The Indian Health Service (IHS) has made huge strides in narrowing health disparities
between American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations and other racial and ethnic …

Health, United States, 2017 is the 41st report on the health status of the country, and is
submitted by the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services to the …

Background A clear understanding of the macro-level contexts in which education impacts
health is integral to improving national health administration and policy. In this research, we …

Importance US life expectancy has not kept pace with that of other wealthy countries and is
now decreasing. Objective To examine vital statistics and review the history of changes in …

Background Racial and ethnic disparities in mortality persist in the US population. We
studied the contribution of social determinants of health (SDoH) to racial and ethnic …

Background Pediatric obesity is associated with increased risk of premature death from
middle age onward, but whether the risk is already increased in young adulthood is unclear …

Objective To evaluate whether irregular or long menstrual cycles throughout the life course
are associated with all cause and cause specific premature mortality (age< 70 years) …

Introduction Over the past 2 decades, drug-related deaths have grown to be a major US
public health problem. County-level differences in drug-related mortality rates are large. The …

Inequality in length of life is the most fundamental of all inequalities; every other type of
inequality is conditional upon being alive. As has long been recognized in studies of …

The therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in the treatment of liver
fibrosis is predominantly based on their immunosuppressive properties, and their ability to …