All posts by LadyLively

  • Stroke Survivors Face Much Higher Odds for Dementia

    Stroke survivors have an 80% increased risk of dementia compared to people who’ve never suffered a stroke, a new study finds. About 19% of people who’d had a stroke developed dementia during an average six-year follow-up, compared...

    • Posted December 6, 2024
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  • Eating Ultra-processed Foods Could Add Fat to Your Thighs

    Eating lots of ultra-processed foods appears linked to a buildup of fat in the thighs, which in turn raises a person’s odds for arthritis in the knees, new research shows. “In an adult population at risk for...

    • Posted December 6, 2024
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  • U.S. Overdose Deaths Linked to Fentanyl May Be Declining

    Deaths from fentanyl-linked drug overdoses have begun to decline in the United States, but the crisis is far from over and those numbers could easily rise again, a new government report shows. About 70% of fatal drug...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • Prenatal Blood Tests for Baby Are Spotting Cancers in Moms-to-Be

    Could a prenatal blood test designed to find abnormalities in a fetus also detect hidden cancer in the mom-to-be? A new study says yes: Scientists report they discovered cancer in nearly half (48%) of expecting mothers with...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • Weight Loss Brings Americans Big Health Care Savings

    The advent of GLP-1 weight-loss medications such as Wegovy and Zepbound has spurred debate as to whether the drugs’ cost should be covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. Late last month, the Biden administration proposed that...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • CTE Rates Rise Year-by-Year in Pro Hockey Players

    Hockey players’ chances of developing concussion-related brain injury increase with every year they spend on the ice, a new study finds. The odds of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increase among hockey players 34% for each year...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • California Farm Expands Raw Milk Recall After Bird Flu Virus Found in More Samples

    A California dairy farm has expanded a recall of its raw milk and cream after state health officials discovered bird flu virus in more milk samples. In a notice posted Tuesday, Fresno-based Raw Farm LLC said it...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • Mystery Illness Kills Dozens in Congo

    Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to try to identify the cause of a mysterious, flu-like illness that has sickened 376 people and left 79 dead in that country. In a alert posted...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • ‘Game of Roulette’: Flying With Food Allergies Brings Stress, Danger

    Holiday travel is always stressful, but particularly so for people with food allergies. Airlines don’t always honor requests to protect the health of people with food allergies during flights, a new study published Dec. 5 in the...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • Dark Chocolate Could Help You Ward Off Type 2 Diabetes

    The choice may be bittersweet, but the evidence is clear: New research shows that dark chocolate can lower a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes. People who ate at least five servings of dark chocolate a week...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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