Tag Archives: YEAR

U.S. healthcare spending growth slows for second year in a row

FILE PHOTO: A nurse walks along the hallways of a health center in Lepanto, Arkansas, U.S., May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht (Reuters) – Healthcare spending growth in the United States slowed for the second year in a row in 2017, mainly due to slower spending growth for hospital care, physician and clinical services as… Read More: U.S. healthcare spending growth slows for second year in a… »

John Lennon's killer 'feels more and more shame' each year

The man who gunned down John Lennon in New York said he feels “more and more shame” every year for the murder. Mark David Chapman, now 63, told a parole board in August about his remorse during his 10th failed attempt to secure release. New York prison officials released a transcript of the hearing on… Read More: John Lennon's killer 'feels more and more shame' each year »

Cancer Will Kill About 10 Million People This Year, Experts Predict

Nearly 10 million people around the world will die of cancer this year, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The IARC’s report, which was published Wednesday in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, was based on cancer incidence data from 185 countries around the world.… Read More: Cancer Will Kill About 10 Million People This Year, Experts… »