Lives
By Jenny Gold
Kaiser Health News
NeDina Brocks-Capla sits in her kitchen in San Francisco. Her son Kareem Jones died at age 36 from sickle cell...
Life expectancy drops while these ailments are on the rise
American Heart Association
Heart disease death rates have increased for the first time in decades and stroke death rates also have gone up, according to...