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Early introduction of peanut into a child’s diet may help them avoid development of peanut allergy, a recent study concludes. Robert Wood, a childhood allergy expert at Johns Hopkins, says it’s just not that simple when it comes to understanding …
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A new test may identify ALS up to a decade before symptoms appear, research by Alex Pantelyat, a movement disorders expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Pantelyat says there are certain groups of people who may benefit from …
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ALS is a diagnosis no one wants to hear. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, the condition robs a person of the ability to control their muscles, and eventually their breathing. Now a new blood test developed and tested by …
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A smartphone app helped people with prediabetes improve their lifestyles as much as a human led diabetes prevention program, research from Nas Mathioudakis, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Mathioudakis says future plans to let the …
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Prediabetes can be controlled with multiple lifestyle interventions to avoid development of diabetes, and an app helps. That’s according to research by Nas Mathioudakis, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues. Mathioudakis says the results are consistent with that …
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Using a number of AI driven prompts, a new app helped people with prediabetes make several lifestyle changes to improve their blood sugar. The app was developed by diabetes expert Nas Mathioudakis and colleagues at Johns Hopkins, and compares favorably with …
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