All posts by LadyLively

  • Need Better Sleep? Get a Partner

    Happy couples apparently make good bedfellows. New research says that when happy couples sleep together, they tend to have more — and less disrupted — rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. The REM phase of sleep is when...

    • Posted June 26, 2020
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  • U.S. Has 2nd Day of Record Rise in New Coronavirus Cases; Young People Fueling Trend

    As the United States reported yet another record-breaking number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday, public health officials warned that younger Americans now account for an ever-growing percentage of infections. In Arizona, where drive-up testing sites were...

    • Posted June 26, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: June 26, 2020

    Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Affordable Care Act Black Americans Much More Likely Than Whites to Know Someone Who's Died of COVID-19 20 Million Americans May Have Been Infected With New Coronavirus: CDC People of Color Exempt From...

    • Posted June 26, 2020
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  • Stroke, Confusion: COVID-19 Often Impacts the Brain, Study Shows

    Patients with severe COVID-19 may be at risk for a variety of brain complications — from stroke to psychosis, new research suggests. “There have been growing reports of an association between COVID-19 infection and possible neurological or...

    • Posted June 26, 2020
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  • Promising Results Mean Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Could Start by August

    Animal studies of a potential COVID-19 vaccine have been so encouraging that researchers plan to speed up testing of the vaccine in humans. Initially, the next phase of the trial was expected to begin in September, but...

    • Posted June 26, 2020
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  • Signs of Developing Adult Diabetes Seen as Early as Age 8: Study

    Kids as young as age 8 can show signs of being at increased risk for diabetes in adulthood, a British study finds. Researchers analyzed blood samples collected from more than 4,000 participants at ages 8, 16, 18...

    • Posted June 24, 2020
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  • Vaccine Might Guard Against Bacteria That Cause Diarrhea in Kids

    An experimental vaccine helps protect monkeys against bacteria that cause diarrhea in millions of children worldwide, researchers report. Bacterial gastroenteritis — a digestive problem associated with malnutrition among millions of children younger than age 5 each year...

    • Posted June 24, 2020
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  • Asymptomatic Coronavirus Carriers Can Shed Virus on Surfaces: Study

    COVID-19 patients with no symptoms are as likely as those with symptoms to contaminate many surfaces in their rooms, researchers report. The investigators sampled the surfaces and air of six negative pressure non-intensive care unit rooms with...

    • Posted June 24, 2020
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  • Avoiding Pain and Addiction After Sports-Injury Surgery

    With opioid addiction soaring in the United States, it should come as good news that an opioid painkiller may not be needed after a sports-injury repair. A mix of non-addictive medicines may be safer and equally successful...

    • Posted June 24, 2020
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  • AHA News: How to Stay Safe, Healthy and Cool This Summer Despite COVID-19 Threat

    WEDNESDAY, June 24, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — With the arrival of warm weather, and as states begin to loosen months of lockdown restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic, it’s only natural that people are itching to...

    • Posted June 24, 2020
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