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Health Disparities
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Five-year survival from pediatric cancer rises to nearly 90% overall, but disparities by race and cancer type remain
Nearly nine in 10 young people with cancer were alive five years after diagnosis by 2017, up from six in 10 in 1975.
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Mapping Deep South counties links higher diabetes rates to poverty and food insecurity
A University of Mississippi study mapped diabetes rates across Deep South counties.
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Few meet major clinical response criteria after treatment escalation for lupus
A study published online Nov. 2 reports that fewer than one-quarter of systemic lupus erythematosus patients meet major clinical response criteria after treatment escalation.
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