All posts by LadyLively

  • Researchers Map Out Enormous Human Family Tree

    A massive genetic family tree traces the ancestry of all people today. The researchers who created it said it shows how individuals worldwide are related to one another and reveals key events in human evolution, including the...

    • Posted February 25, 2022
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  • Dogs Feel Grief When Canine Companion Dies

    Anyone who has more than one dog might have seen it unfold: A beloved pet dies, and the remaining dog seems to suffer as deeply as the rest of the family. Now, new Italian research adds to...

    • Posted February 24, 2022
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  • Over Half of U.S. Abortions Now Done With Pills

    An increase in telemedicine during the pandemic and easier access to prescription drugs to end a pregnancy may help explain why more than half of U.S. abortions are now done with a combination of medicines instead of...

    • Posted February 24, 2022
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  • Getting Rid of Meat in Your Diet May Lower Cancer Risk

    People who go meat-free, or at least put limits on it, may have lower risks of some of the most common cancers, a new, large study suggests. British researchers stressed that their findings do not prove definitively...

    • Posted February 24, 2022
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  • A Hotter Climate Could Trigger More Mental Health Crises

    Extreme heat from climate change is making it harder for people with mental illness and drug addiction to cope and adding to pressure on pandemic-stretched U.S. emergency rooms. During these severe summer temperature spikes, Americans with depression,...

    • Posted February 24, 2022
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  • AHA News: Understanding ‘Black Fatigue’ – And How to Overcome It

    THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Before she gave the feeling a name, Mary-Frances Winters felt it constantly. She calls it “a dull droning sound that is always present” and “an underlying syndrome of...

    • Posted February 24, 2022
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  • Four-Legged Friends Could Be Friend to Your Brain

    Add better brain health to the growing list of protections your beloved pet may provide you: New research suggests that older adults with a furry companion showed slower mental declines than those without one. “Prior studies have...

    • Posted February 24, 2022
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  • AHA News: When His Heart Failed, ‘Monk’ Actor Jason Gray-Stanford Lived His Own Drama

    THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — In his decades as an actor, Jason Gray-Stanford has appeared in a few medical dramas, often as a patient. And in his best-known role, as Lt. Randy Disher...

    • Posted February 24, 2022
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  • Why Is Cancer-Linked Benzene in So Many Personal Care Products?

    Dozens of different spray products — deodorants, shampoos, sunscreens, athlete’s foot treatments — have been recalled in recent months due to contamination with the cancer-causing chemical benzene. Most recently, six Brut and Sure aerosol antiperspirants faced recall...

    • Posted February 24, 2022
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  • Could Common Blood Pressure Meds Help Curb Pancreatic Cancer?

    Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to treat and beat, but new research suggests that commonly prescribed high blood pressure drugs may boost survival in patients. Known as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs),...

    • Posted February 24, 2022
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