Tag: took-months
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Kansas Parents of 2 Girls With Microcephaly Share Joys, Struggles of Family Life
From the very beginning, Scott and Gwen Hartley from Kansas knew there was something very different about their daughter, Claire. “Literally she was born and there was a lot of commotion,” Gwen Hartley said.” I remember thinking what's going on? It took months to get a diagnosis: Microcephaly – a neurological condition in which babies’…
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Weight loss surgery tied to lasting digestive issues
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – A common weight loss surgery is associated with long-term gastrointestinal problems and food intolerance, a recent study suggests. Researchers examined data on 249 extremely obese patients who had what’s known as laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, which reduces the stomach to a small pouch about the size of an egg.…