1-Dec-2025 The smell of fatty foods during pregnancy promotes obesity in offspring Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Peer-Reviewed Publication The brains of the offspring show similarities to those of obese adult mice Journal Nature Metabolism
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 Funder amfAR, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Cancer Research Institute, amfAR, Intramural Research Program, NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
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