All posts by LadyLively

  • Mediterranean Diet Ups Survival Odds After Cancer

    The Mediterranean diet can help cancer survivors maintain their heart health and live longer, a new study says. Cancer patients whose eating patterns stuck closely to the Mediterranean diet tended to live longer and have a reduced...

    • Posted July 3, 2024
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  • Just a Few Surgeries Make Up Most Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions

    Opioid addiction often starts with a prescription for post-surgery pain relief, and two new studies identify a handful of procedures that account for large shares of those prescriptions. The findings were published recently in two major medical...

    • Posted July 3, 2024
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  • FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s

    A new drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday. In clinical trials, donanemab (Kisunla) modestly slowed the pace of thinking declines among patients in the early stages of...

    • Posted July 2, 2024
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  • U.S. Government to Pay Moderna $176 Million to Develop mRNA Flu Vaccine

    U.S. health officials announced Tuesday that the federal government will pay Moderna $176 million to speed development of a pandemic flu vaccine based on mRNA technology. Such a vaccine could be used to treat bird flu in...

    • Posted July 2, 2024
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  • Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging FDA’s Ban of Flavored Vapes

    In a case that will test the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s authority to approve or reject new vaping products, the U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it will weigh whether the agency was legally allowed to ban...

    • Posted July 2, 2024
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  • Tattoo Inks Can Be Contaminated With Bacteria: Study

    Getting inked could make you sick. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers detected bacteria in commercial tattoo and permanent makeup inks, demonstrating that they could cause human infections. “Our findings reveal that unopened and sealed tattoo inks can...

    • Posted July 2, 2024
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  • Exercise May Prevent the Nerve Damage That Comes With Chemotherapy

    Simple exercises performed during rounds of chemotherapy can help people avoid nerve damage normally associated with the cancer-killing drugs, a new study suggests. About twice as many cancer patients on chemo wound up with long-lasting nerve damage...

    • Posted July 2, 2024
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  • Another Study Suggests GLP-1 Meds Could Ease Alcoholism

    Cutting-edge weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic can help treat alcoholism, a new study says. People taking semaglutide had 50% to 56% decreased odds for either becoming alcoholic or relapsing into alcoholism, researchers reported recently in the...

    • Posted July 2, 2024
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  • Which Diets Help the Hearts of Folks With Type 1 Diabetes?

    Two well-known healthy diets can lower heart disease risk in people with type 1 diabetes, a new study says. People who ate similarly to the Mediterranean diet or the DASH diet had lower levels of blood markers...

    • Posted July 2, 2024
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  • Some Genes Might Send Girls Into Puberty Earlier

    A girl’s genetics can indirectly influence the age when she has her first period, by accelerating her weight gain in childhood, a new study finds. A number of other genes also can directly affect the age of...

    • Posted July 2, 2024
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