Stanford researchers have developed an effective statistical measure of the real-world benefits of tailoring interventions like job training, coursework, and medical treatments to individuals.

When it comes to taking action on major societal issues like climate change or a pandemic, scientists and the public’s joint endorsement has the greatest influence on Americans across a host of important social issues, while signals of support or opposition from the government and industry hold relatively less impact, according to a study by researchers from Boston College and Princeton University. The findings suggest that opposition from major institutions like the federal government or large corporations does not have to produce public paralysis: when a consensus between scientific experts and the general public is present and made visible, they can mobilize public action even when top-down leadership falters.

Unlike typically developing teenagers, teens with autism don’t become more attuned to unfamiliar voices as they mature, a difference that helps explain their social struggles.

A new national clinical trial, funded by the National Institutes of Health, is helping reshape the future of recovery research for critically ill patients, providing important new evidence about how rehabilitation and nutrition interventions should be delivered during severe illness and informing the next generation of research to improve ICU survivors’ outcomes.

A new collaboration between the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the University of Florida (UF) is taking a cutting-edge approach to transforming healthcare research and outcomes across the Southeast. The Southeastern Health AI Consortium supports interdisciplinary teams addressing major regional health challenges by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), large clinical datasets and combined institutional expertise. Backed by $2.5 million in funding, the projects span a broad array of focus areas that affect South Carolinians, Floridians and the broader Southeast region, including mental health, maternal health, stroke, brain health and advanced therapies. 

Pregnancy can be a warning light.

Rutgers researchers found that cardiovascular health during pregnancy was linked to how soon women were later diagnosed with chronic hypertension or metabolic conditions after giving birth.

The study, published in JAMA Network Open, followed 1,225 pregnancies using about seven years of electronic health record data.

Despite affecting an estimated 2 billion people, menstrual health continues to be overlooked by governments, businesses and the scientific community, prompting calls for it to be recognized as a fundamental public health issue. A new international commentary