All posts by LadyLively

  • Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Protect Older Women’s Brains

    If you want to protect yourself against dementia, heart disease and cancer, you might want to get your protein from nuts instead of juicy red steaks. New research shows that older women who ate the most plant...

    • Posted February 24, 2021
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  • COVID in Pregnancy Tied to Higher Odds for ‘Preemie’ Delivery

    In this pandemic era, moms-to-be understandably worry about the risks COVID-19 might pose to their baby. A new study offers some answers. Pregnant women with COVID-19 may be more likely to have a preterm birth. But they...

    • Posted February 24, 2021
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  • ‘Night Owls’ Perform Worse at Work, Study Finds

    “Early to bed, early to rise” may be good advice for your career. New research finds that, compared to night owls, folks with earlier bedtimes perform better at work and are less plagued by disabilities that lead...

    • Posted February 24, 2021
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  • Pharmacies Will Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines: What You Need to Know

    Need a COVID-19 vaccine? Your neighborhood pharmacy may soon have one on hand. Pharmacies across the United States are joining the coronavirus vaccination effort, as part of the Biden administration’s push to reach herd immunity as quickly...

    • Posted February 24, 2021
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  • Coronavirus Antibodies Appear to Stop Reinfection for Months

    Protective immune system antibodies that develop after being infected with COVID-19 last for at least a few months, a new study suggests. And reinfection does seem to be relatively rare. That could have big implications for public...

    • Posted February 24, 2021
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  • AHA News: What’s Safe Once You’ve Had Your COVID-19 Vaccine?

    WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Carl Bradford’s life got upended by the pandemic. The Vacaville, California, artist lost chances to exhibit at galleries. He’s been unable to see his far-flung family or go...

    • Posted February 24, 2021
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  • FDA Review Finds J&J COVID Vaccine Safe, Effective

    A single-shot coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson completely prevented hospitalizations and deaths in a large clinical trial, a new review released Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found. What would be the third...

    • Posted February 24, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: Feb. 24, 2021

    New Coronavirus Variant Surging in California A coronavirus variant first identified in California is more contagious than previous forms of the virus and is spreading across the state, two new studies show. One of them found that...

    • Posted February 24, 2021
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  • Migraines? Get Moving: Exercise Can Help Curb Attacks

    Anyone who gets frequent migraine symptoms knows the experience: the throbbing, the pain, the visual disturbances. Exercise has long been a potential way to reduce migraine triggers, but a new study suggests it could be an especially...

    • Posted February 24, 2021
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  • 3D Mammograms Best at Spotting Tumors, But Many Black Women Missing Out

    Access to potentially lifesaving 3D mammography isn’t equal, new research shows. “This study was about whether adoption of this technology is equitable. We’re showing that it has not been, even though it has been [U.S. Food and...

    • Posted February 24, 2021
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