Racial Disparities Seen for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Outcomes
Authors say that outcomes may be multifactorial in nature
Ultraprocessed Foods Increase Risk for Broad Range of Poor Health Outcomes
Findings seen across cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes
Higher Use of Health Care Portal Seen During COVID-19 Pandemic
Lower portal activity linked to older age, female sex and for Hispanic/Latinx, non-Hispanic Black, and other race patients
Additional Benefit Seen for Colonoscopy Versus Sigmoidoscopy
In recent study, fewer CRC cases and deaths per 100,000 person-years were observed
Top-Down Treatment Superior for Crohn Disease
One-year outcomes better with early combined infliximab + immunomodulator vs. accelerated step-up treatment
Fecal Occult Blood Testing Tied to Reduction in Colorectal Cancer Mortality
Findings show 14 percent decreased colorectal cancer mortality over 14 years
Trader Joe’s Dumplings Recalled Due to Plastic Pieces
Medical Debt Linked to Worse Health Status, Increased Mortality
Increase seen in physically and mentally unhealthy days during past month, years of life lost, age-adjusted all-cause mortality rate
Average Annual Number of Deaths From Excessive Alcohol Use Increasing
From 2016-2017 to 2020-2021, deaths from excessive alcohol use increased 26.8 and 34.7 percent among males and females
Observed Rates of Cancer Diagnoses Lower Than Expected in Pandemic
Rate of all-sites cancer incidence was 28.6 percent lower than expected during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic response
