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24-Jul-2025

What happens when society stops expecting you to work

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The commonly held belief that people become happier after 50 appears to apply mainly to unemployed men. At age 50, unemployed men were more than twice as likely to report symptoms of depression as those who had lost a spouse. By age 65, when retirement becomes the norm, the mental health gap between employed and unemployed men disappears entirely. The findings suggest this improvement stems not from biology or lifestyle, but from easing social expectations around work.

Journal: Journal of Labor Economics
Funder: U.S. National Institute on Aging, Dutch National Science Foundation, European Union’s Horizon 2020 program

24-Jul-2025

Defining lifetime risk thresholds for breast cancer surgical prevention

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this economic evaluation, undergoing risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) appears cost-effective for women ages 30 to 55 with a lifetime breast cancer risk of 35% or higher. These results could have significant clinical implications to expand access to RRM beyond BRCA1/BRCA2/PALB2 pathogenic variant carriers. Future studies evaluating the acceptability, uptake, and long-term outcomes of RRM among these women are warranted.

Journal: JAMA Oncology

24-Jul-2025

Most hospital visits of impaired, terminal nursing home residents are avoidable

Florida Atlantic University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers found that up to 80% of emergency department visits and more than one-third of hospitalizations in severely impaired and terminally ill nursing home residents were potentially avoidable. Common causes included UTIs, pneumonia, feeding tube complications, falls, and seizures – many preventable with timely, on-site care. These unnecessary transfers not only distress vulnerable patients and families but also drive-up health care costs, contributing to $14.3 billion in annual Medicare spending.

Journal: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

24-Jul-2025

The secret to success for a unicorn: simple technologies and private funding at an early stage

Kaunas University of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new international study led by Kaunas University of Technology reveals that digital mental health start-ups reaching unicorn status tend to secure private funding early, prioritise simple, scalable services, and use subscription models – while reliance on state funding may actually hinder growth. The research, based on 125 ventures (including 12 unicorns), suggests success stems from strategic, complementary choices rather than technological complexity alone. Researchers call for a shift in European investment policy to focus more on market relevance and user impact rather than deep tech or rigid scientific criteria.

Journal: Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

23-Jul-2025

California Latino GDP surges past $1 trillion, as Latinos help power state economy

University of California - Los Angeles
Reports and Proceedings

Earlier this year, the latest U.S. Latino GDP Report from UCLA and Cal Lutheran revealed that the direct economic output of the country’s Latino population exceeded $4 trillion for the first time. Now, new findings from the research team that a quarter of that came from Latinos in one state: California. The California Latino GDP Report shows that the state’s Latino GDP surpassed $1 trillion in 2023.

22-Jul-2025

Greenhouse gas accounting procedures in low carbon fuel policies overlook the spatial variability of miscanthus-derived sustainable aviation fuel

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

Low carbon fuel policies are intended to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation. However, rigid carbon intensity (CI) accounting procedures in current policies may limit CI responsiveness across candidate sites and facilities. This study examines how low carbon fuel programs capture or overlook spatial variability and net electricity production in biofuel carbon intensity, influencing crediting outcomes and fuel selling prices.

Journal: ACS Sustainable Resource Management
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

22-Jul-2025

Hotel revenues are reaching a new high in Colorado

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Virginia Tech study highlights the impact of marijuana legalization on hotels.

Journal: Production and Operations Management