All posts by LadyLively

  • Slow-Release Ketamine Pill Eases Depression: Study

    A new slow-release pill form of ketamine can quell hard-to-treat depression without producing psychedelic side effects normally associated with the drug, early research suggests. Patients on the strongest dose of ketamine tablets saw significant improvement in their...

    • Posted June 25, 2024
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  • Summer COVID Cases Are Rising Across America

    As scorching summer temperatures drive Americans indoors and millions travel for vacations and family gatherings, COVID infections are again climbing, U.S. health officials warned Monday. In evidence that suggests a COVID summer wave is underway, case counts...

    • Posted June 25, 2024
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  • U.S. Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Emergency

    Gun violence in the United States has become a national public health crisis, the U.S. Surgeon General declared Tuesday. “Today, for the first time in the history of our office, I am issuing a Surgeon General’s Advisory...

    • Posted June 25, 2024
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  • Wegovy Helps Heart Failure Patients Lose Weight, Improve Symptoms

    Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy can improve symptoms in heart failure patients, a new clinical trial shows. Both men and women showed improved heart function after a year on semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, researchers...

    • Posted June 25, 2024
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  • Despite Falling Out of Favor With Doctors, Daily Aspirin Still Popular

    For decades, millions of Americans popped a low-dose aspirin each day to lower their heart risks. Then, accumulated data prompted the nation’s two leading cardiology groups — the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association...

    • Posted June 25, 2024
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  • Loneliness Can Raise Older People’s Odds for Stroke

    A lonely middle and old age could bring higher odds for a stroke, new data suggests. A 12-year study of people over 50 found that those who experienced chronic loneliness were 56% more likely to have a...

    • Posted June 25, 2024
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  • Healthy Weight Loss Could Lower Your Odds for Cancer

    Losing weight can protect you against cancers related to obesity, a new study finds. Obesity has been linked to higher risk of at least 13 types of cancer, researchers said. This is largely due to excess levels...

    • Posted June 25, 2024
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  • Simple Paper-Strip Test Might Spot Flu, and Which Type You Have

    A simple and inexpensive paper strip test could help diagnose a case of the flu, and even identify the influenza strain that caused it, a new study finds. The test can distinguish between influenza A and B...

    • Posted June 25, 2024
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  • Cholesterol Med Might Slow Vision Loss in People With Diabetes

    A well-established cholesterol-lowering drug appears to significantly slow the progression of a diabetes-related eye disease, a new trial shows. Fenofibrate (Tricor) has been approved since 2004 as a means of lowering cholesterol. Now, this new study shows...

    • Posted June 25, 2024
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  • U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Decline for First Time Since Pandemic

    For the first time since the pandemic, it got a little safer to cross America’s streets in 2023, new statistics show. According to data released Monday from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), 7,318 American pedestrians were...

    • Posted June 25, 2024
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