#VAResearchNewsBrief: @SFVAMC found more virtual and home-based options nearly doubled Veteran participation in cardiac rehab, from 9.6% to 17.1%, as facilities offering them grew from 3 to 52.
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#VAResearchNewsBrief: In a @vaportland pilot of 20 people with Huntington’s disease, 12 weeks of time-restricted eating was safe, improved disease severity scores, and cut nerve damage biomarkers 13% on average.
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Gaps in Access to Home and Community-Based Services Following Inpatient Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults

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#VAResearchNewsBrief: A @VAKansasCity study found nicotinamide riboside, a form of vitamin B3, improved memory and learning in aging mice and lowered brain inflammation.
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#VAResearchNewsBrief: It has been well established that high-level blasts during military service can cause a variety of health problems, VA researchers with the Millennium Cohort Study conducted a large-scale study to quantify that risk.
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VA Million Veteran Program researchers are using MVP data to better understand how Veterans respond to different medicines. Their work could help identify which medications may work best for different Veterans.

Help advance research for Veterans. Learn more at mvp.va.gov/pwa/?utm_sourc… or call 866-441-6075.

#VAResearchNewsBrief: VA Kansas City researchers helped create a new monoclonal antibody that targets claudin-1 to shrink colorectal tumors and fight treatment resistance, sparing healthy tissue. A promising step toward better colorectal cancer care. #VAResearch
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#VAResearchNewsBrief: VA St. Louis researchers found Veterans with early-stage lung cancer spread through air spaces had better 5-year survival after full lobar resection vs smaller sub-lobar surgery.
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#VAResearchNewsBrief: Researchers at Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital @VAColumbiaMO found the protein Olfm2 is key to atherosclerosis development. Blocking it reduced artery plaques in tests, pointing to possible new treatments.
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VA researchers are using Million Veteran Program data to understand Veterans' risk for prostate cancer. This work could help inform personalized screening and improve early detection, improving healthcare for Veterans.

Your participation can make a difference. Learn more at mvp.va.gov/pwa/?utm_sourc… or call 866-441-6075.

#VAResearchNewsBrief: Veterans on long-term opioid therapy with signs of cognitive impairment faced nearly 6x higher overdose risk, per Connecticut VA and @VABedfordHCS researchers. Study urges cognitive screening in opioid safety checks.
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#VAResearchNewsBrief: @VANWIHCS researchers developed a drug that may protect against heart failure caused by rheumatoid arthritis. It blocks toxic reactive aldehyde species from building up in heart tissue, lowering heart dysfunction in mouse models.
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#VAResearchNewsBrief: @vaportland researchers found more than one-third of Veterans may not answer suicide screenings accurately, often fearing overreaction or hospitalization. The findings stress building trust and not over-relying on screening results alone.
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Moral injury can reshape how Veterans see themselves and the world.

This pilot study explored ACT-MI and PCT-MI, two therapies built to help Veterans heal from moral injury.

Here's what we learned:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42507361/

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#VAResearchNewsBrief: @VALosAngeles researchers found how statins protect against liver cancer. Statins lower GGPP, blocking the YAP protein from damaging liver cells and potentially stopping tumor growth in fatty liver disease.
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#VAResearchNewsBrief: A @PhxVAHealthcare study found continuous glucose monitoring lowered the risk of death by 10% to 16% for Veterans with type 1 diabetes, with the greatest benefits for those over 65 and not on insulin pumps.
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Fear of Involuntary Hospitalization Impacts Veteran Responses to Suicide Screening: Veteran and Staff Perspectives

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#VAResearchNewsBrief: @VAPittsburgh researchers showed that regulating the gene group miR-15a/16-1 could improve recovery from traumatic brain injury by reducing blood-brain barrier leakage and protecting brain integrity in mouse models.
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#VAResearchNewsBrief: Kansas City VA researchers found the pulmonary fibrosis drug pirfenidone could be repurposed to treat polycystic kidney disease, the top genetic cause of kidney failure. In mouse models, it reduced scarring and improved kidney function.
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We tracked mental health trends in VA to find out more about Veteran alcohol use, suicide risk, PTSD and depression.

Read more about what we found in our publication, as well as implications for improving clinical care:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42160051/

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