All posts by LadyLively

  • U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving

    Here’s some hopeful news for those who have kidney transplants: Long-term survival rates have improved over the past three decades, a review shows. “There has been a gratifying improvement in kidney transplant survival, both for patients and...

    • Posted August 24, 2021
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  • Drinking at Home: Liquor Store Sales Rose During Pandemic

    Americans did more drinking at home during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, which researchers say may be linked to a rise in domestic violence and other problems. “Our results appear to substantiate an increase in...

    • Posted August 24, 2021
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  • Parents, Look Out for Mental Health Issues as College Kids Return to Class

    This year of pandemic isolation and anxiety has been tough for many, but an expert says college students are at particularly high risk for mental health issues as they transition from adolescence to adulthood. As students return...

    • Posted August 24, 2021
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  • Pandemic Tied to Rising Number of Fatal Opioid ODs

    Opioid overdose deaths rose in several states during the coronavirus pandemic, according to authors of a new study who say their findings may help identify and assist at-risk people. “Our work represents the first multi-state report with...

    • Posted August 24, 2021
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  • Heavy Drinking in Youth Could Harm Arteries

    The arteries of young people who drink stiffen sooner in their lives, which could increase their risk for heart disease and stroke later on, a British study reports. People’s arteries naturally become less elastic with age, but...

    • Posted August 24, 2021
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  • Pentagon to Make COVID Vaccination Mandatory for Military

    Following on full U.S. regulatory approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the Pentagon announced on Monday that all military personnel — including 1.3 million active-duty troops — must get their shots. According to the Associated Press, Department...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • Study Gives Hope for ‘Dream’ Vaccine Against All COVID Variants

    A multi-purpose vaccine that would protect humans against any future COVID-19 variants could one day be possible, a new study suggests. The key to it all lies in a coronavirus scare that happened nearly two decades ago....

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • Rising Number of U.S. Cardiac Arrests Tied to Opioid Abuse

    There’s been a sharp rise in opioid-related cardiac arrests in the United States and they now equal those associated with other prime causes, a new study finds. Of more than 1.4 million cardiac arrest hospitalizations nationwide between...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • Little Change in Number of Uninsured in  Pandemic’s First Year

    While the COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on the economy and jobs, it didn’t result in fewer Americans having health insurance. The number of 18- to 64-year-olds in the United States without health insurance held...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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  • AHA News: Native People Find Support, ‘Sacred Space’ Through This Nonprofit’s Work

    MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Unemployed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and with no place to live, Jeff Sari found refuge at a community organization in Seattle that offered more than just a...

    • Posted August 23, 2021
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