All posts by LadyLively

  • AHA News: New York City Attorney Was the Picture of Good Health, Until His Doctor Detected a Heart Murmur

    THURSDAY, Oct. 14, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — A lifelong athlete who rowed for Brown University and enjoyed the occasional cycling road race, New York City attorney Lowell Chase thought of himself as nearly invincible. So...

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  • CDC Reports Record High 12-Month Drug Overdose Death Toll

    Drug overdose deaths in the United States hit a new record for the 12-month period ending March 2021, new government data shows. A record high 96,779 drug overdose deaths occurred between March 2020 and March 2021, representing...

    • Posted October 14, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: Oct. 14, 2021

    Death threats, trolling common for scientists who speak to media about COVID. A new survey of 300 researchers and experts on COVID-19 from around the world finds two-thirds saying they quickly become the targets of abuse and...

    • Posted October 14, 2021
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  • Big Worry for Folks Heading to Hospital: Who’ll Care for My Pet?

    Dr. Tiffany Braley works with patients who have experienced strokes and other serious health conditions, treating them at the Michigan hospital where she works as they begin their recovery. Braley noticed there was a trend among patients...

    • Posted October 14, 2021
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  • ‘Mix and Match’?  Study Supports Following J&J Vaccine With Pfizer, Moderna

    Americans who got Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine may be better protected if they get a booster shot from Pfizer or Moderna, preliminary findings from a new government study suggest. Published on the preprint server medRxiv...

    • Posted October 14, 2021
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  • One-Third of Americans With Arthritis Get No Exercise

    Many American arthritis sufferers aren’t getting any exercise despite its benefits for reducing pain and improving their quality of life, new research shows. Sixty-seven percent of U.S. adults with arthritis engaged in physical activity in the past...

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  • More Than Half of COVID-19 Survivors Will Get ‘Long COVID’

    Long-term symptoms of coronavirus infection, known as ‘long COVID,’ affects more than half of COVID-19 survivors, and health care systems should be prepared to treat them, researchers say. So far, 236 million people worldwide have been diagnosed...

    • Posted October 14, 2021
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  • FDA Warns Against Using At-Home Dermal Filler ‘Pens’

    Plumped-up lips, wrinkle-free foreheads — they’re all part of the promise of dermal fillers, most reliably received at a cosmetic surgeon’s clinic. But cheaper, unapproved “at home” dermal filler pens, bought without a prescription, are another much...

    • Posted October 14, 2021
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  • Kids Can Carry High, Infectious Levels of COVID Coronavirus

    THURSDAY, Oct. 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) – From newborns to new adults, young people who get COVID-19 can carry high levels of the virus and spread it to others even if they show no symptoms. That’s the...

    • Posted October 14, 2021
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  • Climate Change Could Bring Rising Obesity Rates

    You can add obesity and its related health risks to the long list of threats posed by climate change, researchers report. In a new review, researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia outlined the association between...

    • Posted October 14, 2021
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