Posts by Chun-Han Lo, MD
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Systemic Socioeconomic Inequities Underlie Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Infection
Using data on 2,102,364 people who reported their daily COVID-19 status on smartphones, Chun-Han Lo, MD, MPH, Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, and colleagues confirmed social determinants of health play a critical role in the disproportionate risk of infection among people from U.S. and U.K. racial/ethnic minority groups.
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Eating Ultra-processed Food Linked to Higher Risk of New-onset Crohn's Disease
Using data from three very large U.S. prospective cohorts, gastroenterologists at Massachusetts General Hospital linked higher recent or cumulative consumption of ultra-processed foods with a significantly increased risk of Crohn's disease, although not ulcerative colitis.
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Healthy Lifestyle Tied to Lower Risk of All-cause Mortality in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
In this study, adherence to five key lifestyle factors is associated with lower mortality in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.