…impact of excessive alcohol consumption is quite comparable to the economic impact of other leading health-risk behaviors, such as smoking and physical inactivity,” the researchers state. Tags: crime, economy, youth…
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…or so [since] a hurricane had hit Miami, and the pattern in the data was, the newer the house, the more likely to be destroyed. That was the purest smoking…
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…among women in high strain jobs (32.2%).” While “job insecurity did not predict incident CVD, it was cross-sectionally associated with risk factors for CVD including smoking, physical inactivity, hypertension, diabetes,…
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…of its members in particular, a smoking gun? Perhaps not—but it is surely a flaming arrow.” “Changes in Americans’ Strength of Religious Affiliation, 1974–2010” Schwadel, Philip. Sociology of Religion,…
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…deaths in female populations. Cardiovascular-related deaths would drop by 12.2% in men and 8.6% in women. The researchers found a high correlation between red meat eaters and smoking, alcohol consumption,…
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…confounding variables measuring socioeconomic status, smoking prevalence, and demographic characteristics for the years 2000 and 2007. We used regression models to estimate the association between reductions in PM2.5 and changes…
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…and more than $59 billion in tax benefits were distributed. Research has found numerous positive effects from the EITC, including reduced poverty, better health and even lower rates of smoking…
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…smoking and high blood pressure in China. “As incomes rise, the proportion of deaths from cancers increases steadily, while the share from AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, diarrhea and lower respiratory infections…
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…— 83.7 million versus 43.1 million. Because of improvements in health care, declines in smoking rates and other factors, retirees’ life expectancy is increasing as well: In 1972, someone aged…
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…certain chronic diseases are in fact higher in the United States. Smoking explains only a relatively small part of shorter U.S. lifespans. Because there is typically a decades-long lag between…
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