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Connecticut Tops Well-Being Survey: 5 Most Interesting Findings

(Nov. 10) -- To achieve optimum "well being," settle down in Connecticut or Massachusetts. The "Constitution State" and the "Bay State" top the charts when it comes to the good life in the United States, according to the American Human Development Project. The study, released today by Brooklyn-based nonprofit Social...

Americans Best Brits on Lifespan, But Suffer More Illness

(Nov. 4) -- Americans can expect to outlive their British peers, but not without suffering chronic ailments to a greater extent than those living across the Atlantic. A collaborative effort between U.S.-based Rand Corp and Britain's Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has reached that conclusion, after evaluating data on...

Study: US Hispanics Outlive Whites by 2 Years, Blacks by 7

(Oct. 14) -- Hispanics living in the United States outlive both black and white Americans, according to a new government study. Life expectancy for Hispanics in the U.S. is seven years longer than it is for blacks, and two years longer than it is for whites, the report shows. In other words, a child born of Hispanic...

America's Health Care Compares Poorly

(Dec. 8) -- Fewer doctors, shorter lives, but at least it's expensive. That's how the U.S. health care system compares with those in most other major economies, according to the latest number-crunching released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The comparison from the OECD, the...