Economic costs of excessive alcohol consumption in the United States
2011 study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on the estimated economic costs of excessive alcohol consumption in the United States.
Health
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to health, health care and health equity
Expert Commentary
Marijuana use and motor vehicle crashes
2011 metastudy from Columbia published in Epidemiologic Reviews on the link between marijuana use and risk of being involved in a motor vehicle crash.
Expert Commentary
Population of bed bugs reveals mechanisms of resistance
2011 Virginia Tech study in PLoS One on genetic mutations in bedbugs and their growing resistance to control with insecticides.
Expert Commentary
Decision-making capacities in older adults
2011 study from Texas A&M and U.T. Austin in Psychological Science on decision-making abilities in younger and older adults.
Expert Commentary
Adverse adolescent relationship histories and young adult health
2011 study in the Journal of Adolescent Health on negative experiences in adolescence and poor health later on for young adults.
Expert Commentary
Contraceptive choice among U.S. youth: The importance of relationship context
2011 study published in the journal Demography on the role of relationship type in contraceptive use.
Expert Commentary
2011 Medicare Trustees Report
2011 U.S. government report on the state of Medicare funding and the program’s future solvency, including information on its expenditure growth relative to GDP over time
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Perceptions of persons in the persistent vegetative state
2011 study in the journal Cognition measuring the public’s general perceptions of patients living in a persistent vegetative state.
Expert Commentary
U.S. Census report: Income, poverty and health insurance
2011 report by the U.S. Census Bureau with data on health insurance coverage, income and poverty levels.
Expert Commentary
Massachusetts’ health care reform and emergency department utilization
2011 study in the New England Journal of Medicine on the impact of Massachusetts’ expanded health care reforms on emergency room usage.
Expert Commentary