All posts by LadyLively

  • Most Parents Clueless About Overuse Dangers to Young Pitchers

    Before you sign your young pitcher up to play baseball in multiple leagues, familiarize yourself with guidelines that can protect them against overuse injuries. Sound obvious? A new survey shows it isn’t, because most parents have no...

    • Posted July 22, 2021
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  • When It Comes to Bullying of LGBTQ Teens, Local Politics Matters

    Youth who identify as LGBTQ+ suffer more bullying at their schools when they live in areas with politically conservative voting records, a new study finds. School boards should do more to implement policies that go beyond minimum...

    • Posted July 22, 2021
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  • Pandemic Changed Grocery Shopping for Rich and Poor

    Changes in Americans’ grocery shopping habits during the pandemic made pre-existing gaps in access to food even worse, researchers report. While many wealthier people switched to online ordering and did more stocking up, most low-income people still...

    • Posted July 22, 2021
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  • Stronger Hearts, Better Outcomes in Pregnancy: Study

    Thinking of starting a family? Start getting your heart in shape. New research suggests that how healthy a woman’s heart is before conception affects outcomes in her pregnancy. Study author Dr. Sadiya Khan said the findings make...

    • Posted July 22, 2021
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  • Want to Avoid Sleep Apnea? Get Off the Sofa

    Here’s yet another reason to limit screen time and get moving: Boosting your activity levels could reduce your risk of sleep apnea, according to a new study. Compared to the most active people in the study, those...

    • Posted July 22, 2021
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  • Many Patients Billed for Preventive Care That Should Be Free: Study

    Many Americans are being charged for preventive — and supposedly free — health care, new research shows, and those bills may keep them from booking appointments in the future. Out-of-pocket charges for preventive care that should be...

    • Posted July 22, 2021
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  • In a First for the Continent, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Produced in South Africa

    The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be produced for the first time in Africa by a South African firm, Pfizer announced Wednesday. The Biovac Institute in Cape Town will produce the vaccine for distribution across Africa, which is...

    • Posted July 21, 2021
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  • 1 in 20 Cases of Dementia Occurs in People Under 65

    Dementia is largely a disease of old age, but a new study finds that up to 5% of all cases are among people in the prime of their lives. Looking at 95 international studies, researchers estimated that...

    • Posted July 21, 2021
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  • Secret Weapon: Why the 2nd Dose of Pfizer Vaccine Is So Crucial

    It takes two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to “wake up” cells that play a very important role in the body’s immune response, with the second dose increasing their numbers 100-fold, according to new research. The...

    • Posted July 21, 2021
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  • Eating Meat Raises Risk of Heart Disease: Study

    Eating beef, lamb, pork and processed meats spells trouble for your heart, and the more you eat, the worse it gets, new research warns. The meta-analysis — an overview of data from a large number of studies...

    • Posted July 21, 2021
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