Class and gender inequalities in the UK’s creative industries can be traced back to school, according to a new report which finds that many young people – especially girls and those from low-income backgrounds – are steadily steered away from subjects like art, music and drama during their education. The study analysed the educational records of 1.7 million students, longitudinal data about 7,200 young people’s progress into work, and interviews and surveys with people in creative work. The report’s authors criticise entrenched “educational hierarchies” that treat both creative subjects, and Further Education qualifications in those subjects, as low-status and financially “risky”. They argue that this creates a “narrowing pathway” for students into the creative industries.

Could the rules of the options market be quietly costing you ten times more than your stock trades? A new study in The Review of Financial Studies, “Payment for Order Flow and Option Internalization,” uncovers how current market rules protect high profits for option wholesalers and create significant financial incentives for brokers to favor option trading over stocks. Authors Thomas Ernst of the University of Maryland and Chester Spatt of Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business highlight that while recent regulatory focus centers on the stock market, the more complex and lucrative options market remains largely unaddressed.

In this cohort study of Medicare decedents with advanced cancers, continuous Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees were most likely to receive hospice at home, while those who switched from MA to traditional Medicare more frequently received hospice care in nursing homes. Plan switching near the end-of-life (EOL) may reflect access barriers, highlighting the importance of addressing care coordination to improve EOL care.

People who reported spending six or more hours on screens outside of school or work had worse blood pressure, cholesterol and body mass index (BMI) compared with those with more limited screen time, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.26).

Living in areas with consistently higher levels of noise from transportation was associated with a significantly higher risk of major adverse cardiac events compared with living in quieter areas, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.26). Researchers suggest that implementing strategies to reduce exposure to traffic noise from roads, railways and aviation corridors may be a new target for urban planning and improving the heart health of communities.

Medicare beneficiaries with heart disease or major cardiovascular risk factors reported less cost-related medication non-adherence—skipping or reducing doses, delaying prescription fills or foregoing medications due to cost—after new provisions went into effect limiting out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.26) and simultaneously published in JACC, the flagship journal of the ACC.