Dr. Sophia Bethena Jones
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Dr. Sophia Bethena Jones was a Canadian born physician and Canada’s first black woman to earn a medical degree.
NHANES analysis shows that exposure to endocrine-disruptors may play a role in breast, ovarian, skin, and uterine cancers.
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This study by Cathey et al., (2023) looked at NHANES data and showed that women with previous exposure to PFAs, phenols, and parabens had worse prognosis for endocrine-disruptor mediated cancers. High exposure to PFAs were linked to prior melanoma diagnoses. PFA was also linked with prior uterine cancer diagnosis, while high phenol exposure was associated with […]