Trump’s unproven claims on autism and paracetamol

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  Hello and welcome to Health Check from the BBC.

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  I'm Claudia Hammond with the latest health news from around the world and there is certainly plenty of it around this week.

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  You've probably already heard about President Trump's unproven claims that taking paracetamol in pregnancy leads to autism in children.

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  And you may well have heard about the huge Swedish study being quoted by doctors refuting the president's claims.

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  So later on we'll be taking a look at this evidence as well as the fallout of Trump's statements in the US and beyond.

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  Also coming up, how Malawi is coping as cholera season approaches.

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  And BBC health reporter, Philippa Roxby is here to help us today.

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  How are you?

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  Hi, very well.

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  And what do you have for us?

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  Oh, we're going to be talking about bone glue and it can actually stick your fractures together.

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  This is clever.

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  I like this.

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  But we're going to start with something else that you have for us, Philippa, a medical first.

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  Huntington's disease is a fatal genetic disorder.

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  Symptoms usually start between the ages of 30 and 50.

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  and then people's movements, thinking and mood all deteriorate over time.

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  And if your parent has it, you have a 50% chance of developing the disease yourself.

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  there has been no cure for it.

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