Epigenetics is a burgeoning area of biomedical research into the mechanisms by which
genes are regulated—how the activity of producing proteins is controlled. Although …

Studies of the early-life origins of adult physical functioning and mortality have found that
childhood health and socioeconomic context are important predictors, often irrespective of …

Has the shape of the association between educational attainment and US adult mortality
changed in recent decades? If so, is it changing consistently across demographic groups …

We use hierarchical cross-classified random-effects models to simultaneously measure age,
period, and cohort patterns of mortality risk between 1986 and 2006 for non-Hispanic white …

In the United States, a healthy pregnancy is now defined well before pregnancy begins.
Public health messages encourage women of reproductive age to anticipate motherhood …

This paper examines the long-term impact of exposure to Medicaid in early childhood on
adult health and economic status. The staggered timing of Medicaid's adoption across the …

Research has long established the importance of individual health behaviors such as
cigarette smoking for adult morbidity and mortality. However, we know little about how health …

Fundamental cause theory explains persisting associations between socioeconomic status
and mortality in terms of personal resources such as knowledge, money, power, prestige …

Objectives To determine whether there is a relationship between early life adversity (ELA)
and biological parameters known to predict health risks and to examine the extent to which …

Does education change people's lives in a way that delays mortality? Or is education
primarily a proxy for unobserved endowments that promote longevity? Most scholars …