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Health Policy and Management

What health issues most concern rural America? Mental health, substance abuse and quality care, survey says

Survey questions 1,475 health care professionals, government officials, researchers and others
Health Behavior

When players become friends: Texas A&M study examines social structure of online gaming

Researchers analyze how social support, sense of community and symptoms of depression affect connections over time
Health Behavior

How do social factors and built environments influence our levels of physical activity? A&M researchers look for answers

Public health scholars publish study of current literature in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Epidemiology

Mystery solved? How a common herbicide may have triggered a kidney-disease epidemic in Central America

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology publishes results of NIH-funded study
Health Policy and Management

‘Best of two worlds’: Ethical model for artificial intelligence combines flexibility with enforcement

Researchers say CAITE could curb misuse while encouraging advancements
Health Policy and Management

Cost of living: Patients with cirrhosis plus liver cancer are bearing unusually high financial burdens

A&M team publishes study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
COVID-19

Of pets and pathogens: A&M team contributes to first national-data analysis of COVID-19 infections in companion animals

Nine researchers participate in CDC-led study
Health Behavior

Suicidal behavior: Researchers find data points that could serve as predictors for high school students in Texas

Team publishes its findings in the journal Cogent Psychology
Environmental and Occupational Health

Beating the clock: NIH-funded study shows intervention increases physical activity among at-risk older women

Researchers publish their findings in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity