All posts by LadyLively

  • Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19

    Asthma is a tough disease for kids and their parents to manage well, but not keeping it under control may make these children up to six times more likely to wind up in the hospital with severe...

    • Posted December 1, 2021
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  • AHA News: Hispanic Adults May Be More Likely to Get Amputations for This Blood Vessel Disease

    WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Hispanic people hospitalized for peripheral artery disease may be more likely to undergo amputations than their white peers who are not Hispanic, according to new research that points...

    • Posted December 1, 2021
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  • CDC to Toughen COVID Testing for International Travelers

    As the world struggles with ways to stem the spread of the new Omicron variant, the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that international travelers to the United States will soon have to provide...

    • Posted December 1, 2021
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  • ‘Ultra-Processed’ Foods Up Odds for a Second Heart Attack or Stroke

    If you’ve had a heart attack or stroke, you might want to avoid ultra-processed foods, new research suggests. The study found that a high intake of such foods significantly increases the risk of another heart attack or...

    • Posted December 1, 2021
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  • First Overdose Prevention Centers in the Nation Open in NYC

    The United States’ first overdose prevention centers have opened in New York City in the Manhattan neighborhoods of East Harlem and Washington Heights. People will be able to bring their drugs and use them under the supervision...

    • Posted December 1, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: Dec. 1, 2021

    Tighter rules on COVID tests for foreign travelers. Trying to keep the Omicron variant out of the United States, the CDC plans to shrink the window necessary for a pre-flight negative COVID test from 72 to 24...

    • Posted December 1, 2021
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  • States Claim Sackler Family Members Are Abusing Bankruptcy Process

    A settlement that gives protections to Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma should be rejected, a group of states told a federal judge on Tuesday. The settlement was reached in thousands of lawsuits against OxyContin maker...

    • Posted December 1, 2021
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  • Are Your Holiday Gifts on the ‘Noisy Toy List’?

    Stop that racket! A screeching rubber chicken tops this year’s list of noisy toys that pose a threat to children’s hearing. The Sight & Hearing Association’s annual Noisy Toys List for 2021 includes toys that tested louder...

    • Posted December 1, 2021
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  • Getting a Pacemaker Can Raise Odds for Opioid Abuse

    People who are prescribed opioid painkillers after receiving a heart pacemaker or defibrillator may be at risk for opioid abuse — and the higher the initial dose, the greater the risk, according to a new study. “The...

    • Posted December 1, 2021
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  • Even T. Rex Had Bone Trouble

    They once ruled the planet, but even the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex could suffer from bone disease, new research shows. Scientists used imaging to examine the lower left jaw of a fossilized T. rex skeleton discovered in Montana...

    • Posted December 1, 2021
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