All posts by LadyLively

  • Gun Violence Wreaks Havoc on Lives of Survivors, Their Families

    Gun violence can cause significant, long-lasting mental harm to survivors and their families, according to a new study. In the year after their injury, survivors are at increased risk for pain, mental health and substance use disorders....

    • Posted April 5, 2022
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  • Does Cutting Back on Salt Help Folks Battling Heart Failure?

    If you have heart failure, there’s good news and bad news on how much it would help you to cut back on salt. New research finds that while it doesn’t prevent death or hospitalization among patients, it...

    • Posted April 5, 2022
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  • AHA News: The Pandemic’s Ripple Effects on Health Have Begun. What Can We Do Now?

    TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — For more than two years, COVID-19’s direct harm has been visible in overflowing intensive care wards and grim statistics. Now, some of its indirect effects are coming into...

    • Posted April 5, 2022
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  • AHA News: She Wasn’t Having a Heart Attack – It Was ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’

    TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Life has not slowed for Patricia Harden of Oakland, California, since she sold her public relations company in 2020 or since retiring from her remaining consulting work the...

    • Posted April 5, 2022
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  • Are Standard Tests Accurate at Spotting Concussion?

    Outdoor sports season is nearly here, and with rough play comes the risk of concussion. But one of the most-used tools to assess sports-related concussion from the sidelines isn’t as precise as one might like, a new...

    • Posted April 5, 2022
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  • How a Lack of Sleep Can Widen Your Waistline

    People who choose to skip sleep to study, work or play late into the night may find they’ve extended not just their waking hours but also their tummies. A small new study found that the basic problem...

    • Posted April 5, 2022
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  • CDC Director Walensky Announces Sweeping Review of Agency

    In an effort to modernize an agency that has come under fire for its handling of the pandemic, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the agency would undergo a...

    • Posted April 5, 2022
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  • U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Reach Lowest Levels Reported Since Pandemic Began

    (HealthDay News) – Fresh government data shows that COVID deaths among nursing home residents data have fallen to the lowest levels seen since the pandemic began. Some 67 residents died nationwide of COVID during the week ending...

    • Posted April 5, 2022
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  • Medicare Now Covers COVID Tests Bought at Drug Stores

    (HealthDay News) – Medicare announced Monday that seniors can now walk into most drug stores and get a free over-the-counter COVID test. “For the first time in its history, Medicare is paying for an over-the-counter test,” Deputy...

    • Posted April 5, 2022
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  • Health Highlights:  April 5, 2022

    How sleepless nights widen your waistline. People who don’t get enough sleep tend to eat more, new research shows, and all those extra calories wind up precisely where most people don’t want it: around the belly. Read...

    • Posted April 5, 2022
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