Medicine & Health

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2-Dec-2025

Gerontological Society of America will advance geroscience education with new support from National Institute on Aging

The Gerontological Society of America
Grant and Award Announcement

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) has received a three-year grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health to establish the Geroscience Education and Training 2 (GET2) Network. 

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NIH/National Institute on Aging

2-Dec-2025

In support of the National Institute of Nursing Research

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Reports and Proceedings

In an editorial published in JAMA Health Forum, three prominent nursing researchers have strongly defended the necessity of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and its enduring impact on public health.

Journal

JAMA Health Forum

2-Dec-2025

New research discovers dementia-linked protein’s role in DNA mistakes

Houston Methodist
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New Houston Methodist research has revealed that a protein associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also plays a role in regulating DNA mismatch repair, a process essential for replicating genetic information and cell health. The finding could change how scientists understand both cancer and neurodegeneration.

Journal

Nucleic Acids Research

2-Dec-2025

APIC and SHEA announce Joint Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory Group (HIPAG)

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Business Announcement

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have announced a new collaborative initiative, the Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory Group (HIPAG), to address infection prevention priorities of national importance.

2-Dec-2025

Your pain meds' side effects may be masquerading as heart failure

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Clinicians may fail to recognize common side effects of drugs like gabapentin — which are frequently prescribed for nerve pain — leading them to prescribe unnecessary medications that cause yet more side effects. This phenomenon, known as a “prescribing cascade,” is increasingly seen as a danger to older patients.

Journal

JAMA Network Open

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NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), VA Center for Medication Safety in Aging, VA National Center for Patient Safety

2-Dec-2025

Georgia State brain researchers draw cellular blueprint for how we think, feel

Georgia State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from experts with Georgia State University has achieved a long-standing goal in neuroscience: showing how the brain’s smallest components build the systems that shape thought, emotion and behavior.

Journal

Nature Communications

2-Dec-2025

For those living with dementia, new study suggests shingles vaccine could slow the disease

Stanford Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine not only appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20%, it also helped those who already have the disease.

Journal

Cell