Miech, Patrick, O’Malley, and Johnston find more teens vape for flavor than for nicotine

September 1, 2016

Richard Miech, Megan E Patrick, Patrick M O’Malley, and Lloyd D Johnston used data from Monitoring the Future and found among teens who reported ever using a vaporiser, more of them used ‘just flavouring’ than options with nicotine. The article abstract is here.Round-up of news...

Racial Differences in Depression as a Predictor of Heart Disease

August 15, 2016

A new study by Shervin Assari and Amanda Sonnega using HRS data finds that depression is strongly predictive of heart disease in older black adults. This study is being reported in PsychCentral.

Differences in Active Life Expectancy Persisted Between 1982 and 2011

August 15, 2016

Vicki Freedman and Brenda Spillman’s study examined changes in life expectancy for black and white adults ages 65 and older between 1982 and 2011. They found longevity increased and disability decreased for whites, but increases in longevity for blacks were offset by earlier disability. This...

HRS data used in study finding reading books is associated with longevity

August 8, 2016

The study by Avni Bavishi, Martin D. Slade, and Becca R. Levy was made up of 3635 participants in the Health and Retirement Study who provided information about their reading habits. After adjusting for co-variates, the study finds a 20% reduction in risk of mortality over the 12 year period.

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Birdett, et al. on Partner Drinking Habits and Relationship Satisfaction

July 15, 2016

A new study — Drinking Patterns Among Older Couples: Longitudinal Associations With Negative Marital Quality — by Kira Birditt, James Cranford, Jasmine Manalel, and Toni Antonucci is being reported on in multiple outlets:Reuters Health Fox News Daily Mail Citizen Digital (Kenya) AOL...

Richard Curtin says Brexit vote had an effect on lower than expected Index of Consumer Sentiment preliminary reading

July 15, 2016

“Prior to the Brexit vote, virtually no consumer thought the issue would have the slightest impact on the U.S. economy,” said Richard Curtin, the survey’s chief economist. “Following the Brexit vote, it was mentioned by record numbers of consumers, especially high-income...

Lauren Schmitz & Dalton Conley find that losing your job after the age of 50, but before retirement, may result in weight gain and worsen overall health

June 22, 2016

Money cited research in a new NBER working paper by Lauren Schmitz and Dalton Conley, of Princeton University, which finds that people over the age of 50 who are not yet eligible for Social Security are more likely to gain weight and experience worse health than comparable workers who were...

Kimball interviewed on CNBC

June 21, 2016

Miles Kimball was interviewed by Dominic Chu on CNBC. He says the Fed should be more flexible in its interest rate policy and readjust as necessary.

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Miles Kimball cited in BloombergView

June 14, 2016

Miles Kimball’s presentation at a Brookings Institution conference on negative interest rates was cited in a BloombergView column. Kimball says that central banks are able to reduce rates to as far below zero as they believe necessary .