With support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists across the United States and around the world conduct wide-ranging research to discover ways to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. Although COVID-19 was unquestionably the most important public health story of the year, here’s just a small sample of the other… Continue reading Important Health Discoveries of 2020
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Alcohol-Related Deaths on The Rise
An analysis of U.S. death certificate data by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has found that nearly 1 million people died from alcohol-related causes between 1999 and 2017. The number of death certificates mentioning alcohol more than doubled from 35,914 in… Continue reading Alcohol-Related Deaths on The Rise
Fighting the Loneliness Epidemic
Family, friends, and meaningful work help us build connections that make us feel like we’re part of something. But when we lose that feeling, long-term or permanent loneliness can be the result. Though we have more and more ways of communicating, statistics show that 65% of people surveyed say they’ve been significantly lonely. The issue… Continue reading Fighting the Loneliness Epidemic
Alcohol Awareness Month: How Much Are You Drinking?
Editor’s Note: April is Alcohol Awareness Month, a good time to increase awareness of the public-health issue that is alcohol misuse. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), in 2006 alcohol misuse problems cost the U.S. the staggering amount of $224 billion, primarily from los productivity but also from health care… Continue reading Alcohol Awareness Month: How Much Are You Drinking?
Curb the Cost of Vaccines
Few medical interventions have been as successful as vaccines in improving public health. Whether they are childhood vaccinations, vaccines to prevent healthy adults from contracting influenza or the more recent HPV vaccine for adolescents, these preventive methods have resulted in dramatic benefits for individuals and the public. We have only to think of the eradication… Continue reading Curb the Cost of Vaccines