All posts by LadyLively

  • U.S. Passes 700,000 COVID Deaths

    The United States has now surpassed 700,000 coronavirus deaths, as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to hold the country in its grip. America continues to have more COVID-19 deaths than any other the country in the...

    • Posted October 4, 2021
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  • Racial Disparities Persist With Childhood Cancers

    Black kids and Hispanic kids with cancer fare worse than their white counterparts, a large, nationwide study finds. “This study suggests that improving health insurance coverage and access to care for children, especially those with low [socioeconomic...

    • Posted October 4, 2021
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  • Colon Cancer Diagnoses Fell 40% in Pandemic, and That’s Not Good News

    Colon cancer numbers dropped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that doesn’t mean fewer people have the disease. In Spain, researchers discovered a more than 40% decline in colon cancer diagnoses, leading experts to worry about the...

    • Posted October 4, 2021
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  • Existing Drugs Could Treat Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers

    There’s some encouraging news for people who develop lung cancer even though they’ve never smoked. Precision drugs already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration can be used to treat 78% to 92% of their tumors,...

    • Posted October 4, 2021
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  • U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Rise as Delta Spreads

    MONDAY, Oct. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) – There has been a significant increase in COVID-related deaths in nursing homes as the highly contagious Delta spreads across the country, a new analysis shows. “While the vast majority of...

    • Posted October 4, 2021
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  • Shape, Size of Brain Arteries May Predict Stroke Risk

    The size and shape of the blood vessels in your brain may help predict your risk of an often-fatal type of stroke, called an aneurysm, a new study finds. An aneurysm is a bulge in an artery...

    • Posted October 4, 2021
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  • Flu Shot Even More Important During Pandemic: Expert

    Although the focus is on the COVID-19 vaccine, don’t forget to also get your flu shot — it’s important, an expert says. “In the United States, it is recommended that everyone over the age of 6 months...

    • Posted October 3, 2021
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  • How to Sleep Better During the Pandemic

    If you work from home and can’t sleep, it may be your circadian rhythms are out of sync, a new study suggests. In short, your sleep-wake cycle may be out of whack, according to Randy Nelson, director...

    • Posted October 2, 2021
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  • A Simple Way to Boost Kids’ Reading Skills?

    A small fix might make reading a bit easier for kids with dyslexia, as well as their classmates: Increasing the amount of space between printed letters. That’s the finding of a small study that tested the effects...

    • Posted October 1, 2021
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  • AHA News: More Than a Decade of Intermittent Symptoms, Then Heart Failure

    FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — As TV reporter Mike Lowe ran the Lifetime Chicago Triathlon in August, he heard shouts of, “Do it for Erin!” Lowe was running in honor of his colleague,...

    • Posted October 1, 2021
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