Liver Cancer

Are we more concerned with the body burden of chemicals in polar bears than in people? What should we be doing about the increasing chemical burden we share with animals?

A new British study, published in May, 2006 in the Journal of the American Medical Association and based on self-reported illnesses and biological markers of disease, compared and assessed the relative heath status of older individuals in England and the United States. The study focused in particular on how (and if) health status varies by important indicators of socioeconomic status.