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IMAGE: Screening is one of the most powerful tools for preventing or detecting colorectal cancer early, when it is curable, said Regenstrief Institute research scientist Thomas Imperiale, M.D. view more
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Black people have a higher risk of colorectal cancer than white people, but this risk is likely not due to genetics. Data from a recent study by researchers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine adds more data to the existing evidence. The next step is determining what is behind this increased risk, said lead author Thomas Imperiale, M.D., Regenstrief Institute research scientist, VA investigator and professor of gastroenterology and hepatology at IU School of Medicine. Lifestyle and healthcare-related behaviors may explain some of the difference.
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Children who received surgery during the first part of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 developed life-threatening sepsis at higher rates than pre-pandemic, according to new research out in the journal Hospital Pediatrics.
Study authors are calling for more efforts to improve the safety of care for children post-surgery, especially as health officials estimate the pandemic is not over. In light of the ongoing pandemic and morbidity and mortality associated with postoperative sepsis, efforts are needed to further understand this alarming finding to mitigate risk for children requiring surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic, wrote the authors from the University of Missouri – Kansas, the Children s Hospital Association, the University of California at San Francisco and other organizations.