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Medical debt and forgone mental health care due to cost among adults

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this survey study, more than 1 in 7 adults reported carrying medical debt in 2023, of whom 1 in 3 forwent mental health care in the subsequent year. Medical debt may exacerbate the treatment gap by potentially (1) raising the threshold for seeking care, (2) eroding patient trust in the health system, or (3) being denied care due to outstanding debts.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum

Environmental variability promotes the evolution of cooperation among humans: A simulation-based analysis

University of Tsukuba
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that intensified environmental variability (EV) can promote the evolution of cooperation through simulation based on evolutionary game theory. This result offers a new perspective for the reinterpretation of the variability selection hypothesis (VSH), which attributes improvement in human cognitive abilities to severe EV in Africa during the Middle Stone Age (MSA), as further relevant to the explanation of the evolution of sociality.

Journal: PLOS Complex Systems

UTA's 23 patents strengthen UT System's No. 3 National Academy of Inventors' ranking

University of Texas at Arlington
Business Announcement

The University of Texas at Arlington, with 23 patents granted in 2024, helped propel The University of Texas System to No. 3 in the National Academy of Inventors’ prestigious top 100 ranking of U.S. universities awarded utility patents. The UT System’s 14 institutions are collectively ranked as a single entity in the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) annual report. UT Arlington’s 23 patents is a 15% jump from the previous year.

Machine learning model to predict the fitness of AAV capsids for gene therapy

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study in the peer-reviewed journal Human Gene Therapy describes a machine learning (ML) model that can be used as a surrogate for laborious in vitro experiments. This in silico approach aims to increase the fitness of clinical adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids to make gene therapies more economically viable for patients.

Journal: Human Gene Therapy

How should we prioritize patients waiting for kidney transplants?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

How should we prioritize patients waiting for kidney transplants? A new study could help policymakers analyze methods of matching donated kidneys and their recipients.

Journal: Econometrica
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Ghanaian pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers face significant nutritional challenges impacting their and their infants’ health

Elsevier
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, explores the nutrition perspectives and attitudes of Ghanaian pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers. The study sheds light on significant challenges, including food insecurity, economic constraints, and cultural influences, that impact the dietary habits and health of young mothers and their infants.

Journal: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Funder: Oklahoma State University

Come with: WVU study shows few people mind when others invite themselves to group activities

West Virginia University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research by West Virginia University behavioral expert Julian Givi, associate professor of marketing at the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics, shows many people won’t ask to join others’ plans because they think — often wrongly — that “self-invitations” tend to be resented.

Journal: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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