Grover is executive director of the Research and Action Institute of the AAMC. Ranney is a practicing emergency physician and dean of the Yale School of Public Health. It’s no secret that life ...

Dysautonomia describes a group of conditions affecting your autonomic nervous system. This system controls automatic functions of the nervous system, like breathing and heartbeat. Certain changes in ...

Social Indicators Research, Vol. 130, No. 3 (February 2017), pp. 1005-1023 (19 pages) The sheer size of industrializing economies’ echo rising health challenges, are we ignoring the darker side of ...

A new nationwide analysis shows that getting fewer than seven hours of sleep a night is one of the strongest predictors of shorter life expectancy across U.S. counties.

If you want to understand the quality of life lived by the people of any country, the measure, or most widely used standard, ...

Economic growth can occur without health investment, but only for a while. Over time, neglecting the health of the population transforms growth from an engine of progress to a source of fragility ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Vernon, FSA, helps retirees make their money last for life. How long can retirees expect to live in retirement? It’s an ...