A nationwide factor analysis of more than 84,000 US census tracts finds that neighborhood disadvantage has shifted from a multidimensional social construct to one captured by just three economic

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Rick Lowe’s largest solo exhibition at a U.S. art museum transforms the visual language of finance into a public artwork and exhibition about Black progress.

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Non-family members can step into helping roles when older adults need assistance.

AbstractBackground and Objectives. Self-employment increases with age, but heterogeneity in the self-employment arrangements of older workers and their tra

High-frequency cannabis use is a key cannabis use disorder (CUD) risk factor that also is associated with medical (vs. nonmedical) use. This analysis …

Purpose of Review This narrative review synthesizes current evidence on the relationship between visual impairment and driving safety in older adults, with a focus on the visual functions required for...

This study examines whether residential contexts account for Black-White disparities in epigenetic age acceleration (EAA), a key biomarker of prematur…

Background and aims Adolescent substance use is a significant public health concern, though the scope of the problem is difficult to ascertain given reliance on self-reported substance use informati...

The social environment refers to our interpersonal relations, workplaces, and neighborhoods, towns, or cities in which we live. A growing literature indicates that social environments are related to ...

AbstractObjectives. More older Americans are cohabiting with a partner. However, it is unclear whether cohabitation serves as an alternative to marriage fo

Over recent decades, Americans have transitioned from working in active jobs to working in sedentary jobs, and there have been dramatic increases in hours worked for certain demographic groups. While a body of research documents that time spent working is associated with increased body mass index (BMI), this paper explores possible mechanisms for that relationship using time use data. This paper finds that, for workers in non-strenuous jobs, 10 additional hours spent working are associated with an increase in BMI of 0.424 for women and 0.197 for men, representing an increase of 2.5 and 1.4 pounds, respectively. The paper does not find a relationship between working time and BMI for workers in strenuous jobs. For workers in non-strenuous jobs, the effect of time spent working on BMI becomes smaller after accounting for time spent sleeping for both men and women and time spent in exercise and food preparation for women only; the effect becomes larger after accounting for screen time for both men and women and time spent in secondary eating and commuting for women only. Screen time is the single time use channel associated with the largest differences in the estimated effect of time spent working on BMI for both women and men employed in non-strenuous jobs. After controlling for all time use channels, the effect of hours worked on BMI decreases for women, but increases for men. These findings suggest plausible mechanisms for the association between time spent working and obesity.

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Changing late-life disability and care patterns that may accompany population aging have profound consequences for the nation’s health and related public policies. Drawing on two cross-sectional rounds of the National Health and Aging Trends Study, we examined trends among US adults ages 65 and older in 2011, when the oldest members of the baby-boom generation turned age 65, and in 2022, when about half of the generation was ages 65–74. We found increases in the percentage of adults ages 65–74 who reported activity limitations, receiving paid care in the community, and having unmet care needs. In contrast, for older age groups, we found declines in the receipt of care overall and in residential settings, particularly nursing care, without increases in unmet care needs. All else equal, had the sociodemographic and health profile of the group ages 65–74 not differed from the preceding cohort—especially in terms of increased educational attainment—the increases experienced by this age group would have been even larger. Findings portend growing challenges in caring for older US adults in the future.

This survey study reports on how US adolescents perceive risk related to different levels of fentanyl use.

The anticipation of discrimination, referred to as vigilance, may be an important driver of racial health inequities in cardiovascular disease and mortality. The current study examined how vigilance i...

Lack of social connection is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, on a par with other common risk factors like physical inactivity and smoking. Yet we still know surpris...

Evidence suggests that short-term exposures to extreme heat and/or cold are associated with cognitive decline in elderly people. The effects of long-t…

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This cross-sectional study provides US national estimates and investigates the characteristics of older adults who receive care from friends vs family caregivers.

The recent rescission of longstanding Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidance in the past year has signalled a shifting landscape for disability accommodations, including for the millions of pe...

Background ZYN brand and non-tobacco-flavoured products capture most of the US nicotine pouch market. Evidence of which nicotine pouch flavours and brands US youth use is critical for informing youth ...

Objective: We aimed to examine the individual and combined associations of e-cigarette policies with e-cigarette use among U.S. adolescents and young adults aged 12-20 years. Methods: We used data fro...

Background Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) caregivers are a unique subgroup of adults in the US that may be at increased risk of ADRD themselves due to both unmodifiable (e.g., sex .....