Rethinking Race in Prenatal Screening for Open Neural Tube Defects
Release Date: 03/28/2025
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Dementia’s Cultural Narratives
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October 2025 Medical News Summary
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September 2025 Medical News Summary
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Ultraprocessed Foods and Cardiometabolic Health—New Report on a “Growing Public Health Challenge”; New Analysis of Women’s Health Initiative Data Aims to “Clear the Air” Over Menopausal Hormone Therapy
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Open neural tube defects affect approximately 1 in 1400 births. Daniel Herman, MD, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine joins JAMA+ AI Editor in Chief Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc, to discuss a quality improvement study examining the need to continue to incorporate race in tests that screen for these defects.
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