Commentary: In the Rising Era of Big Data, Small Steps are Key.

Big Data may be useful to identify and perhaps ameliorate health disparities. However, over reliance on the power on Big Data can potentially cause harm. When assessing health disparities, the use of Big Data should be limited to hypothesis generation.

The influence of early drinking contexts on current drinking among adult lesbian and bisexual women.

Background: Differences exist in alcohol-related outcomes across subgroups of sexual minority women. Likewise, stressors associated with coming out and living as lesbian or bisexual are hypothesized to be highly variable. Lesbians' and bisexual women's risks for hazardous drinking are explored in a 2006 NIAAA-funded interview study of women living in the Northeastern United States.

Octogenarian Reports of Lifetime Spiritual Experiences: Types of Experience and Early Life Predictors.

This study assessed lifetime histories of discrete spiritual experiences recalled by 144 octogenarian men studied since adolescence and 80 spouses. Women were more likely to report discrete spiritual experiences, as were those from higher socioeconomic backgrounds and those judged more open to experience as young adults. Factor analysis revealed four types of experiences related to beauty/nature, negative life events, protection by a sacred other, and traditional religious settings.