Background Mortality from alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) in England rose after the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing reports ...

Background Children in households affected by adult substance misuse face intersecting educational risks. While associations between household adversity and school disengagement are documented, ...

Background Rates of intimate partner homicides of women in the USA are high relative to other high-income countries, ...

Background Stressful life events are recognised determinants of mental health, yet their effects in later life remain unclear. Reflecting increasing longevity, our study examined links between ...

We read with great interest the recent study by Beck et al titled ‘Secular trends in primary care utilisation for mental health problems: a Norwegian register-based population-wide study’.1 The ...

1 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China Background Stress affects cardiometabolic health, but evidence linking objective, occupation-specific stressors to individual-level ...

Background Although avoidable mortality in South Korea has fallen substantially, whether socioeconomic inequality gradients have narrowed in parallel remains unclear. We assessed 13-year trends ...

Background Cultural engagement reportedly enhances older adults’ well-being. Physiological age (PA) reflects the deterioration of physical and physiological systems, and a greater PA increases the ...

In this essay, we give an overview of the relationships between the design and structure of health systems, health service provision and utilisation, and inequalities in population health. This shows ...

Occurrence and persistence of symptoms, diagnoses and prescriptions after community-diagnosed COVID-19: a matched cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform (26 March, 2026) ...

Background Behaviours across a 24-hour day, including physical activity, sedentary time and sleep, are disrupted following cancer and contribute to cancer-related outcomes. This study describes the ...

Background Evidence from several countries suggests increasing mental health problems among children and adolescents, raising concerns about deteriorating population mental health. Whether rising ...