All posts by LadyLively

  • Diabetes While Pregnant Ups Odds for Heart Disease Later

    Developing diabetes during pregnancy may increase a woman’s risk for heart disease later in life, according to a new study. It included about 1,100 women without type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Those who developed diabetes during...

    • Posted February 8, 2021
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  • Kids Who Got Flu Shot Had Milder COVID Symptoms: Study

    Here’s a new reason to make sure your kids get their seasonal flu shot. A new study showed that it reduces kids’ risk for symptoms and severe illness if they get COVID-19. That conclusion is drawn from...

    • Posted February 8, 2021
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  • Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar

    Doctors need to do a better job of discussing low blood sugar with patients who take high-risk diabetes medications such as insulin, researchers say. Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) is the most common serious side effect of diabetes...

    • Posted February 7, 2021
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  • Feeling SAD? Here Are Ways to Ease Winter Blues

    SATURDAY, Feb.6, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic can make mental health struggles even worse for some people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD). SAD is a type of depression triggered by the shorter daylight hours and gray skies of winter....

    • Posted February 6, 2021
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  • Connecticut Man’s Illness Suggests Recurrent Case of COVID-19 Is Possible

    An unfortunate Connecticut man apparently suffered through two separate bouts of COVID-19 four months apart, adding to evidence that reinfection can occur after natural immunity wanes, doctors say. The 43-year-old Hispanic man had a life-threatening first infection...

    • Posted February 5, 2021
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  • Study Shows Social Distancing Does Cut Your Odds for COVID-19

    Keeping a safe distance because it is safer for everyone during a pandemic also carries a personal payoff. A new study finds that social distancing reduces your individual risk of contracting COVID-19. “The evidence from our work...

    • Posted February 5, 2021
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  • Many U.S. Adults Aren’t Getting Healthy Amounts of Fruits, Vegetables

    Nearly all U.S. adults get some vegetables every day, but the old “apple a day” adage is falling out of favor, a new government survey suggests. Researchers found that a full 95% of U.S. adults said they...

    • Posted February 5, 2021
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  • AHA News: Avocados Are a Healthy Option Super Bowl Sunday – and Year-Round

    FRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — This Super Bowl Sunday, millions of Americans will reach for avocados to make guacamole, a standard go-to snack for game day. But that green goodness can offer plenty...

    • Posted February 5, 2021
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  • U.S. Sees Continued Drop in New COVID Cases

    New coronavirus case counts are now steadily dropping across the United States, as the worst of the latest surge in the pandemic seems to be subsiding. Nationally, that daily average peaked on Jan. 8, with nearly 260,000...

    • Posted February 5, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: Feb. 5, 2021

    J&J Seeks Emergency Approval of Single-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine The world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, from Johnson & Johnson, has been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use approval. Preliminary findings from a large...

    • Posted February 5, 2021
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