How should planners identify and emulate success? The best advice on this topic dates back to 1932, when Louis Brandeis described the U.S. states as laboratories of democracy.

There is a social cost to many modern conveniences.

We are beset by—and immersed in—apps and devices that are quietly reducing the amount of meaningful interaction we have with each other.

Pay no attention to the externalities behind the curtain.

The United States has not produced a national noise health burden estimate using disability-adjusted life year methodology. We quantified the population health burden of transportation noise across th...

Is it possible to measure the impact that food and entertainment have on our health? Researchers believe they've found the formula.

Purpose Determine feasibility of estimating economic externalities associated with influences that products of individual corporations have on their customers’ ...

Is it possible to measure the impact that food and entertainment have on our health? Researchers believe they've found the formula.

Purpose Determine feasibility of estimating economic externalities associated with influences that products of individual corporations have on their customers’ ...

A teenager’s lawsuit against the food industry shows us the path to a better food system.

With fewer places to relax and socialize, and steeper prices for entry, having fun is quantifiably harder than it used to be.

Today’s teens are much safer than 1990s teens. Why doesn’t anyone talk about it?

Americans have never been healthier, or more alone. These things might be related.

Poor health isn’t confined just to “older people,” new research finds

The recently published 2026 American Heart Association Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update extends beyond routine surveillance to provide a systems-level diagnosis of contemporary cardiovascula...

Americans have never been healthier, or more alone. These things might be related.

Does the war on “ultra-processed foods” make any sense?

A study finds that people in remote jobs are more socially isolated, anxious and sad compared to people not in remote jobs. But demanding everyone return to the office isn't the answer either, say res...

When an emerging technology is so significant that it promises (threatens?) to transform societies, the way we live and even what it means to be human, it is no surprise that religious leaders will fe...

Doctors and patients across social media are reporting a kind of emotional flattening while on GLP-1 drugs.

Apple’s hearing study used real-world data from more than 57,000 iPhone users to make an important health connection.

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