All posts by LadyLively

  • AHA News: Pandemic Pods Offer Social Relief, But There Are Risks

    WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Patti Ghezzi knows the risks posed by the pandemic. She also knows that her 14-year-old daughter thrives in the company of her friends. So Ghezzi and her family...

    • Posted January 6, 2021
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  • U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen

    A record-breaking 131,000 coronavirus hospitalizations were recorded in the United States on Tuesday. In hard-hit Los Angeles County, hospitals began running out of oxygen and paramedics were told not to bring patients to a hospital if they...

    • Posted January 6, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: Jan. 6, 2021

    Below are newsworthy items compiled by the HealthDay staff: Rapper Dr. Dre Recovering After Brain Aneurysm Rapper and producer Dr. Dre says he is “doing great” as he recovers from a possible brain aneurysm at Cedars-Sinai Medical...

    • Posted January 6, 2021
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  • Your ‘To-Do’ List as You Await a COVID Vaccine

    As COVID-19 spreads across the country and vaccines are not yet widely available, it’s important to plan for what you would do if you become infected with the virus, says a psychologist who’s counseled critically ill and...

    • Posted January 6, 2021
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  • New Clues to How Cancers Originate in the Brain

    Researchers say a new study may offer hope for future patients with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. It’s the brain tumor that killed Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy. Investigators from the University of Toronto discovered that...

    • Posted January 6, 2021
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  • Got Wanderlust? Travel Makes Folks Happier, Study Shows

    It might be tough to imagine jetting off to far-flung destinations right now, but new research shows that people who love to travel are happier than homebodies. Chun-Chu (Bamboo) Chen, an assistant professor in the School of...

    • Posted January 6, 2021
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  • Loss of Smell More Common in COVID-19 Than Thought

    Loss of smell is common in COVID-19, but fewer people say they have this symptom than objective tests reveal, a new study finds. In fact, about 77% of COVID-19 patients who were directly measured had smell loss,...

    • Posted October 27, 2020
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  • Psoriasis Meds Don’t Raise Risk of Severe COVID-19: Study

    Researchers in the United Kingdom have reassuring news for people with psoriasis based on the first analysis of a global registry of COVID-19 patients who also have the skin disease. Moderate-to-severe cases of psoriasis are treated with...

    • Posted October 27, 2020
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  • Diet Drinks Don’t Do Your Heart Any Favors

    Replacing sugary drinks with diet versions may not be any healthier for the heart, a large, new study suggests. French researchers found that people who regularly drank artificially sweetened beverages had a higher risk of heart disease...

    • Posted October 27, 2020
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  • Lockdowns Can Widen Kids’ Waistlines – Here’s How to Curb That

    Stuck at home, bored. Fiddling with their phone or playing video games. Munching on snack foods to while away the time. School-age children gaining excess pounds could be one lasting health problem caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,...

    • Posted October 27, 2020
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