There is just over a month left to register for the 2025 AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston, Mass. from Feb. 13 – 15. Eligible journalists, public information officers, and journalism professors and students can attend for free. 

Contrary to the long-held belief that the mid-career crisis plagues everyone, new research suggests that job satisfaction follows a U-shaped trajectory only for managerial and professional workers. This provocative finding challenges societal perceptions surrounding midlife and calls for a revaluation of workplace support for individuals in their 40s and 50s. 

In the spirit of encouraging and more rapidly advancing team science between clinical and basic science faculty, University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have jointly funded five research teams engaged in new and promising scientific studies.

More than 14,000 physicists from around the world will convene to present groundbreaking research at the American Physical Society’s joint March Meeting and April Meeting, now called the Global Physics Summit. The conference will be held in person in Anaheim, California and online everywhere March 16-21.

About The Study: In this nationwide cohort study in the Republic of Korea, postdiagnosis weight gain was associated with an increased risk of heart failure after breast cancer development, with risk escalating alongside greater weight gain. The findings underscore the importance of effective weight intervention in the oncological care of patients with breast cancer, particularly within the first few years after diagnosis, to protect cardiovascular health.

About The Study: This study found that patient care experience worsened after private equity acquisition of hospitals. These findings raise concern about the implications of private equity acquisitions on patient care experience at U.S. hospitals.