All posts by LadyLively

  • When Teens Feel Loved, Conflicts With Parents Are Easier to Manage: Study

    Parents can ease conflict with their teens by showing them warmth, researchers say. In their new study, they analyzed daily diary entries from parents and teens in 151 families. The teens were 13 to 16 years old,...

    • Posted July 19, 2020
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  • Placenta May Help Shield Fetus From COVID-19

    Some key molecules used by the new coronavirus to cause infection aren’t found in the placenta, which may explain why the virus is rarely detected in fetuses or newborns of women with COVID-19. U.S. government researchers found...

    • Posted July 17, 2020
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  • U.S. Breaks Another Daily Record for New Cases, With More Than 75,000 Infections

    Yet another daily record for new U.S. coronavirus cases was shattered on Thursday, with 75,600 new infections reported. It’s the 11th time in the past month that the daily record had been broken, The New York Times...

    • Posted July 17, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: July 17, 2020

    No Sail Order for Cruise Ships Extended to Sept. 30 CDC Will Again Post COVID-19 Hospitalization Data Scientists Call for 'Challenge Trials' to Hasten Coronavirus Vaccine Development Russian Hackers Trying to Steal Coronavirus Vaccine Research: Officials

    • Posted July 17, 2020
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  • Contact Tracing Useless Unless It’s Speedy: Study

    It’s the Holy Grail for containing the spread of coronavirus, but contact tracing only works if it is done quickly, researchers report. The modeling study showed that even if all contacts are successfully traced, a delay of...

    • Posted July 17, 2020
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  • Get on the Bus: Lifesaving Lung Screens Hit the Road

    Irene Johnson noticed a big, blue bus bearing the words “Breathe Easy” outside the Benton, Tenn., library during the 2019 Labor Day weekend. Inside, a librarian told Johnson that the bus was a mobile CT unit that...

    • Posted July 16, 2020
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  • Fewer Recurrent Strokes Now in Mexican Americans

    The rate of second strokes among Mexican Americans has declined steeply since the turn of the century, a new study finds. Between 2000 and 2013, the rate of recurrent stroke fell faster in Mexican Americans than in...

    • Posted July 16, 2020
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  • More States, Retailers Turn to Face Mask Mandates as U.S. Cases Top 3.5 Million

    As the number of U.S. coronavirus cases topped 3.5 million on Wednesday, more states, cities and major retailers turned to face mask mandates to try to stem the spread of COVID-19. Increasingly seen as a last hope...

    • Posted July 16, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: July 16, 2020

    Record Number of Overdose Deaths in U.S. Last Year Younger Children Should Attend School When Possible: Expert Committee U.S. Must Spend $75 Billion to Improve COVID-19 Testing, Report Says Coronavirus Vaccine Initiative May Favor Rich Countries Childhood Vaccinations Decline During Coronavirus...

    • Posted July 16, 2020
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  • More COVID-19 Patients in ICUs Are Surviving Now: Study

    Even as new coronavirus infections soar in the United States, a new study offers one piece of good news: Severely ill COVID-19 patients are significantly more likely to survive now compared to a few months ago. In...

    • Posted July 16, 2020
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