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Stroke-attributable death among older persons during the great recession.
Abstract Epidemiological evidence indicates an elevated risk for stroke among stressed persons, in general, and among individuals who have lost their job, in particular. We, therefore, tested the hypothesis that stroke accounted for a larger fraction of deaths during the Great Recession than expected from other deaths and from trends, cycles, and other forms of autocorrelation. Based on vital statistics death data from California spanning 132 months from January 2000 through December 2010, we found support for the hypothesis. These findings appear attributable to non-Hispanic white men, who experienced a 5% increa...
Source: Economics and Human Biology - December 12, 2015 Category: Biology Authors: Falconi A, Gemmill A, Karasek D, Goodman J, Anderson B, Lee M, Bellows B, Catalano R Tags: Econ Hum Biol Source Type: research

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Source: Public Policy Reports - July 6, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Does becoming an informal caregiver make your health worse? A longitudinal analysis across Europe
CONCLUSIONS: The results might help to concentrate a major effort of any policy in the field of mental health on the period immediately after the negative shock, especially for those caregivers who live with the care receiver, for those in Southern and Eastern Europe and in countries with low expenditure on LTC.PMID:37364512 | DOI:10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101264
Source: Economics and Human Biology - June 26, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Luz Mar ía Peña Longobardo Beatriz Rodr íguez-Sánchez Juan Oliva Source Type: research