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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-Sep-2025 07:11 ET (13-Sep-2025 11:11 GMT/UTC)

24-Apr-2025

Prostate cancer discovery opens door to more tailored treatments

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Prostate cancer has distinct genetic properties in different groups of men that could be targeted to improve patient outcomes, new research suggests.

Journal: iMeta
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute

24-Apr-2025

Former DOJ officials suggest antitrust attention, action to address concerning traits of health care conglomerates

Carnegie Mellon University
Reports and Proceedings

n a new opinion piece, two experts who worked in the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division argue that a few huge health care conglomerate platforms have many of the same concerning traits as big tech platforms. In suggesting that policymakers and stakeholders look beyond the individual services provided by each platform, they recommend that antitrust attention and action may be needed.

Journal: JAMA

24-Apr-2025

Drug targets identified for pancreatic cancer

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a recent paper, published in Nature, researchers from the University of Michigan have discovered that simultaneously targeting PIKfyve and KRAS-MAPK can eliminate tumors in preclinical human and mouse models.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, U.S. Department of Defense, CRUK Scotland Institute

24-Apr-2025

Exercise boosts brain health — even when energy is low

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

We know exercise is good for our body, but what about our brains? A new study from the University of Missouri suggests that exercise plays a crucial role in keeping our minds sharp, even when one of the brain’s key energy sources isn’t available.

The study, led by Mizzou researchers Taylor Kelty and R. Scott Rector, offers fresh insight into brain health and suggests that exercise could play a bigger role in preventing cognitive decline than previously thought.

Journal: The Journal of Physiology
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

24-Apr-2025

Even light exercise could help slow cognitive decline in people at risk of Alzheimer’s

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a landmark clinical trial, coordinated by the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study at UC San Diego, people at risk for Alzheimer's who exercised at low or moderate-high intensity showed less cognitive decline when compared to those receiving usual care.

Journal: Alzheimer s & Dementia

24-Apr-2025

AI algorithm can help identify high-risk heart patients to quickly diagnose, expedite, and improve care

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mount Sinai-led research can transform how hospitals triage, risk-stratify, and counsel patients to save lives

Journal: NEJM AI

24-Apr-2025

Stephen S. Morse named as next Editor-in-Chief of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal

Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.
Business Announcement

The Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Stephen S. Morse, Ph.D., to be the next Editor-in-Chief of its journal, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Dr. Morse is Professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, where he also serves as Chair of the University’s Institutional Biosafety Committee.