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A research letter published in JAMA Network Open reveals a surprising divide among older Americans about when to stop colon cancer screening. While medical guidelines suggest halting routine screenings at age 75, nearly 40% of adults find this recommendation unacceptable—regardless of their personal health status.
Narratives behind numbers point to need for better coordination, support by employers, communities, public health leaders in future crises, especially mental health
University of Michigan researchers dug deeper into the narratives behind the numerical data of COVID-19-era suicides to inform future public health responses.
Loneliness and isolation among older Americans have mostly returned to pre-pandemic rates, but that still means more than one third of people age 50 to 80 feel lonely, and nearly as many feel isolated, new findings show.
Curbing mosquito-borne disease transmission requires giving less weight to the perspectives of distant bureaucrats and center mosquitoes and the people exposed to them in public health response.