More New Yorkers with AIDS died of 'common' causes in 2004 than in 1999
PHILADELPHIA, September 19, 2006 -- An analysis of 68,669 New York City residents with AIDS found that of those who died between 1999 and 2004, 26.3 percent died of non-HIV-related causes. This figure is a 32.8 percent increase from 19.8 percent in 1999.... The analysis, "Causes of Death among Persons with AIDS in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: New York City," is published in...Low colon cancer screening rates leaves a million New Yorkers at risk
Half of New York City residents over 50, the age at which the American Cancer Society recommends beginning screening tests, have not received a colon cancer-screening test within the recommended time intervals, according to a new study. The report, published in the September 1, 2005 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, says those New Yorkers least likely to hav...