Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Interval Colorectal Cancer Incidence – Annals of Internal Medicine – American College of Physicians

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Conclusion: Among elderly Medicare enrollees, the risk for interval CRC was higher in black persons than in white persons; the difference was more pronounced for cancer of the distal colon and rectum and for physicians with higher PDRs.

Source: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Interval Colorectal Cancer Incidence | Annals of Internal Medicine | American College of Physicians

Associations between substance use disorders and suicide or suicide attempts in people with mental illness: a Danish nation-wide, prospective, register-based study of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, unipolar depression or personality disorder – Østergaard – 2017 – Addiction – Wiley Online Library

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Conclusion Substance use disorders are associated strongly with risk of completed suicides and suicide attempts in people with severe mental illness.

Source: Associations between substance use disorders and suicide or suicide attempts in people with mental illness: a Danish nation-wide, prospective, register-based study of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, unipolar depression or personality disorder – Østergaard – 2017 – Addiction – Wiley Online Library

IBM’s Remote Work Reversal Is A Losing Battle Against The New Normal

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In both a 2014 white paper by IBM’s Smarter Workplace Institute and in a conference panel the company hosted just weeks ago, its own experts suggested that remote workers tend to be happier, less stressed, more productive, more engaged with their jobs and teams, and believe that their companies are more innovative as a result of flexible work arrangements.

Source: IBM’s Remote Work Reversal Is A Losing Battle Against The New Normal

Memo to IBM:

Why?