Monetary costs of dementia in the United States
2013 study in the New England Journal of Medicine calculating that the total cost of dementia for America was as high as $215 billion in 2010.
Health
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to health, health care and health equity
Expert Commentary
Sex trafficking and HIV: An observational study from Southern India
2013 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology on the risks for HIV infection among different populations of female sex workers in India.
Expert Commentary
Summer temperature variability and long-term survival among elderly people
2012 study from the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Michigan on how summer temperatures can affect the elderly suffering from chronic diseases.
Expert Commentary
Suicide among adults aged 35-64 years: United States, 1999-2010
2013 report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noting that the suicide rate for middle-aged Americans has been increasing.
Expert Commentary
Obesity and all-cause mortality among black adults and white adults
2012 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology that finds health risks are different in terms of obesity for African-American and white adults.
Expert Commentary
Improving employment and earnings for TANF recipients
2012 paper from the Urban Institute summarizing the latest research on programs that assist poor families and the strategies that have proved most effective.
Expert Commentary
Unintended pregnancy and taxpayer spending
2011 study in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health calculating that unintended pregnancies cost taxpayers as much as $12.6 billion a year.
Expert Commentary
Red meat consumption and mortality
2012 study in Archives of Internal Medicine providing a definitive look at the strong connection between the eating of red meat and the chances of early death.
Expert Commentary
Social isolation, loneliness and mortality in older men and women
2013 study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the relationship between increasing social isolation and ill health among older people.
Expert Commentary
U.S. rates of unintended pregnancy at the state level
2011 study in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health on the rates of unintended pregnancies for all 50 U.S. states.
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