“Urbanism as a Way of Life”
Just as the beginning of Western civilization is marked by the permanent settlement of formerly nomadic peoples in the Mediterranean basin, so the beginning of what is distincti...
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2023 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures
Abstract This article describes the public health impact of Alzheimer's disease, including prevalence and incidence, mortality and morbidity, use and costs of care, and the over...
Effects of COVID-19 on College Students’ Mental Health in the United States: Interview Survey Study
Background Student mental health in higher education has been an increasing concern. The COVID-19 pandemic situation has brought this vulnerable population into renewed focus. O...
Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death: reference and alternative scenarios for 2016–40 for 195 countries and territories
Understanding potential trajectories in health and drivers of health is crucial to guiding long-term investments and policy implementation. Past work on forecasting has provided...
The Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) examination.
The Mini-Mental State (MMS) examination is a widely used screening test for dementia. The Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) incorporates four added test items, more graded scorin...
Prevalence of Obesity and Severe Obesity Among Adults: United States, 2017-2018.
Obesity is associated with serious health risks (1). Severe obesity further increases the risk of obesity-related complications, such as coronary heart disease and end-stage ren...
Positive Events and Social Supports as Buffers of Life Change Stress<sup>1</sup>
A perceived availability of social support measure (the ISEL) was designed with independent subscales measuring four separate support functions. In a sample of college students,...
Further Examining the American Dream: Differential Correlates of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Goals
Empirical research and organismic theories suggest that lower well-being is associated with having extrinsic goals focused on rewards or praise relatively central to one's perso...
A longitudinal study on the mental health of general population during the COVID-19 epidemic in China
In addition to being a public physical health emergency, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affected global mental health, as evidenced by panic-buying worldwide as cases soare...
A Structural Approach to Selection Bias
The term "selection bias" encompasses various biases in epidemiology. We describe examples of selection bias in case-control studies (eg, inappropriate selection of controls) an...
Projections of the Cost of Cancer Care in the United States: 2010-2020
The national cost of cancer care is substantial and expected to increase because of population changes alone. Our findings have implications for policy makers in planning and al...