CLEVELAND, Ohio (Aug. 12, 2026)—Early natural menopause is already associated with a higher long-term health burden. A new large-scale study demonstrates that cumulative social disadvantage—and in particular, unemployment—is strongly associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, as well as a marked predisposition to dementia, in women with early natural menopause. Study results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The Menopause Society.

Federal investment in Native American communities and citizens continues to fall far short of needs, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution and the American Indian College Fund. A chronic issue for decades, this underinvestment has become more glaring in the wake of recent Trump administration cuts that have reduced outlays to Native Americans by more than a billion dollars. 

This is the conclusion of an international study involving more than 58,000 young people from 21 countries. In Brazil, approximately 1,900 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17 were interviewed.

What can a pizza shop teach us about the dramatic shifts taking place in consumer marketing? Quite a lot, actually. New research that focused on pizza delivery has found that consumer impatience is now driving so much consumer decision-making that even location, price, and quality can take a back seat. While this study focused on pizza delivery, the study’s findings have ramifications for all business-to-consumer firms.

There are increasing calls for tighter restrictions on social media use, particularly for children and young people but evidence shows potential harms co-exist on platforms alongside opportunities for crisis support and connection.

Researchers at the National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Research (NCSR) analysed the views of social media users themselves to find out more and discovered almost 90 per cent of respondents wanted more personal control over what they view.

About the Study: In this randomized clinical trial of 2 virtual culturally grounded interventions for substance use, virtual recruitment and intervention successfully reached urban American Indian or Alaska Native emerging adults with decreased access to resources. Both groups reduced consequences and cannabis use; however, only TACUNA participants reported decreases in quantity of alcohol and cannabis use and time spent around peers using cannabis and heroin and greater decreases in anxiety. These findings emphasize the role of bringing American Indian and Alaska Native emerging adults together to discuss ways to reduce alcohol and other drug use and socially connect with their tribal communities in the urban environment in a virtual setting.