All posts by LadyLively

  • AHA News: Born With a Severe Heart Defect, 9-Year-Old Boy Defies All Odds

    FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Twenty weeks into her pregnancy, Hannah Lewis eagerly went to a doctor’s visit expecting to learn the gender of her first child. Only 19, Lewis was excited and...

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  • Pfizer to Seek Approval for Booster COVID Shot, But U.S. Agencies Balk at Timing

    Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced Thursday they would seek approval for a booster COVID-19 shot and begin studies on a reformulated vaccine that targets the highly contagious Delta variant. “We continue to believe that it is...

    • Posted July 9, 2021
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  • No Spectators to Be Allowed at Tokyo Olympic Games

    (Healthday News) — No spectators will be allowed at the Olympic Games in Tokyo when they begin in two weeks, organizers announced Thursday. The decision came after a new state of emergency was declared in the city...

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  • Health Highlights: July 9, 2021

    Here’s some of HealthDay’s top stories for Friday, July 9: Pfizer/BioNTech seek approval for COVID booster. The companies behind a successful COVID vaccine say they’re already looking for approval for a booster shot. But the FDA, CDC...

    • Posted July 9, 2021
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  • Even Before Pandemic, One-Third of U.S. Adults Went Without Dental Care

    Millions of American adults haven’t seen a dentist in at least a year, a new U.S. government health survey reveals. In 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic made dental visits difficult, a third of adults under 65 hadn’t...

    • Posted July 9, 2021
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  • More Air Pollution, Worse COVID Outcomes?

    (HealthDay News) – The air people breathe – and how much pollution is in it – may make a difference in their outcomes when infected with COVID-19, a new study finds. Researchers found that living in more...

    • Posted July 9, 2021
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  • Global Consortium Finds Genes That Drive Severe COVID-19

    Why do some people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have either no or negligible symptoms, while others sicken and die? Scientists who’ve pinpointed several genetic markers associated with severe COVID-19 say their findings could provide answers to that important...

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  • Is Your Kid a Fast or Slow Eater? Personality Might Tell

    Could your children’s eating habits be a reflection of their personalities? A new study finds a link between the two, but researchers say it’s not clear exactly how they influence each other. They found that slow eaters...

    • Posted July 9, 2021
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  • Chinese CoronaVac Vaccine 83.5% Effective Against Symptomatic COVID

    A double dose of China’s CoronaVac vaccine is 83.5% effective against symptomatic COVID-19, researchers say. Their phase 3 trial included more than 10,000 people, aged 18 to 59, in Turkey who received either two doses of CoronaVac...

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  • Sleepless Nights Can Quickly Mess Up Your Emotions

    Groggy? Grumpy? Depressed? Just a few nights of poor sleep can take a big toll on your mental health, a new study confirms “Many of us think that we can pay our sleep debt on weekends and...

    • Posted July 9, 2021
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