All posts by LadyLively

  • Late Bedtimes in Preschool Years Could Bring Weight Gain

    Little ones who stay up late may have a higher risk of becoming overweight by the time they are school-age, a new study suggests. Researchers found that young children who routinely got to sleep after 9 p.m....

    • Posted February 18, 2020
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  • Women Patients Still Missing in Heart Research

    Women remain underrepresented in heart disease research, even though it’s the leading cause of death among women worldwide, researchers say. Women accounted for less than 40% of all people enrolled in cardiovascular clinical trials from 2010 through...

    • Posted February 18, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: Feb. 18, 2020

    Melanoma Cases Rising in U.S. Coronavirus Fears Trigger Attack on Asian-American Teen in California

    • Posted February 18, 2020
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  • AHA News: Diabetes, Alzheimer’s Together Might Increase Stroke Severity

    MONDAY, Feb. 17, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Bleeding strokes are the deadliest type of stroke and the hardest to treat. What might make matters worse is having both diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease versus either condition...

    • Posted February 17, 2020
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  • Kids Raised by Grandparents More Likely to Pile on Pounds: Study

    Grandparents can be a bad influence on kids’ weight, researchers say. That’s the upshot of an analysis of 23 studies conducted in the United States and eight other countries by a team from the Brown School at...

    • Posted February 17, 2020
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  • 1 in 4 Opioid ODs Involves Kids and Teens

    More than a quarter of all opioid overdoses in the United States involve teenagers, and a full fifth of those cases were likely suicide attempts, new research shows. The findings follow an in-depth analysis of nearly 754,000...

    • Posted February 17, 2020
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  • Don’t Try to Kick the Smoking Habit Alone

    Going solo when trying to quit smoking isn’t enough, one lung health expert says. “Smokers develop a physiological dependence on nicotine, and they need more than willpower to quit,” said Dr. Danish Ahmad, a pulmonologist with Penn...

    • Posted February 16, 2020
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  • Shower Your Valentine With Love All Year Long

    You need to work on your relationship with your significant other all year round, not just on Valentine’s Day, a relationship expert advises. There are five key things you can do to keep your relationship healthy, according...

    • Posted February 14, 2020
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  • Traumatic Brain Injuries Raise Risk of Psychiatric Ills in Soldiers

    U.S. soldiers who suffer a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely to suffer other mental health woes than those with other serious injuries, a new study finds. It also showed that the rate...

    • Posted February 14, 2020
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  • Could 9 in 10 Cases of Dengue Be Prevented?

    Scientists say that 90% of dengue cases could be slashed by artificially infecting mosquitoes. Dengue viruses are spread to people by infected mosquitoes. But infecting the insects with Wolbachia bacteria blocks the dengue virus from replicating in...

    • Posted February 14, 2020
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