Nancy Lapid
Health Science Editor at Reuters
Health Science Editor at Reuters. Wife, Stepmom, Bubbe, Sister, Aunt. Any opinions are mine. https://t.co/95ehuJRHvO https://t.co/lB4R2VaQuP
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1 week ago |
realnewsmagazine.net | Nancy Lapid
Autism rates in US children hit record level in 2022, CDC data show 3 MIN READ Health By Nancy LapidRATES of autism spectrum disorder among U.S. children reached a record level in 2022, continuing a recent trend of increasing prevalence, according to data released on Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At 16 monitoring sites in 14 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, prevalence of the disorder among 8-year-olds in 2022 was 32.2 per 1,000, or 1 in every 31.
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japantoday.com | Nancy Lapid
A large new study adds to evidence that diabetes during pregnancy is linked with an increased risk of brain and nervous system problems in children, including autism, researchers say. Whether diabetes actually causes those problems remains unclear. But when mothers have diabetes while pregnant, children are 28% more likely to be diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder, according to an analysis of data pooled from 202 earlier studies involving more than 56 million mother-child pairs.
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kfgo.com | Nancy Lapid
(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays)By Nancy Lapid(Reuters) – Patients with the chronic inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis might reduce their risk of a relapse by having their appendix removed, a new study suggests. Ulcerative colitis causes inflammation and ulcers in the large intestine and rectum, with diarrhea and abdominal pain. There is no cure.
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2 weeks ago |
bilyonaryo.com | Nancy Lapid
SOURCE: ReutersBy Nancy LapidApril 4 (Reuters) – Patients with early-stage invasive breast cancer can safely skip surgery if the tumors disappear after chemotherapy, a small new study suggests. Thirty-one patients with no evidence of residual cancer after chemotherapy for small, invasive HER-2 positive or triple-negative tumors all received radiation therapy, but none had surgery.
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3 weeks ago |
today.westlaw.com | Bill Berkrot |Nancy Lapid
A large study adds to evidence that the main ingredient in Novo Nordisk's injectable GLP-1 drug for type 2 diabetes may increase patients' risk for a dangerous eye...
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