When health matters, status doesn't
People become much less concerned about being better off than other people when health enters the picture, according to new research.
Jun 17, 2026
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Environment and Public Health: News and Research on Life Expectancy
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Obesity rewrites global heart disease trends, driving rising deaths in midlife and developing nations
Researchers are warning that obesity is reshaping the global cardiovascular disease crisis, as trend data covering 204 countries reveal that heart disease now peaks in people ages 50–54 rather than the elderly and increasingly ...
Jun 15, 2026
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Mesothelioma cases and deaths keep rising in US despite decades of asbestos regulation
Mesothelioma deaths and diagnoses continue to rise in the United States despite decades of asbestos regulation and reduced industrial use, according to a new national analysis from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part ...
Jun 11, 2026
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New WHO estimates to help countries make food safer
"From burden to solutions—safe food everywhere." This is the message of World Food Safety Day 2026, where the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are focusing ...
Jun 8, 2026
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Running the numbers shows ivermectin could help beat malaria
When a stranger from Spain called Cassidy Rist in her first months at Virginia Tech, she almost didn't take the meeting. The caller was Carlos Chaccour, a physician at the University of Navarra who worked on global health ...
May 22, 2026
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New study shows drinking water filtration systems may add months to lifespan
As more than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water, new research from the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW–Madison investigates the effects of early-life exposure to citywide ...
May 21, 2026
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Why tuberculosis now looks like an economic crisis, not just a health one
The impacts of tuberculosis (TB) are usually discussed in terms of public health and human suffering. Now, new research presented at the 2026 ATS International Conference shows that TB is also driving a massive global economic ...
May 17, 2026
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Researchers explore making behavioral health care more accessible
A study published in the American Journal of Managed Care explores how integrating behavioral health care into primary care can improve outcomes and be cost-effective for adults with depression, anxiety and chronic pain who ...
May 15, 2026
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Understanding the health paradox: Study explores factors influencing white men's well-being
While social and economic factors are often viewed as primary drivers of health, a new analysis in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) suggests that the relationship between societal position and physical well-being ...
May 13, 2026
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Providing food baskets to people with tuberculosis is cost-effective, could avert over 100,000 deaths annually in India
Undernutrition is the single greatest modifiable risk factor for tuberculosis (TB), contributing to immune suppression, treatment failure, and death. Despite this, nutritional support has not traditionally been a part of ...
May 4, 2026
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