School Safety 101

Summer is out and school is in. But as you send the wee ones off for another (or their first!) year of scholastic enterprise, take a moment to re-familiarize your favorite student and yourself with some basic tips to keep everyone healthy and safe this year.

Keep These Tips in Mind

(VIDEO) Meet the Doctor: Dustin Albert, MD

Dr. Dustin Albert is board certified and fellowship trained in Gastroenterology. Following his fellowship, he served as Chief of the Gastroenterology Clinic at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital providing inpatient and outpatient care for military members, retirees and their families, enabling him to attain broad clinical experience in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures to treat the digestive system.

Meet Dr. Albert

Colorectal Cancer is Rising in Young Adults

In the late 1990s, colorectal cancer was the fourth leading cause of cancer death for men and women in the United States under age 50. Today, it is the leading cause of cancer death for men under 50 and second for women.

Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death, claiming more than 900,000 lives every year. More than 150,000 new cases of colorectal cancer will be diagnosed this year in the United States alone, while roughly 53,000 will succumb to the disease.

But while doctors have noted a gradual decline in colorectal cancer rates in the older population, studies have uncovered a steep and alarming rise in colorectal cancer in younger populations, including those under 40.

Know Your Risk