All posts by LadyLively

  • That Face Mask Is Helping to Shield You From Allergens, Too

    Here’s an unexpected benefit from wearing a mask during the pandemic: It may also reduce fall allergy symptoms, one expert says. “Masks that people use for protection from COVID-19, particularly those that filter out more particles like...

    • Posted August 13, 2021
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  • Keep Asthma Under Control to Avoid Worse COVID Outcomes: Study

    Uncontrolled asthma increases the risk of severe COVID-19, researchers warn. “This study … focused on how COVID-19 outcomes might change for asthma patients depending on their level of asthma control,” said study author Anny Xiang, a senior...

    • Posted August 13, 2021
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  • Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race

    Black American liver transplant recipients have a lower survival rate than Hispanic or white patients, and a new study suggests that alcohol-related liver disease and insurance coverage are key reasons. “Our findings are a huge wake-up call...

    • Posted August 13, 2021
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  • Odds for an Eating Disorder May Vary by Income

    Young Americans from low-income homes are more likely than those whose families are better off to be unhappy with the way they look and to have an eating disorder, a new study finds. University of Minnesota researchers...

    • Posted August 13, 2021
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  • All HHS Health Care Workers Must Now Get COVID Vaccines

    COVID-19 vaccination will be required for all U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) employees who deal with patients, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Thursday. The order will affect more than 25,000 clinicians, researchers, contractors, trainees and volunteers...

    • Posted August 12, 2021
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  • Some Diabetes Meds Might Also Lower Alzheimer’s Risk

    Older adults who take certain diabetes drugs may see a slower decline in their memory and thinking skills, a new study suggests. Researchers in South Korea found that among older people who’d been having memory issues, those...

    • Posted August 12, 2021
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  • Moderna Vaccine May Shield More Against Breakthrough Infections Than Pfizer: Study

    People fully vaccinated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appear to have a lower risk of a “breakthrough” infection caused by the Delta variant than those who received the Pfizer vaccine, a new, preliminary report suggests. The researchers...

    • Posted August 12, 2021
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  • COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy Means Healthier Births, Babies: Studies

    Since COVID-19 and three vaccines to help prevent it arrived in the United States, questions have swirled about their impact on pregnant women, new moms and infants. How would the virus affect them and their health risks?...

    • Posted August 12, 2021
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  • Bimonthly, Injected PrEP Beats Daily Pill in Warding Off HIV: Study

    When the antiretroviral regimen known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, was launched nearly a decade ago, patients were suddenly able to achieve near-complete protection against contracting HIV by taking just one pill a day. But there’s a...

    • Posted August 12, 2021
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  • FDA to OK COVID Booster Shots for Vulnerable Americans

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans on Thursday to authorize a third “booster” shot of coronavirus vaccine for people with weakened immune systems, as the highly contagious Delta variant surges across the country. Expanding the emergency...

    • Posted August 12, 2021
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