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via 20th Century Fox Due to X-Men Origins: Wolverine being so terrible, and then Logan turning things around so spectacularly by going down in the history books as one of the greatest comic book adaptations ever made, The Wolverine is quite literally the unwanted and oft-forgotten stepchild of the Hugh Jackman solo trilogy. Which is a shame, because for 75 percent of the running time its a fantastically different sort of superhero blockbuster, asking big questions about faith, fate, and mortality, before the…

According to new research, obese people were twice as likely to develop certain types of cancer and 3.5x more likely to die from it, than those who had weight-loss surgery.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 41.9% of U.S. adults are obese, with 9.2% severely obese. Obesity contributes to a wide array of health problems, including cancer. In fact, according to the CDC, being overweight or having obesity is linked to a higher risk of getting 13 different types of cancer.People that are severely…

Cancer mortality rates in the U.S. are only slightly better than average, despite spending twice as much on cancer care as the average high-income countryWhile the United States spends twice as much on cancer care as the average high-income country, its cancer mortality rates are only slightly better than average, according to a new analysis by scientists at <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Yale University</div><div…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Gun-related deaths are at a record high, according to a recent report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), rising 35 percent during the first year of the pandemic. Northwestern researcher Linda Teplin, who has been studying the juvenile justice population for more than 25 years, understands youth from low-income neighborhoods are especially vulnerable.…