Study: Heavy use of sugar-sweetened drinks may raise bowel cancer risk
20 days ago|Los Angeles, United States
Sugary drinks may raise bowel cancer risk, claims major US study
Analysis of more than 95,000 women under 50 suggests link between heavy consumption and the diseaseHeavy consumption of sugary drinks may raise the risk of developing bowel cancer before the age of 50, according to a major study into diet and disease in US nurses.Researchers analysed dietary and medical records of more than 95,000 women tracked from 1991 to 2015 as part of the US Nurses’ Health II study and looked for evidence linking sugary dri…
21 days ago|London, United Kingdom
LSU names next president; will be first Black president of university system
Louisiana State University
and last updated 2021-05-06 18:59:01-04
The LSU Board of Supervisors on Thursday named William Tate IV as the university s next president. He is expected to begin his term in July, and will be the first Black president of the LSU system and first Black university president in the Southeastern Conference.
Tate will replace LSU President Tom Galligan, who has served as interim president since January 2020.
Tate, an Education Foundation Distinguished Professor and Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of South Carolina, oversees the 13 schools and colleges on the University of South Carolina Columbia campus, UofSC School of Medicine Columbia, and the UofSC School of Medicine Greenville.
05-07-2021
A Swedish hospital, known for its treatment of children suffering from gender dysphoria, announced it will no longer prescribe puberty-blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors under the age of 16. The hormonal treatment of children and adolescents with gender dysphoria may consist of puberty-blocking treatment initiated at the onset of puberty, and cross-sex hormones initiated at the age of 16, the Karolinska University Hospital located in Stockholm said in a statement. These treatments are controversial and have recently become subject to increased attention and scrutiny both nationally and internationally. This makes it challenging to assess the risk/benefit for the individual patient, and even more challenging for the minors and their guardians to be in a position of an informed stance regarding these treatments, the hospital said.
Darcy
Michael D. Darcy, MD, professor of radiology and associate professor of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been awarded a Gold Medal from the Society of Interventional Radiology.
The award was given in recognition of his distinguished and extraordinary service to the society as well as his achievements in advancing the quality of medicine and patient care through interventional radiology. The Gold Medal is the society’s highest honor.
Interventional radiologists use imaging techniques to guide minimally invasive surgical procedures to diagnose and treat many kinds of conditions. Darcy, a former chief of the interventional radiology section at the university’s Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, is known for his expertise in management of gastrointestinal bleeding and interventions on the portal vein that leads to the liver.
Sugar-sweetened drinks may increase colon cancer risk
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Colorectal cancer diagnoses have increased among people under age 50 in recent years and researchers are seeking reasons why.
In a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, researchers found a link between drinking sugar-sweetened beverages and an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer in women under age 50.
The findings suggest that heavy consumption of sugary drinks during adolescence (ages 13 to 18) and adulthood can increase the disease risk.
Sugar-sweetened drink consumption has been linked to metabolic health problems, such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, including in children.