Public Health

Conventional wisdom suggests that human beings require seven to eight hours of sleep a night to rest sufficiently. Factors such as lifestyle and sleep disorders can negatively impact the duration of sleep, and such imbalances can have significant implications on health and mortality.

Data issued in April 2013 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that suicide rates in the United States have been on the rise over the past decade among middle-aged adults.

The issue of concussions in sports has attracted considerable media coverage in recent years. Understandably, the early focus was on professional football, a game built around high-speed, full contact between heavy, powerful players, but the scope of reporting and research has expanded widely to include sports at every level.