All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Highlights: Dec. 14, 2021

    Pfizer’s antiviral pill could greatly reduce severe COVID. Paxlovid cut hospitalizations and deaths by nearly 90 percent when taken within three to five days after the start of symptoms, the company said, and preliminary lab studies also...

    • Posted December 14, 2021
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  • For Many, Holiday Joy Is Shadowed by COVID Fears: Poll

    Stress about the COVID-19 pandemic may be eclipsing holiday joy for many older Americans, a new poll reveals. About half (47%) of 50- to 80-year-olds polled reported a mixed experience of joy and stress. One in five...

    • Posted December 14, 2021
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  • Are Rocket Scientists, Brain Surgeons Really Smarter Than Other Folks?

    “It’s not rocket science,” “It’s not brain surgery” — but just how smart are rocket scientists and brain surgeons, anyway? There’s a good chance you’re just as intelligent, a new study finds. This was an observational study...

    • Posted December 14, 2021
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  • People Living With HIV Face Higher Odds for Heart Failure

    People with HIV have an added risk of heart failure, so they and their health care providers need to be alert for early signs such as shortness of breath, fatigue, leg swelling, coughing and chest pain, according...

    • Posted December 14, 2021
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  • Drug Can Keep Leukemia in Remission for Years in Younger Patients

    For certain leukemia patients, some welcome findings: New research confirms long remissions after treatment with the drug ibrutinib and chemotherapy. The study involved 85 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). All were 65 or younger, and 46...

    • Posted December 14, 2021
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  • Could Gene Therapy Help Cure Sickle Cell Disease?

    A gene therapy that could provide a permanent cure for sickle cell disease continues to show success through a third wave of patients, researchers report. The therapy, LentiGlobin, restored normal blood function in 35 sickle cell patients...

    • Posted December 13, 2021
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  • Pandemic Brought Big Rise in New Cases of Anorexia

    A new study confirms yet another consequence of the pandemic for children and teenagers: Eating disorders, and hospitalizations for them, rose sharply in 2020. The study of six hospitals across Canada found new diagnoses of anorexia nearly...

    • Posted December 13, 2021
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  • U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 800,000

    The COVID-19 death toll in the United States reached 800,000 on Monday, and one expert believes it will likely hit 1 million at some point in 2022. The 800,156 confirmed deaths in the nearly two years since...

    • Posted December 13, 2021
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  • AHA News: Seattle Nonprofit Offers Chance at a Good Life and Good Health After Prison

    MONDAY, Dec. 13, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — After four years in a Washington state prison for first-degree burglary, Chelsey Johnson learned she was eligible for a work-release program that would shave the final year off...

    • Posted December 13, 2021
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  • Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don’t Disclose Prices Online

    Big “surprise” medical bills may still be a problem for Americans. According to a new study, more than half of U.S. hospitals haven’t complied with recent regulations requiring that they disclose their prices online for all services,...

    • Posted December 13, 2021
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