All posts by LadyLively

  • Judge Blocks Layoffs at U.S. Health Department

    A federal judge has stopped the Trump administration from implementing more layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), saying the job cuts likely went against the law. The decision came Tuesday from U.S....

    • Posted July 2, 2025
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  • Tattoos Don’t Convey Accurate Impressions Of People, Study Says

    Tattoos have become a form of self-expression, a means of telling the world something about yourself. Unfortunately, observers mostly misread these inky cues and misjudge the personalities of tattoo bearers, a new study says. Study participants tended...

    • Posted July 2, 2025
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  • Sleep Apnea Puts Soldiers In Harm’s Way

    Sleep apnea could be increasing the risks borne by U.S. soldiers serving on the front lines of combat, a new study says. Front-line soldiers are far more likely to suffer PTSD, anxiety, depression and injuries if they...

    • Posted July 2, 2025
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  • Livestock Manure Could Be Source Of Antibiotic Resistance, Researchers Warn

    Antibiotic resistance is an urgent global public health threat, as more microbes gain the ability to thwart essential bacteria-killing drugs. And there’s a hidden means by which antibiotic resistance is likely increasing, researchers say. Manure from livestock...

    • Posted July 2, 2025
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  • Tens Of Thousands of Heart Attacks, Strokes Could Be Prevented With This Prescription

    Tens of thousands of people suffer needless heart attacks and strokes every year because they aren’t taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, a new study says. More than 39,000 deaths, nearly 100,000 non-fatal heart attacks and up to 65,000 strokes...

    • Posted July 2, 2025
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  • Brainstorming? Avoid The Internet, Study Says

    Want to think outside the box? Avoid the internet, a new study says. Googling for new ideas can inhibit a group’s creativity during brainstorming sessions, researchers reported June 30 in the journal Memory & Cognition. Internet searches...

    • Posted July 2, 2025
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  • Anger Management Improves With Age In Women, Study Says

    Remember your sweet-hearted grandmother, who never seemed out of sorts no matter what nonsense landed in her lap? That’s a skill, and it improves during a person’s lifespan, a new study says. Women get better at managing...

    • Posted July 2, 2025
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  • 1970 to 2022 Saw Decrease in Overall Heart Disease Mortality

    Decreases seen in mortality for acute MI, ischemic heart disease, while increases seen for mortality from other heart disease subtypes

    • Posted July 1, 2025
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  • Trump Administration May Cut Funds to Hospitals Offering Gender Care to Kids

    The Trump administration may cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide gender-related treatments to children and teens. Nine major children’s hospitals recently received letters from federal officials seeking information about procedures such as hormone therapy, puberty...

    • Posted July 1, 2025
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  • Supreme Court Won’t Hear Anti-Vaccine Group’s Free Speech Case

    On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear a case brought by a group once led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that claimed Facebook censored its vaccine-related content. The Children’s Health...

    • Posted July 1, 2025
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