All posts by LadyLively

  • Bleeding Gums? You Might Be Lacking Vitamin C

    If you have bleeding gums, you may need to increase the amount of vitamin C in your diet, a new study suggests. The American Dental Association says bleeding could be a sign of gingivitis, an early stage...

    • Posted February 10, 2021
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  • Does ‘Prediabetes’ Lead to Full-Blown Diabetes? Age May Be Key

    Few older adults with prediabetes will actually go on to develop type 2 diabetes, new research concludes. The surprising finding suggests that while prediabetes is a useful predictor of diabetes risk in young and middle-aged adults, that’s...

    • Posted February 10, 2021
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  • Interferon Shot Might Keep COVID-19 Patients Out of the Hospital

    An experimental antiviral drug known as peginterferon lambda can speed up COVID-19 patients’ ability to shed the virus and recover, scientists report. “One of the important things about this treatment that’s different from the other things that...

    • Posted February 9, 2021
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  • Specialist Care for Alzheimer’s Is Tough to Find for Poorer, Rural Americans

    Although Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating diagnosis that is better delivered earlier rather than later, new research suggests poor patients living in rural areas may not have access to the specialists who could spot the first signs...

    • Posted February 9, 2021
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  • AHA News: Heart Defect Survivor Has the Scars and Attitude to Prove It

    TUESDAY, Feb. 9, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — From the day Kristin VanSingel was born until now, 38 years later, her heart has set her life’s course. That path started less than 24 hours after being...

    • Posted February 9, 2021
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  • After Long Decline, Breast Cancers in Young U.S. Women Are On the Rise

    Breast cancer death rates are inching up in American women under age 40 again, after more than two decades of decline, researchers say. The study authors said they hoped their new report would lead to a deeper...

    • Posted February 9, 2021
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  • New Recommendations on Social Distancing After Vaccination Are Coming: Fauci

    New guidance on what social distancing measures are best for people who are fully vaccinated is on the way, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday. Right now, the advice from health officials is to keep wearing your mask,...

    • Posted February 9, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: Feb. 9, 2021

    Ron Wright First Sitting Member of U.S. Congress to Die of COVID-19 Texas Republican Representative Ron Wright became the first sitting member of the U.S. Congress to die of COVID-19 when he passed away on Sunday. “Congressman...

    • Posted February 9, 2021
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  • Why Your 2nd Dose of COVID Vaccine Is Likely to Feel Worse

    His second COVID-19 vaccine shot wiped Dr. Greg Poland out. Poland, 65, said he suffered five hours of shaking chills, fever up to 101 degrees, severe headache, nausea, ringing in his ears and a sore arm after...

    • Posted February 9, 2021
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  • Drug Combo May Boost Survival for Tough-to-Treat Liver Cancers

    A new drug combination for advanced liver cancer can extend people’s lives substantially more than the long-standing drug of choice, new study findings confirm. The treatment involves two drugs approved to fight various cancers: bevacizumab (Avastin) and...

    • Posted February 9, 2021
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