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Health issues take new twist in "Unnatural Causes" 

"Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" airing on four consecutive Thursdays beginning this week, explores the idea that work, race, economic status and neighborhood conditions might affect a person's health as much or more than habits or genetics. . . .

Among the intriguing questions "Unnatural Causes" probes: Why do poor Mexican immigrants see their health erode the longer they stay in America? Why do poor smokers develop lung cancer more often than rich smokers?

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