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Could age increase the strength of inverse association between ultraviolet B exposure and colorectal cancer?
Research article Open Access Published: 05 July 2021 BMC Public Health volume 21, Article number: 1238 (2021) Cite this article Abstract Background Vitamin D has been identified as a potential protective factor in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). We expect to see a stronger association of ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure and CRC crude rates with increasing age since chronic vitamin D deficiency leads to sustained molecular changes that increase cancer risk.
Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Enhance Supply Chain Management in Healthcare:
Abstract Background: Effective supply chain management is a challenge in every sector, but in healthcare there is added complexity and risk as a compromised supply chain in healthcare can directly impact patient safety and health outcomes. One potential solution for improving security, integrity, data provenance, and functionality of the health supply chain is blockchain technology.
Buyers beware: the digital dangers of purchasing medicines online
Recently, INTERPOL announced it had coordinated the shutdown of close to 5,000 websites illegally selling medicines online. Dubbed “Operation Pangea IX”, this ninth annual international week of action against illicit online pharmacies boasted the participation of over 103 countries from a multi-stakeholder coalition, led to 393 arrests, and resulted in the seizure of $53 million dollars worth of potentially dangerous medicines.
UNGASS 2016 commentary series: a historic opportunity for international drug policy reform?
In 1990, the United Nations held its first UNGASS meeting on drug abuse which aimed at strengthening the UN drug control regime in order to “protect mankind from the scourge of drug abuse and illicit trafficking.” What followed was a highly controversial decade long war on drugs. In 1998, a second UNGASS meeting was even more ambitious.
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