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Colorectal Cancer Incidence in a Dramatic Increase in the US

Posted on March 3, 2017 by

A study published by the American Cancer Society found a steep increase in the rate of colorectal cancer rose in adults younger than age 55 years. Three in 10 colorectal cancer diagnoses occur in people of this age group. The authors call for considering early screening as the proportion of rectal cancer diagnosed in adults younger than age 55 years years has doubled in just two decades.

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Posted in Clinical Highlights cancer, colorectal cancer, incidence, rectal cancer, screening

Picks of the Week: The USPSTF advises on colorectal cancer and syphilis screening

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

During the past weeks two important recommendations were published from the US Preventive Services Task Forse (USPSTF) on the screening for colorectal cancer and syphilis. Let’s have a look at them, alongside other news that our members shared in the Among Doctors community:

  • The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published its recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer
    The USPSTF recommends screening for colorectal cancer starting at age 50 years and continuing until age 75 years (A recommendation).
  • Screening for Syphilis: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force
    Screening HIV-positive men or MSM for syphilis every 3 months is associated with improved syphilis detection. Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation.
  • Exercise during pregnancy protects against hypertension and macrosomia: randomized clinical trial
    Maternal exercise may be a preventative tool for hypertension and excessive GWG, and may control offspring size at birth while reducing comorbidities related to chronic disease risk.
  • Intensive Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage
    The treatment of participants with intracerebral hemorrhage to achieve a target systolic blood pressure of 110 to 139 mm Hg did not result in a lower rate of death or disability than standard reduction to a target of 140 to 179 mm Hg.
  • Pharmaceutical Industry–Sponsored Meals and Physician Prescribing Patterns for Medicare Beneficiaries
    Receipt of industry-sponsored meals was associated with an increased rate of prescribing the brand-name medication that was being promoted. The findings represent an association, not a cause-and-effect relationship.
  • Increased versus stable doses of inhaled corticosteroids for exacerbations of chronic asthma in adults and children
    Current evidence does not support increasing the dose of ICS as part of a self initiated action plan to treat exacerbations in adults and children with mild to moderate asthma. Increased ICS dose is not associated with a statistically significant reduction in the odds of requiring rescue oral corticosteroids for the exacerbation, or of having adverse events, compared with a stable ICS dose.

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Posted in Picks of the week acute cerebral hemorrhage, asthma, blood pressure, chronic asthma, colorectal cancer, inhaled corticosteroids, pregnancy, screening, syphilis

Screen for colorectal cancer, urges USPSTF

Posted on June 19, 2016 by

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently published its recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer on JAMA, concluding that screening is beneficial in average-risk, asymptomatic adults starting at age 50 and continuing until age 75 years (A recommendation). In adults aged 76 to 85 years, the decision should take into consideration the health and history of the patient (C recommendation).

Screening for colorectal cancer can reduce mortality, whichever strategy is employed, says the USPSTF. Seven different screening approaches are included in the recommendations, despite their difference in effectiveness and potential harm: colonoscopy, fecal immunochemical testing for occult blood (FIT), multitargeted DNA stool test (FIT-DNA), guaiac-based fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, sigmoidoscopy with FIT, and CT colonography. The economic impact of such a screening is not addressed either.

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Posted in Clinical Highlights colonoscopy, colorectal cancer, USPSTF

Picks of the Week: Zika and microcephaly causal link confirmed

Posted on April 16, 2016 by

The last week, a great breadth of noteworthy scientific news was shared on Among Doctors. Let’s have a look at the most important ones:

  • The CDC confirms that the Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly
    In a special report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms that on the basis of the available evidence, the Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and possibly other serious brain anomalies.
  • Microbes and Alzheimer’s Disease
    Thirty-three researchers and clinicians point out the potential link of infection to Alzheimer’s disease in a recently published editorial.
  • WHO: Global report on diabetes
    The first WHO Global report on diabetes demonstrates that the number of adults living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults.
  • Antibiotic multiresistance in E.coli and K.pneumoniae in urinary tract infections: A 12-year analysis
    Data of a large sample size of urinary strains isolated over a 12 year period and demonstrates that multi-drug resistance is an increasing phenomenon of particular importance in the main urinary-tract-infections-causing species.
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Posted in Picks of the week alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, coffee, colorectal cancer, diabetes, social media, social networking, type 2 diabetes, Zika

Coffee consumption associated with 26% lower risk of colorectal cancer

Posted on April 14, 2016 by

Regular coffee consumption may be inversely associated with risk of colorectal cancer in a dose–response manner. In this study published in the April issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, coffee consumption was associated with 26% lower odds of developing colorectal cancer. The inverse association was also observed for decaffeinated coffee consumption alone and for boiled coffee

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Posted in Clinical Highlights cancer, coffee, colorectal cancer

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