Research on life transitions highlights the normative and nonnormative changes that
individuals experience over time. During the past two decades, life course perspectives have …

Hereditary diseases are caused by mutations in genes, and more than 7,000 rare diseases
affect over 30 million Americans. For more than 30 years, hundreds of researchers have …

Mitigating global climate change requires not only government action but also cooperation
from consumers. Population-based, cross-sectional surveys were conducted among 1202 …

The well-being of family caregivers of older memory-impaired adults was examined in four
dimensions: physical health, mental health, financial resources, and social participation. …

• One-month prevalence results were determined from 18571 persons interviewed in the first-wave
community samples of all five sites that constituted the National Institute of Mental …

Background Phase 1 studies have shown potential benefit of gene replacement in RPE65-mediated
inherited retinal dystrophy. This phase 3 study assessed the efficacy and safety of …

We describe the relationship of depression and depressive symptoms to disability days and
days lost from work in 2980 participants in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study in North …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was studied in the Piedmont region of North Carolina.
Among 2985 subjects, the lifetime and six month prevalence figures for PTSD were 1·30 …

There is increasing research evidence that religious involvement is associated both cross-sectionally
and prospectively with better physical health, better mental health, and longer …

Spirituality and religion have been seen as beneficial, harmful, and irrelevant to health. We
examine the recent research on this topic. We focus on (a) defining spirituality and religion …