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8-May-2025

Health care workers, firefighters have increased PFAS levels, study finds

University of Arizona Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers looked at PFAS serum concentrations in health care workers for the first time and were surprised by what they found.

Journal

Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology

Funder

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

8-May-2025

Veterans with depression have increased risk of heart failure: Study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

U.S. veterans with depression had a 14% higher risk of heart failure, a new Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led study found, even after adjusting for traditional risk factors.

Journal

JAMA Network Open

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health

8-May-2025

Advanced imaging and targeted therapy help men with prostate cancer safely defer surgery and radiation therapy

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UCLA investigators show that using advanced MRI imaging and targeted focal therapy can help many men with low- to intermediate-risk prostate cancer safely stay on active surveillance long-term, helping avoid follow-up biopsies and delay — or even avoid — invasive treatments like surgery or radiation.  

Journal

The Journal of Urology

Funder

NIH/National Cancer Institute, Jean Perkins Foundation

8-May-2025

Moffitt researchers show that reactivity to tumor antigens is important for TIL therapy

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center has found new insight into why some lung cancer patients do not benefit from tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL therapy. Their findings, published in Nature Cancer, may help improve future ways to deliver this cellular immunotherapy for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal

Nature Cancer

Funder

Stand Up To Cancer, NIH/National Cancer Institute

8-May-2025

HIV drugs offer ‘substantial’ Alzheimer’s protection, new research indicates

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The drugs, called NRTIs, have the potential to prevent a million cases of Alzheimer's every year, the researchers believe.

Journal

Alzheimer s & Dementia

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, UVA Strategic Investment Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Eli W. Tullis