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People of color have twice the risk of dying after brain injury, study finds

HealthDay June 07, 2021
A study led by Ahmed Raslan, M.D., finds people of color are more than twice as likely to die after a traumatic brain injury as white people: "We have a societal and professional duty to recognize and accept that the effects of structural racism have taken hold of our patients' health long before they arrive in our trauma bays, ICU beds, and operating tables."

GRAIL presents interventional PATHFINDER study data at 2021 ASCO annual meeting and introduces Galleri, a groundbreaking multi-cancer early detection blood test

The Associated Press June 04, 2021
An international study led at OHSU by Tomasz Beer, M.D., establishes a new therapy for men with prostate cancer that has spread and become resistant to hormone therapy: "This is a completely new treatment option that extends life and disease control in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer –- the most aggressive and deadly type."
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