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Diabetes is known to cause increased risk for cardiovascular disease and many other health issues, so if you’ve been told you have prediabetes it’s important to stave off frank diabetes. Nas Mathioudakis, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins and one …

Monitoring blood sugar is important when you’ve been told you have prediabetes, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Prediabetes is a condition where your blood sugar is higher than it should be, but not high enough to be called diabetes, and if you’ve been told you have it you can take steps to avoid transitioning to diabetes. That’s …

Can you avoid developing diabetes if you have prediabetes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

People who have prediabetes frequently go on to develop diabetes, but diabetes prevention programs or DPPs can help. Nas Mathioudakis, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins and one developer of an AI based DPP, explains what’s at stake. Nestoras Mathioudakis: …

Diabetes prevention programs may be utilized more with an AI approach, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Diabetes prevention programs or DPPs were developed by the CDC over a decade ago to help people with prediabetes avoid frank development of diabetes, but very few people access them. Nas Mathioudakis, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins and one …

People with prediabetes can benefit from an AI based diabetes prevention program, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

For people with the condition called prediabetes, prevention to full blown diabetes is key. Over a decade ago the CDC developed diabetes prevention programs or DPPs to help but very few people access them. Now a new AI based DPP …

How does AI stack up against human provided diabetes prevention programs? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Have you heard of ultrasensitive genetic testing for cancer? This method produces a very detailed characterization of someone’s tumor, and William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says it then may be used for subsequent decision …

How might very detailed cancer maps inform cancer management and treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

The genetic makeup of a cancer is quite different than that of the person who has it, and now new efforts to very specifically characterize the cancer are poised to have surveillance and treatment implications. That’s according to Kimmel Cancer …

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This month's topics include medical imaging and childhood cancers, low dose aspirin in colorectal cancer, AI and colonoscopy skills, and good news for women with early breast cancer.

Federal officials have suggested that use of acetaminophen during pregnancy may increase the risk for autism in offspring. Heather Volk, an autism expert at Johns Hopkins, says use of acetaminophen may be a surrogate for something else. Volk: Could be …

If you’re pregnant or considering pregnancy, should you take acetaminophen? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Do women who take acetaminophen during pregnancy risk autism in their offspring? Autism expert Heather Volk at Johns Hopkins says one likely explanation is that taking the pain reliever during pregnancy is a stand in for another exposure that may …

Is acetaminophen use during pregnancy associated with autism in offspring? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →