All posts by LadyLively

  • Big Drop in U.S. Kids, Teens Misusing Prescription Meds

    Misuse of illicit prescription drugs is falling dramatically among U.S. high school students, a new study says. The percentage of seniors who say they’ve misused prescription drugs in the past year has dropped to 2% in 2022,...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • COVID-19 Won’t Raise Odds for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Study

    COVID-19 doesn’t raise a person’s risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome more than any other infectious disease, a new study finds. The rate of chronic fatigue syndrome following a brief illness was roughly the same between people...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • Arizona Health Officials Warn of Uptick in Hantavirus Cases

    Arizona health officials are reporting an increase in hantavirus infections, which are spread by rodents and can cause severe respiratory illness. In a recent health alert, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced there have been seven...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • Twice-Yearly Shot Protects At-Risk Women Against HIV

    Just two shots a year of an HIV treatment provided complete protection against infections in highly at-risk women, researchers reported Wednesday. In the study of about 5,000 women in South Africa and Uganda, those given injections of lenacapavir were...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • More Americans With Diabetes Are Turning to Marijuana

    As marijuana loses much of its stigma and laws around its use relax, Americans are increasingly consuming it medically and recreationally. Americans with diabetes are no exception, a new study finds. The number of adults with diabetes...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • Better Screening Key to Closing U.S. ‘Race Gap’ in Colon Cancer Deaths

    Black Americans are almost a third more likely to die from colon cancer than their white peers, and one key to closing that divide could be better cancer screening, a new report finds. That means getting Black...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • Sex Differences in Knee Arthritis Emerge as Early as Childhood

    The knee develops differently in men and women, with sex-specific distinctions in the joint appearing as early as childhood, a new study finds. Taking these differences into account among girls could help prevent knee arthritis for women...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • Risk of Mental Illness Rises for Kids Treated in ICUs

    Youngsters so sick they’ve needed treatment in an ICU appear to bear the scars of that experience years later, a new study finds. Children and teenagers treated in an intensive care unit have a significantly higher risk...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • Huge Warehouses Can Create Unhealthy Neighborhoods

    Online retail giants like Amazon have made it easier for people to buy what they want when they want it, but that convenience comes at a cost to people’s health, a new study says. Huge warehouses that...

    • Posted July 24, 2024
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  • U.S. Injuries From Electric Bikes, Scooters Are Soaring

    More and more Americans who use “micromobility” transport, such as electric bikes and e-scooters, are motoring their way straight into the ER, new data shows. In fact, the rate of e-bike injuries among Americans doubled each year...

    • Posted July 23, 2024
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