Medicine & Health

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1-Dec-2025

Hospital-level care at home for adults living in rural settings

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In this randomized clinical trial of home hospital care in rural settings, cost and readmission were unchanged while patient activity and experience improved. Late transfer home likely attenuated the intervention’s effect. 

Journal

JAMA Network Open

1-Dec-2025

Health care access outcomes for immigrant children and state insurance policy

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In this cross-sectional study of U.S. children, immigrant compared with U.S.-born children had disparities in health care access, which were attenuated in states with the most inclusive state insurance policies, suggesting that inclusive state insurance eligibility policies for immigrant children may improve health care access outcomes for this population. 

Journal

JAMA Network Open

1-Dec-2025

Change in weight status from childhood to young adulthood and risk of adult coronary heart disease

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This study found that individuals with overweight in childhood who had normal weight in young adulthood had similar risk of coronary heart disease as individuals with normal weight in childhood and young adulthood. These findings have implications for public health planning, emphasizing the importance of early detection and treatment of overweight during childhood and adolescence.

Journal

JAMA Pediatrics

1-Dec-2025

Long-term HIV control: Could this combination therapy be the key?

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from UC San Francisco shows it may be possible to control HIV without long-term antiviral treatment — an advance that points the way toward a possible cure for a disease that affects 40 million people around the world. 

Journal

Nature

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1-Dec-2025

Home hospital care demonstrates success in rural communities

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers found that hospital-level care at home is feasible for patients living in rural areas with acute conditions who traditionally would have been cared for in a brick-and-mortar hospital, and substantially improved experiences of care and physical activity levels.

Journal

JAMA Network Open

1-Dec-2025

Are university policies holding science back? Study shows how patenting boosts pure research.

University of California - Berkeley Haas School of Business
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in the journal Science reveals that researchers who both publish papers and file patents—dubbed “Pasteur’s quadrant researchers”—produce work that is more novel and more influential than those who stick to just one activity. 

Journal

Science

1-Dec-2025

UT Health San Antonio pilot study explores ear acupressure for chronic pain relief in dementia care

The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center
Grant and Award Announcement

UT Health San Antonio will recruit dementia patients and their caregivers for a study exploring ear acupressure to alleviate chronic pain in those living with the disease, possibly stemming use of opioids and other pain medications.