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U.S. Cancer Deaths Continue Steady Decline

NEW YORK -- Better cancer detection and treatments, not to mention lots of people quitting smoking, have fueled a 20-year drop in deaths from the disease, a new report shows. That means more than 2 mi... read more

Cancer death rate down but 565,650 seen in 2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. death rate from cancer has continued a steady decline that began in the early 1990s but ... declines should not obscure the fact that cancer death rates continue to dro... read more

Kaiser Permanente Northern California's colorectal cancer screening program saves lives

"Since we launched our screening program we have seen a remarkable decline ... cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates more than ... read more

Violent Injuries and Accidental Deaths Surged in 2014 to 2016 After Decade of Decline, Study Says

After more than a decade of steady declines, rates of violent injuries and accidental deaths ... U.S. between 1999 and 2016, and more than 50 percent of those who died didn’t have a known mental healt... read more

U.S. cancer death rate continues to fall

(HealthDay)—Overall rates of cancer and deaths from cancer in the United States continue to decline, a newly released report says ... and saving lives," Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers f... read more

U.S. Stocks Fall as Trade Tensions Persist

Both indexes were on track for a fifth decline in the past six sessions ... Some investors expect steady U.S. earnings and economic growth to continue supporting major indexes, but analysts say the ma... read more

NCI’s national report shows cancer deaths on decline in U.S.

The death rates for most forms of cancer continue to decline at a modest pace among men ... According to the study, the drop in the number of new lung cancer cases coincides with the steady decline in ... read more

We’re getting dangerously close to a climate death spiral, new study warns

Worse, his team is actively working to boost U.S. carbon pollution. Indeed ... warns that the path to such a catastrophic collapse isn’t isn’t so much a steady descent fueled by burning ever more foss... read more

U.S. Cancer Deaths Steadily Dropping: Report

From 2014 to 2015, the cancer death rate went down 1.7 percent. The decline in cancer death rates began in 1991 ... cancer death rates in men dropped by about 2 percent per year, but they remained ste... read more

Breast Cancer Deaths Drop Nearly 40% In the U.S.

From 1989 to 2015, deaths from the disease dropped by 39%, which translates to 322,600 lives saved from breast cancer. The latest numbers continue a steady downward trend for ... Yet in the U.S., brea... read more

U.S. Cancer Deaths Continue to Decline

"This is really hopeful that we are seeing a decrease in death rates from cancer in the United States." This decline in deaths is due to basic measures ... A study released last month by the U.S. Cent... read more