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Heart Attacks are on the Rise among Young and Middle-Aged Adults in the United States
Vicente Cuevas
Heart attacks are on the rise among young and middle-aged adults in the United States. This brief describes these increases, summarizes the role of behavioral, lifestyle, and societal factors, and provides recommendations for organizations, healthcare providers, and policymakers to combat the increase in early-onset heart disease.
April 2025 | Download Brief
Breast Cancer Diagnoses are Increasing among Racial and Ethnic Minority Women in the U.S.
Esther Oshaji
March 2025 | Download Brief
Older Women in the U.S. Were Lonelier Than Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Qiyu Deng
March 2025 | Download Brief

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Research by Lerner affiliates is regularly funded by the National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation and many other federal agencies and foundations. The Lerner Center also funds population health research at Syracuse University through its Faculty Fellows Program.


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Are you an undergraduate or graduate student at Syracuse University interested in population and community health? Do you seek a career with meaning and purpose?
The Lerner Center provides distinctive experience that combines traditional and applied training in population health and community health research and engagement to address pressing local, regional and national health problems and reduce health inequities—from academic certificates, to internships, to service learning opportunities and more.
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