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During the past 40 years, the gap between rich and poor Americans has continued to widen in terms of health and mortality, as well as income. Now, in a first-of-its-kind study(opens in new tab/window) of an extremely low-income and predominantly Black population, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that people who earned less than $15,000 a year died, on average, more than 10 years earlier than those whose annual income exceeded $50,000. Addressing racial and inco...

New evidence-based research calls into question the conventional three-month blanking period immediately after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation, when early occurrences of AF are thought not to predict long-term AF recurrence. Two articles and an accompanying editorial in Heart Rhythm (opens in new tab/window), the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, and the Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society, published by Elsevier, address t...

“After 8 years as vice-rector, including during the COVID period, I felt I had the energy to run as rector”, explains Milena Králíčková, Charles University’s first woman rector in 700 years of history. Find out about her personal journey to the top, what structural changes are still needed in the Czech context and, more broadly, why designated funds for research and gender equality are required. This fascinating new podcast of the “Breaking the Glass Ceiling” campaign is brought to you by the Elsevier Foundation, EWORA and Science|Business.

A study(opens in new tab/window) in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ( JAACAP )(opens in new tab/window), published by Elsevier, found that physical activity (PA) interventions are effective in reducing psychological symptoms across diverse populations of children and adolescents, including those with various clinical conditions such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), cancer, depression, and obesity. The researchers conducted an...

The latest global gender report developed by Elsevier shows that despite an overall increase in the representation of women in all scientific fields, gender parity is closer amongst younger researchers but tends to diminish at senior levels. This is also correlated with a tendency for women to cease to publish earlier than men. The 2021 SHE Figures only confirm this disparity and highlight women’s underrepresentation at the highest positions of academia.