The week after the autumn clock change is associated with a reduction in demand for NHS services for sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease, anxiety, depression, and psychiatric conditions in England, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

Organizations aiming to help homeless people with either housing or health care can be more effective when they form partnerships with other service groups, a Rutgers study has found.

About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, nearly 1 in 7 graduate medical education trainees screened positive for food insecurity. Food insecurity was associated with important well-being outcomes including burnout. These findings suggest that academic medical institutions should pursue systemic solutions to address food insecurity among resident and fellow physicians as a means of supporting their well-being.

Distrust of elites, not partisanship, was the strongest predictor of support for funding cuts to national science agencies.

A new policy brief, “Powering Up for Health: Policy Options to Address Energy Insecurity in New York City,” authored by public health experts from academia, government, and the nonprofit sector, outlines policy options for local and state governments to address energy insecurity and its related health risks.

For decades, school districts have struggled to adopt later high school start times, despite overwhelming medical evidence that early bells harm teen health. A new study in the INFORMS journal Management Science demonstrates that advanced analytics can finally break the logjam, showing that healthier schedules are not only achievable but can also improve district operations and reduce costs. 

African biostatisticians are using routine health data and robust analysis to evaluate HIV and TB programmes in real-world settings, like Malawi’s tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT), showing high uptake and reduced TB risk and identifying gaps among children and adolescents for better policy-making