Teens, Vaping, and Future Cigarette Smoking
February 9, 2017
A new study from Monitoring the Future researchers finds that teens who have never smoked cigarettes are 4 times more likely to smoke them in the future if they vape. The results are based on 347 respondents who were initially surveyed in their senior year of high school in 2014...
Post-election consumer confidence continues to grow
February 2, 2017
Richard Curtin says, “The post-election surge in confidence was driven by a more optimistic outlook for the economy and job growth during the year ahead as well as more favorable economic prospects over the next five years…Overall, the post-election surge in consumer confidence was...
HRS Data Book
January 31, 2017
The new HRS data book, Aging in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for Americans, has just been released.
The Health and Retirement Study is now in its 25th year. With over 3,000 publications reporting on HRS data, this book aims to synthesize some of the research these remarkable data...
Governor Snyder Cites IHPI Report in CNN Interview
January 30, 2017
In an interview with CNN, Michigan Governor Snyder cited a report from the Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation authored by Thomas Buchmueller, Helen Levy, Sayeh Nikpay, and Jordan Rhodes on the impact of Medicare expansion under the Affordable Care Act. The study shows that the amount...
NIDA Honors Lloyd Johnston
January 20, 2017
Lloyd Johnston was honored in December by Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, for his years of contributions to public health. Dr. Johnston designed and implemented the annual Monitoring the Future survey in 1975, beginning with 16,000 high school seniors from 130...
Ken Langa on Stateside to discuss trends in dementia
January 12, 2017
Ken Langa was on Michigan Radio’s Stateside January 10, 2017 to discuss the declines in dementia rates: “Langa's research program has tracked 20,000 older adults since the early 1990s. Among adults over 65, dementia dropped from 11.6% to 8.8% between 2000 and 2012…Decreasing...
Medicaid expansion created jobs & economic activity in Michigan
January 5, 2017
A report by John Z. Ayanian, Gabriel M. Ehrlich, Donald R. Grimes, and Helen Levy in the New England Journal of Medicine, Economic Effects of Medicaid Expansion in Michigan, finds that Michigan’s expansion of Medicaid benefits under the Affordable Healthcare Act has resulted in insurance...
Life expectancy declines in U.S. for the first time since 1993
December 14, 2016
In a Washington Post article, David Weir says that a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics shows death rate increases for 'virtually every cause of death. It's all ages.'
Ecstasy use trending down among U.S. teens
December 14, 2016
Most drug use is trending downwards for U.S. teens, including use of Ecstasy. In the latest Monitoring the Future survey, 1% of 8th graders and 3% of 12th graders reported having tried the drug in the last year. “That’s still a lot of young people using these dangerous drugs without...
2016 Monitoring the Future Study Finds Drops in Teen Drug Use
December 13, 2016
The annual Monitoring the Future study finds teen drug use overall is continuing to decline. Smoking at the 12th, 10th, and 8th grades are at the lowest levels recorded in 42 years. The survey also found a drop in vaping. The reason is unclear, but according to Richard Meich, 'In 2016,...