All posts by LadyLively

  • Getting Vaccine After Infection Might Curb Long COVID

    Getting a COVID-19 shot after you’ve been infected could reduce your risk of developing prolonged COVID symptoms, or so-called long COVID, according to a new study. “Our results suggest that vaccination of people previously infected may be...

    • Posted May 19, 2022
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  • A Lover’s Embrace May Calm Women More Than Men

    Is an upcoming final exam or big-time job interview stressing you out? Hug your honey. That’s the takeaway from new research that showed how embracing your significant other can help calm women. But sorry, guys, the same...

    • Posted May 19, 2022
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  • Obamacare Helped Extend Lives of People With Cancer

    Cancer survival rates rose more in states that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare than in those that did not, and rates increased most among Black patients and those in rural areas, according to a new study. “Our findings...

    • Posted May 19, 2022
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  • Study in Rats Offers Hope for New Parkinson’s Therapy

    Experimental stem cell replacement therapy for Parkinson’s disease shows promise in rats and will soon be tested in a human clinical trial, researchers say. “We cannot be more excited by the opportunity to help individuals who suffer...

    • Posted May 19, 2022
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  • Many Older Women Have Active Sex Lives, But Menopause Can Interfere

    Many women remain sexually active into their 70s, but for others, menopause symptoms and chronic health issues get in the way. That’s among the findings from the latest University of Michigan Poll on Healthy Aging, which surveyed...

    • Posted May 18, 2022
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  • Could Omega-3 Fatty Acids Fight Acne?

    As many as 50 million Americans deal with acne. The blemishes can be painful and, for some, embarrassing. Now, researchers may have found a new weapon to fight acne — one without harsh side effects. A study...

    • Posted May 18, 2022
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  • Estrogen May Help Fight Severe COVID-19

    Hormone replacement therapy may offer women significant protection against dying from COVID-19, new research suggests. British researchers who tracked more than 5,400 women with COVID during the first half of 2020 report that those who received the...

    • Posted May 18, 2022
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  • More Cases of Monkeypox Emerge in Portugal as Outbreak Widens

    After four new cases of typically rare monkeypox infection were spotted in Britain earlier this week, the illness has now been confirmed in five young men in Portugal and 15 other suspected cases are being investigated, health...

    • Posted May 18, 2022
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  • Workers in U.S. Southwest in Peril as Summer Temperatures Rise

    It’s getting hotter and hotter outside due to global warming and, as a result, outdoor workers in southwestern states are increasingly vulnerable to heat-related illnesses. Making matters worse, many of these workers may not realize their health...

    • Posted May 18, 2022
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  • ER Docs to Parents: Please Don’t Dilute Infant Formula

    As the United States faces critical shortages of baby formula, parents are being cautioned against watering down formula in an effort to stretch out what they have. “Adding extra water to baby formula to try and make...

    • Posted May 18, 2022
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