Education, Medical Treatment, and Social Networks Can Promote ‘Brain Health’ Among U.S. Elderly
(March 2009) When some people reach older ages, they begin to lose their ability to reason and to remember.
(March 2009) When some people reach older ages, they begin to lose their ability to reason and to remember.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
Contraceptive use in Zanzibar continues to be low, particularly of long-acting and permanent methods (LAPM) of family planning.
Project: Empowering Evidence-Driven Advocacy
Contraceptive use in Zanzibar continues to be low, particularly of long-acting and permanent methods (LAPM) of family planning.
Project: Combatting Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Youth
(2013) The four major NCDs—cardiovascular disease, most cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases—will account for approximately 81 percent of deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030, and 89 percent of all deaths in high-income countries.
(2004) During the last two decades, agricultural expansion, logging, development, and other human activities caused the deforestation of more than 120,000 square kilometers each year.
Project: Combatting Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Youth
(2013) Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a global problem, and the burden they place on individuals and health systems is high and increasing.
(2013) National trends mask a growing owner/renter gap in the amount of money spent on housing, relative to household income.
(2012) Policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders optimistically discuss the demographic dividend.