In health news, a new medical study shows the U.S. ranks last among industrialized nations in avoiding deaths by preventable disease. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found a preventable disease death rate of 110 per 100,000 Americans. These include deaths from infections, treatable cancers, diabetes, and heart and vascular disease. The study’s authors say it is difficult to ignore the likely connection to the rising number of medically uninsured Americans.