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While the immune system naturally gets weaker with age, social stressors like trauma and discrimination can hasten immunosenescence.
In families that are facing economic insecurity, fathers are more likely to experience depressive symptoms that can lead to conflict.
An increasing number of college students say they were victims or perpetrators of sexual assault – and that victims were drunk when the assault took place. Are campus drinking environments to blame?
It has long puzzled researchers why Latinos seem to have lower rates of heart disease than their non-Latino counterparts, even though they have higher risk factors for heart disease.
Cash assistance programs can be designed with incentives that encourage local retailers to keep their prices steady.
One promising cancer treatment has been in the works for decades, but severe side effects have kept it out of the clinic. A reengineered version may offer a way to safely harness its potent effects.
Students of color graduate at higher rates when they go to colleges where there are larger portions of the student body and faculty who are also of color.
In middle school classes, students from lower-income families tended to be concentrated in just a few classrooms, new research from North Carolina has found.
Tumors contain thousands of genetic changes, but only a few are actually cancer-causing. A quicker way to identify these driver mutations could lead to more targeted cancer treatments.
After studying this #MeToo problem for years, two researchers have drafted a toolkit to help nonprofits address it.
Prescription opiods, stimulants such as those used to treat ADHD and the ingredients found in sexual dysfunction drugs like Viagra are some of the drugs that are being marketed to US consumers.
Skin grafts for severe burn injuries may require multiple operations over the course of a lifetime to address crippling scars.
Researchers created an imaginary nonprofit and told participants in a survey that it served different kinds of people. Their results show how feelings about immigrants may influence generosity.
The reasons why people may seek out late-term abortions are complex and are often based on new medical information and delays caused by state policies.
New research found that consumers were less likely to buy a product associated with pleasure if marketers emphasized it was developed with science.
A global team of researchers analyzed 34 studies of unconditional cash-transfer programs administered in low- and middle-income countries.
Experts say making meals available to all students reduces the stigma associated with a free lunch.
Products aimed at sexual dysfunction and weight loss were the most common dietary supplements that contained hidden – and potentially harmful – ingredients.
The kind of giving known as Zakat can include everything from donating to nonprofits to smiling at strangers.
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Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity; Social and Healty Equity Endowed Chair, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Mel King Fellow, MIT CoLab; Clinical Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director LeadingAge LTSS Center, UMass Boston
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