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In January 2023, the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging asked a national sample of adults age 50–80 about their views on how cancer screening decisions should be made. Poll findings say the majority of people over 50 disagree with using life expectancy in guidelines for cancer screening tests.
Researchers found a clear association between exposure to certain PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) and phenol (including BPA) chemicals and a previous cancer diagnosis in women from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
Women with prior diagnoses of melanoma, ovarian cancer or uterine cancer had higher levels of “forever chemicals” and other toxic compounds in their blood, scientists determined in a new nationwide analysis.
Jackie Goodrich, research associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, discusses the World Health Organization's recent decision to classify the artificial sweetener as possibly carcinogenic while also maintaining the current recommendation of safe daily intake.
Bhramar Mukherjee and Jeremy Taylor of Michigan Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics received prestigious awards from the American Statistical Association. Mukherjee received the Karl E. Peace Award for Outstanding Statistical Contributions for the Betterment of Society and Taylor the Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award.
Postdoctoral fellow Ashly Westrick discusses her epidemiological research on health inequalities in cancer outcomes. Westrick was recently awarded a grant from the National Institute on Aging to examine memory aging in older cancer survivors in the US and England.