Relationship between Overall Social Vulnerability & COVID-19 Incidence in Louisiana - Public Health
Article featured in LSUHSC NEWSROOM on February 23, 2021 – Click here to read the article Published: January 20, 2021, in Frontiers in Public Health On March 9, 2020, the first presumptive COVID-19 case was reported in Louisiana. Throughout the Summer of 2020, Louisiana has remained an epicenter for COVID-19 in the United States with […]
Alcohol Intake and Alcohol–SNP Interactions Associated with Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness - Public Health
Excessive alcohol intake is a well-known modifiable risk factor for many cancers. It is still unclear whether genetic variants or single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can modify alcohol intake’s impact on prostate cancer (PCa) aggressiveness. The objective is to test the alcohol–SNP interactions of the 7501 SNPs in the four pathways (angiogenesis, mitochondria, miRNA, and androgen […]
E-Cigarettes: A Public Health Threat, Not a Population Health Intervention - Public Health
Rebekah E. Gee, MD, MPH, William R. Boles, BS, and Dean G. Smith, PhD Cigarette smoking is the single most deadly personal behavior in human history and remains a potent population health threat. Today in the United States, one in five deaths can be attributed to cigarette smoking. Recent models suggest that even if we […]
Contributions of Histologic Subtypes Tumors to Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rates - Public Health
Published: December 15, 2020, in ACP Online, ACP Journals, Annals of Internal Medicine Early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) incidence rates (IRs) are rising, according to previous cancer registry analyses. However, analysis of histologic subtypes, including adenocarcinoma (the focus of CRC screening and diagnostic testing) and carcinoid tumors (which are classified as “colorectal cancer” in SEER [Surveillance, […]