Increased Risk of Thyroid Cancer From Frequent Use of Disinfectants

Yale researchers have reported that regular exposure to biocides including disinfectants (such as doctors, dentists, nurses, etc) doubles the risk of thyroid cancer . This findings was determined through a population-based case-control study involving 462 thyroid cancer cases in Connecticut collected 2010-2011. Over the past decade, there has been an increased incidence of thyroid cancer every year and this report may explain part of this alarming trend along with possible over-diagnosis as…

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Are ENT Endoscopes at Risk for Infecting Patients?

Note the instrument port which is the inner channel In the media, there have been reports of contaminated endoscopes that have been incompletely sterilized causing life-threatening infections in patients. The endoscopes that have been implicated in these unfortunate infections transferred from one patient to another are known as duodenoscopes or EGD scopes. The main concern that patients have are whether similar (non) sterility issues are also found in endoscopes used in the ENT world. T…

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