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Alarming rise found in esophageal cancer and Barrett’s esophagus in middle-aged adults
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Alarming rise found in esophageal cancer and Barrett’s esophagus in middle-aged adults

by American Gastroenterological Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Adults aged 45 to 64 experienced a nearly doubled rate of esophageal cancer and a 50 percent increase in the precancerous condition Barrett’s esophagus between 2012 and 2019, according to a database analysis of roughly five million patients to be presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022. “This...

Deadly type of stroke increasing among younger and middle-aged adults
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Deadly type of stroke increasing among younger and middle-aged adults

by Laura Williamson, American Heart Association Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.037332 New cases of a debilitating and often deadly type of stroke that causes bleeding in the brain have been increasing in the U.S., growing at an even faster rate among younger to middle-aged adults than older ones, new research shows. The findings show an...