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— Replacing weekly servings of bacon or hot dogs with nuts and legumes linked to reduced dementia risk PHILADELPHIA – A long-term observational study involving 130,000 healthcare professionals found that eating processed red meat twice a week over several decades was associated with a higher likelihood of developing dementia. Participants from the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study who consumed at least one-quarter of a daily serving of processed red meat —

— Numerous veterans report severe health issues, many tied to radiation exposure Renowned comedian and activist Jon Stewart is urging the Biden administration to address an oversight in the expansive PACT Act, a veterans assistance bill, which neglected to cover American soldiers who were among the first responders post-9/11, and later fell ill after being stationed at a base heavily contaminated with radiation. In the months following the September 11 attacks, U.S. special operations forces

CORVALLIS, Oregon – In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Oregon State University have confirmed the presence of two distinct shark species in Puget Sound for the first time, with one being critically endangered. The documented species—broadnose sevengill shark and the endangered soupfin shark—have been found in this vital section of the Salish Sea, a body of water recognized for its economic, cultural, and ecological significance, according to biologists from OSU’s Big Fish Lab. The

— Potential for durable responses with alternative antigen-targeted therapy A promising new treatment targeting a different antigen has shown success among patients with large B-cell lymphoma who previously relapsed after receiving CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy (CAR19), according to findings from a phase I dose-finding study. In the study, 38 patients who had not responded to CAR19 achieved a 68% overall response rate and a 53% complete response rate following treatment with autologous