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Social relationships are key to healthy aging, but more than 42 million American adults say they feel lonely. What can the US learn from other developed countries when it comes to supporting our aging population and preventing loneliness?
Statins are extremely effective at lowering cholesterol and, thus, preventing cardiovascular disease. But can this safe and generally well-tolerated medication for treating other chronic diseases also prevent cancer?
Most Americans support organ donation, but only about half are registered as donors. Empirical data can help us understand our hesitations, but for many of us, becoming a donor is also an emotional decision.
As transplant surgeries become ever more successful and more socially accepted, demand for transplants goes up. But popular media do not always reflect the organ donation process accurately.
Lack of funding and other legislative obstacles have stifled research on the public health effects of gun violence. To help combat that trend, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine is making its published firearms research freely accessible to readers.
After spending Thanksgiving quarantined due to a suspected case of the measles, one student seriously reconsidered her career path in epidemiology. Read about her experience and how it relates to the issue of trust in public health.