Chadwick Boseman, who will play King T'Challa in the film Black Panther, died recently of colon cancer at age 43 after years of fighting.

A study conducted with 16,382 patients has found that African Americans are, in fact, less likely to receive life-saving medical care, such as chemotherapy, so they have 17% more likely to die from colon cancer than their white peers.

Poor medical care

The researchers of City of Hope National Medical Center in California analyzed data from 2000 to 2012 on California patients with colon cancer that has spread to the liver, comparing treatments, outcomes, and demographics such as race, age, sex, and concurrent health problems.

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They found that black people are 10% less likely overall to receive life-saving colorectal cancer treatment. They are also 17% more likely to die than their white peers.

According to the research, this could be attributed to factors such as lower referral rate to cancer specialists, late detection of colorectal cancer metastases, and patient-reported barriers, including fear of cancer and its treatment, costs and burdens of transportation, and childcare during therapy.

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That is to say, that we are not simply dealing with genetic or biological factors, but as a result of complex intersections of discrimination and inequality in employment, housing, stress and other chronic diseases, as well as reliable access to both preventive care and medical treatment.

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The Puerto Rican Amazon Amazona vittata, Przewalski's horse Equus ferus, the alagoas Antwren Myrmotherula snowi, the Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus and the black mosquito Himantopus novaezelandiae They are some of the species that have become extinct in recent decades.

However, as published in A study in Conservation Letters, This has not happened thanks to our prevention and conservation actions.

From 21 to 32 bird extinctions

The research team, which includes experts from BirdLife International, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and the Zoological Society of London, among others, identified species of birds and mammals that were listed as threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List. Nature Conservation.

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Specifically, since 1993, researchers have found that from 21 to 32 bird extinctions and from 7 to 16 mammal species. The findings are highly relevant to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which came into force in 1993.

21 bird species benefited from the control of invasive species, 20 from conservation in zoos and collections, and 19 from site protection. 14 mammal species benefited from the legislation and nine from the reintroduction and conservation of species in zoos and collections.

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The findings also show that without conservation actions, extinction rates they would have been around 3 to 4 times larger. As explained Rike Bolam, from the University of Newcastle, lead author of the study:

It is encouraging that some of the species we studied have recovered very well. Therefore, our analyzes provide a surprisingly positive message that conservation has substantially reduced bird and mammal extinction rates. While extinctions have also occurred during the same time period, our work shows that it is possible to prevent extinctions.

Negotiations are currently underway to develop a new framework to address biodiversity loss by 2030.

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Since 1993, we have prevented the extinction of at least 28 species of birds and mammals

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