All posts by LadyLively

  • Teens’ Heart Risk From COVID Far Exceeds That of Vaccination: Study

    Teens have a far greater risk of heart inflammation from COVID-19 than from the vaccines that protect against it, new research shows. “Comparative risk can complicate decisions for parents in such highly charged health debates,” said lead...

    • Posted July 30, 2021
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  • AHA News: Dementia Can Complicate Heart Recovery and Treatment

    FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Dementia is a thief. It steals a person’s memory, their ability to reason, to live independently. As people age and face more medical challenges, it also robs them...

    • Posted July 30, 2021
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  • New Data Details Dangers of Delta Variant, Even for the Vaccinated

    A new internal government document claims the Delta variant appears to cause more severe illness than earlier coronavirus variants and spreads as easily as chickenpox. In laying out the evidence that this variant looks like the most...

    • Posted July 30, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: July 30, 2021

    Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Friday, July 30: New data details Delta variant’s dangers. Fresh evidence shows the vaccinated may be spreading the variant as easily as the unvaccinated. The research was what prompted the...

    • Posted July 30, 2021
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  • Israel Offers COVID Booster Shots to Anyone Over 60

    Israelis who are over the age of 60 and fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be offered booster shots, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Thursday. The announcement comes amid increasing infections and indications that the vaccine’s efficacy fades...

    • Posted July 30, 2021
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  • Nursing Home Staff Closest to Patients Are Least Likely to Get COVID Vaccines

    Aides in long-term care facilities are less likely than other staff to be vaccinated, even though they have the most contact with vulnerable patients and could infect them with COVID-19, a new federal study shows. Researchers from...

    • Posted July 30, 2021
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  • Could COVID-19 Accelerate Alzheimer’s Symptoms?

    COVID-19 can kill you. It can rob you of your breath, cause strange blood clots, and prompt side effects that last for months after you’re over the initial infection. It’s also possible that COVID-19 might impact the...

    • Posted July 30, 2021
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  • When Deductibles Rise, More Diabetes Patients Skip Their Meds

    As many Americans know, today’s health insurance plans often come with high deductibles. Those out-of-pocket costs could cause harm: New research shows that 20% of people who have diabetes and high-deductible health plans regularly skip their medications....

    • Posted July 30, 2021
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  • Premature Delivery Raises Odds for Cerebral Palsy

    Extremely premature babies have a much higher risk of cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions than full-term infants, a large Israeli study affirms. Cerebral palsy — the name for a group of lifelong conditions that affect movement...

    • Posted July 30, 2021
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  • Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic

    Opioid overdose-related visits to U.S. emergency departments rose by nearly one-third during the COVID-19 pandemic last year. That’s the key finding in a new analysis of data from 25 emergency departments in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, North Carolina,...

    • Posted July 30, 2021
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