Connections Podcast

Connections: Why life expectancy is dropping in the U.S.


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Life expectancy in the U.S. declined again in 2016, a trend that likely will continue when 2017 numbers are in. Drug-related deaths and suicide are major contributors. Our panel discusses this alarming development, and what might turn it around. Our guests: Eric Caine, former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Jim Wesley, drug chemist and former head of the drug section of the Monroe County Crime Lab Kent Gardner, economist with the Center for Governmental
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