public health

Published research on public health.

PsychologyJun 21, 2026

Neighborhood Deprivation Linked to Faster Epigenetic Aging in 370 Adults

A 2026 medRxiv preprint involving 370 healthy adults found that each increase in neighborhood-deprivation percentile rank was associated with epigenetic age acceleration on 3 of 4 second-gen…

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AddictionJun 10, 2026

Latin American Drug Checking Services Face Legal and Funding Barriers

A 2026 survey of 38 drug checking services found that Latin American programs faced a different operating reality than US programs: funding was a major barrier more often (80% vs. 54%), drug…

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AddictionMay 24, 2026

Teen Substance Use in South Africa: 30-Study Meta-Analysis

A 2026 PRISMA-compliant systematic review and meta-analysis in Drug and Alcohol Review consolidated 30 publications covering 202 prevalence estimates from 120,041 South African adolescents: …

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DrugsMay 4, 2026

Iceland Psychiatric Data: 21% Diagnosed, 34% on Psychotropics (2026)

Iceland is a registry-rich country with a small enough population that genuinely nationwide health data is feasible — not the survey-based approximations that anchor most psychiatric epidemi…

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