All posts by LadyLively

  • Busted Ankle? What’s Better, a Cast or Brace?

    Modern, flexible boots may be just as good as old-school plaster casts when it comes to treating broken ankles, new research suggests. Often related to sports, traffic accidents or falls, broken ankles can be simple breaks in...

    • Posted July 14, 2021
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  • Alcohol Tied to 740,000 Cancer Cases Worldwide in 2020

    Let’s not toast to this: Alcohol was linked with 740,000 new cancer cases globally in 2020, representing 4% of all newly diagnosed cases that year, researchers say. “Trends suggest that although there is a decrease in alcohol...

    • Posted July 14, 2021
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  • AHA News: Genetic Problem Led to a Heart Transplant at 24. Her New Heart Has a Genetic Problem, Too.

    WEDNESDAY, July 14, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — At 13, Leilani Graham was running on the treadmill in her garage when she suddenly collapsed. Her mother, who was supposed to be gone, heard a bizarre moaning...

    • Posted July 14, 2021
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  • U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Jumped Nearly 30% During Pandemic

    As America went into lockdown and treatment centers closed their doors, drug overdose deaths in the United States jumped by nearly a third last year, new data show. The estimated 93,331 drug overdose deaths recorded during 2020...

    • Posted July 14, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: July 14, 2021

    Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Wednesday, July 14: U.S. drug overdose deaths jumped nearly 30% during pandemic. As stressors rose and treatment got tougher to get during the pandemic, fatal drug overdoses surged among Americans...

    • Posted July 14, 2021
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  • Americans With Diabetes Were Hit Hard by COVID Pandemic

    As many as two of every five Americans who’ve died from COVID-19 were suffering from diabetes, making the chronic disease one of the highest-risk conditions during the pandemic, an expert says. About 40% of deaths from COVID-19...

    • Posted July 14, 2021
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  • New COVID Cases Double in U.S. in Past Three Weeks

    New coronavirus infections are once again climbing in the United States, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, lingering vaccine resistance and Fourth of July celebrations. Over the past three weeks, new cases per day have doubled,...

    • Posted July 14, 2021
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  • Pope Leaves Hospital 10 Days After Colon Surgery

    Ten days after surgery to remove half of his colon, Pope Francis has been discharged from a Rome hospital. The Associated Press reported that a car carrying Francis, 84, left Rome’s Gemelli Polytechnic hospital and traveled to...

    • Posted July 14, 2021
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  • Dr. Rahul Gupta to Be Nominated as Next U.S. Drug Czar

    President Joe Biden plans to nominate Dr. Rahul Gupta as the head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Gupta led the Biden transition team for that office, was the former health commissioner of...

    • Posted July 14, 2021
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  • Meth Abuse Drove Huge Surge in Heart Failure Crises in California

    In a finding that demonstrates methamphetamine’s power to destroy the human heart, new research shows hospitalizations for heart failure related to the illicit drug have soared by 585% in California. “Our study results should bring urgent attention...

    • Posted July 14, 2021
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