All posts by LadyLively

  • Former Surgeon General Warns Social Media Is Harming Children’s Health

    Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is urging lawmakers to take stronger steps to protect children from the potential dangers of social media. In a recent interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Murthy said Congress...

    • Posted May 27, 2025
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  • NIH Director’s COVID Comments Spark Staff Walkout

    Dozens of staff at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) walked out of a recent town hall meeting after Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya suggested the agency may have helped fund research that caused the COVID-19 pandemic....

    • Posted May 27, 2025
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  • Billy Joel Cancels Tour After Brain Condition Diagnosis

    Music legend Billy Joel has canceled tour dates through July 2026 after being diagnosed with a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). The 76-year-old singer announced Friday that his condition had worsened with recent performances, affecting...

    • Posted May 27, 2025
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  • Knee Pain Relief Through The Ear? New Study Says It’s Possible

    “It’s easier to put your elbow in your ear” is a time-tested way to describe the impossibility of any given task. But the route to easing knee pain might indeed wend through the ear, a new study...

    • Posted May 27, 2025
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  • U.S. Had 1.5 Million Excess Deaths Following Pandemic

    Excess deaths in the United States have continued to mount following the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an early demise for hundreds of thousands, a new study says. More than 1.5 million “missing Americans” died in 2022 and...

    • Posted May 27, 2025
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  • Exercise Improves Odds Against Cancer

    The last thing a cancer patient might like to do is hit the treadmill or hop on an exercise bike, given how much the disease and its treatments drain a person’s energy. But toughing through regular workouts...

    • Posted May 27, 2025
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  • Vitamin D Might Fend Off Biological Aging

    Vitamin D supplements might be a veritable Fountain of Youth, capable of slowing down a person’s biological aging, a new study says. People taking daily vitamin D3 experienced less wear-and-tear on their telomeres, the protective caps of...

    • Posted May 27, 2025
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  • Fentanyl Fueling OD Deaths Among Teens, Young Adults

    The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl is involved in most fatal drug overdoses (OD) among teens and young adults, a new study says. Worse, fentanyl taken alone – not in combination with other drugs – is responsible for...

    • Posted May 27, 2025
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  • Quieter Classrooms May Help Calm Kids, Study Shows

    The first day of preschool can be tough — lots of new faces, unfamiliar sounds and the sudden goodbye to Mom or Dad can be overwhelming. But what if something as simple as the ceiling could make...

    • Posted May 25, 2025
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  • Environmental SOS: Rare Birds Crunch From Bellies Full of Plastic

    Birds on a remote Australian island are so full of plastic they crunch, British researchers report. They found plastic in the bellies of chicks less than 3 months old and a dead bird with 778 individual pieces...

    • Posted May 24, 2025
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