A novel economic model projects that patients with heart failure would live longer lives and spend less time in hospital by expanding heart failure care to include pharmacist- and nurse practitioner-led medication management. Findings from the novel study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, published by Elsevier, demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of this service and offer a roadmap towards improved patient outcomes and a stronger and more sustainable healthcare system.

About The Study: This cross-sectional study found a substantial increase in glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) per-patient days supplied in employer plans over the study period (2021-2024), with higher growth in plans that covered GLP-1s for weight loss. With increases in utilization, the estimate of differential per member per month cost for GLP-1 coverage is increasing over time and could signal higher financial burden on patients and payers in the future, though some of the added drug cost (yet unquantified) is likely offset by lower medical spending.

Combining experiments with data from 11.6 million marketplace interactions, researchers found that employers view fast replies as a positive signal of future responsiveness.

New research from the McCombs School of Business identifies a novel factor in rising home prices: foreign investment. An influx of foreign money during the 2010s drove up housing costs in the areas with the greatest concentrations of purchasers from outside the U.S., finds Caitlin Gorback, assistant professor of finance.

But her findings have broader implications for affordability, she says. Even in markets where foreign investors weren’t plentiful, prices rose much faster than supply did from 2009 to 2018.

As the world faces a critical historical conjuncture marked by rising inequality, ecological disruption, and geopolitical fragmentation, the Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) will convene its biennial international conference in Barcelona, Spain, from June 29 to July 3, 2026, hosted across the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Barcelona (UB). The event will bring together more than 1,500 researchers, activists, representatives of civil society organizations, and creators from across the globe to dissect contemporary crises and forge pathways toward peaceful, just alternatives.