Children who were raised in poor households reportedly have different physical structures of their brains compared to those who grew up in high-income homes.
When patients or their caregivers were asked if their doctor had told them they had Alzheimer’s only 45% said yes. In comparison, more than 90% of people with diseases such as breast or lung cancer had been told of their diagnosis.
Americans say that when their time comes they want to die at home, as free from pain as possible. Instead, many Americans receive treatments that they don’t want, that will not help them, and that only make them uncomfortable.