All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Highlights: March 17, 2020

    Fake Text Messages Warn of Martial Law in U.S. Due to Coronavirus Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Released From Hospital After Coronavirus Treatment Experts Skeptical of France's Stance Against Ibuprofen as Treatment for COVID-19

    • Posted March 17, 2020
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  • Many Parents Delay Telling Kids About Inappropriate Touching: Poll

    Many American parents haven’t talked with their young children about inappropriate touching, a new poll finds. Experts recommend starting that discussion during a child’s preschool years, but the nationwide poll of more than 1,100 parents of 2-...

    • Posted March 16, 2020
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  • Could Your E-Cig Disrupt Your Pacemaker?

    The magnets in vaping devices might be able to wreak havoc on heart pacemakers and defibrillators, a new case report suggests. By placing a Juul in his shirt pocket, a heart patient caused his implanted pacemaker and...

    • Posted March 16, 2020
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  • The Doctor Gap: Does America Have a Physician Shortage?

    If you ask Dr. Molly Benedum whether there is a shortage of doctors in America, this is the story she will tell you: After joining the Appalachian Regional Health System’s family practice in North Carolina, she saw...

    • Posted March 16, 2020
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  • States Begin to Close Bars, Restaurants as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Pass 3,400

    (HealthDay News) — State officials across America began to enact even tougher restrictions to try to slow the spread of coronavirus on Sunday, as the country’s case count reached at least 3,400, with at least 65 deaths....

    • Posted March 16, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: March 16, 2020

    U.S. Distilleries Making Hand Sanitizer N.Y. and Colorado Ask Former Health Care Workers to Return to Workforce Visitors Banned from U.S. Federal, State Prisons

    • Posted March 16, 2020
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  • 5 Ways to Fight America’s No. 3 Cancer Killer

    With screening, colon cancers can effectively be detected and prevented. Though colon cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer death in the United States, one-third of Americans over age 50 are not getting screened. “Screening saves lives...

    • Posted March 15, 2020
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  • Trying the Keto Diet? Watch Out for the ‘Keto Flu’

    If you are feeling the aches and pains of what you think is the flu, a trendy diet may be the culprit instead, a new study confirms. Researchers took a dive into what’s become known as “keto...

    • Posted March 13, 2020
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  • Expectant Moms: Take Care and Don’t Panic About Coronavirus

    As coronavirus continues to spread, pregnant women may be especially anxious. But a University of California, Los Angeles expert says there’s no reason to panic. While expectant mothers are at higher risk for developing complications from some...

    • Posted March 13, 2020
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  • One in 10 Workers Could Be Exposed to Coronavirus Weekly at Work

    Millions of workers who constantly interact with the public are exposed to viruses and bacteria on a weekly basis, and so they face a greater risk of falling ill with coronavirus, a new analysis reveals. Due to...

    • Posted March 13, 2020
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