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No rise in autism in US in past three years

Miami - Muslimchronicle

After more than a decade of steady increases in the rate of children diagnosed with autism in the United States, the rate has plateaued in the past three years, researchers said Tuesday. The findings were based on a nationwide study in which more than 30,000 parents reported whether or not their children had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).Read more

Ovarian Cancer Highlight Age Risks

London - Muslimchronicle

Researchers unveiled new data Tuesday that they said would help better assess breast or ovarian cancer risks in women, identifying the advantages of early detection and lifelong monitoring. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), involved nearly 10,000 women with the most common mutations -- 6,036 with BRCA1 and 3,820 with BRCA2. Of those surveyed,Read more

Tennis ball-sized heart tumour removed from heart of 61-year-old woman in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi - Arab today

A heart tumour the size of a tennis ball was removed from a 61-year-old female patient at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi. The patient Safia Farah Jama was from Somalia. The rare cardiac tumour was interfering with her heart’s blood flow and affecting the function of the mitral valve, one of the major valves in the cardiac system. The tumour wasRead more

Study suggests fake sweetener link to infant size, obesity

Miami - AFP

Pregnant women who drink artificially sweetened drinks may be more likely to have overweight infants than women who do not, a study suggested on Monday. Researchers found that daily consumption of artificially sweetened beverages was linked to a two-fold higher risk of having an infant who was overweight at age one, compared to women who drank no artificially sweetenedRead more

Night shifts linked to increased risk of heart disease

Washington - XINHUA

Rotating night shifts may slightly increase a woman's risk of heart disease, a US study said Tuesday. The study, published in the U.S. journal JAMA, showed that women who work more than 10 years of rotating night shifts have a 15 to 18 percent increased risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD), the most common type of heart disease. ThereRead more