Objectives Cognitive decline among middle-aged and older adults is an increasing public health concern, and household cooking ...

Introduction Sex disparities in suicide mortality persist worldwide, with male rates 2–4 times higher than female rates, but ...

Background Education is recognised as a strong determinant of health. Yet there is increasing concern that health in adolescence may also influence educational attainments and future life chances. We ...

1 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA 2 Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health Correspondence to: Dr M A Hernán Department ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The authors investigated whether patients who have survived an acute episode of peptic ulcer bleeding (PUB) have an excess long term all cause mortality compared with the general ...

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Background This study aims to examine the stages of mortality and epidemiologic transition in Bangladesh where detailed studies are not well documented but significant decline in fertility and ...

Background Sarcopenia is a major age-related health condition that remains inadequately recognised as a public health concern. While previous studies have primarily focused on physical risk factors, ...

Background Bridging capital (ie, friendships across socioeconomic strata) increases upward economic mobility, yet its role in shaping health outcomes remains poorly understood. Evidence appears ...

We are grateful to Jiang for the insightful letter1 concerning our article, ‘Educational inequalities in site-specific cancer mortality: a Japanese census-linked study.’2 We appreciate the opportunity ...

Background Allostatic load (AL) is the physiological burden of stress, and it is suggested to be a mediator between socioeconomic position and health. The aim of this article was to study life-course ...

3 NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care in Greater Manchester, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 4 School of Social Sciences, ...