All posts by LadyLively

  • HealthDay Now: Cancer Experts Share Highlights From Two Conferences

    Two world-renowned medical groups — the European Hematology Association (EHA) and the International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma (ICML) — conducted virtual meetings this month to share advances in the care of blood-based cancers. In an interview with...

    • Posted June 25, 2021
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  • Is the ‘Delta Plus’ COVID Variant a New Concern?

    India, already hit hard by the Delta variant of COVID-19, has labeled a closely related new variant — dubbed “Delta Plus” — as a “variant of concern.” But some epidemiologists in India and abroad say there’s just...

    • Posted June 25, 2021
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  • AHA News: As She Makes History, Dr. Rachel Levine Stays Focused on Healing

    FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Dr. Rachel Levine wanted to work in health because she wanted to help people. Along the way, she became an icon. Levine, the assistant secretary for health in...

    • Posted June 25, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: June 25, 2021

    Here’s HealthDay’s top stories for Friday, June 25: Colds make a comeback. As rules on mask-wearing, social distancing and mass gatherings relax, there’s a surge in colds, bronchitis and other respiratory ills in doctor’s offices & ERs...

    • Posted June 25, 2021
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  • Lilly to Seek FDA Approval for New Alzheimer’s Drug

    (Healthday News) — Fresh on the heels of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, the maker of a second medicine that works in similar fashion said Thursday it hopes to...

    • Posted June 25, 2021
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  • As COVID Rules Ease, Common Colds Rebound Across America

    Infectious disease expert Ravina Kullar’s husband has a cold. So does her sister-in-law. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Clinic’s waiting rooms are becoming much more frequented by folks with coughs, sneezes and sniffles, said family medicine physician Dr. Neha...

    • Posted June 25, 2021
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  • Second COVID Vaccine Dose Missed by Over 10% of Americans

    More than 1 in 10 Americans have missed their second dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a troubling trend as the more infectious Delta variant that first crippled India gains a foothold in this country. Only 88% of...

    • Posted June 25, 2021
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  • When, Where Was the First Case of COVID-19?

    The first case of COVID-19 may have occurred in China weeks earlier than previously thought, a new study claims. The first officially identified case occurred in early December 2019, but increasing evidence suggests the original case may...

    • Posted June 25, 2021
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  • No Drop in Teens’ Use of Pot, Binge Drinking Despite Pandemic Lockdowns

    U.S. high school seniors say marijuana was significantly harder to come by during the pandemic — yet their use of the drug continued at rates similar to those before school closures began, a new study finds. Their...

    • Posted June 25, 2021
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  • Liver Cirrhosis Much More Deadly for Black Americans

    Black Americans with cirrhosis — late-stage liver disease — are much less likely to receive a liver transplant and more likely to die than white patients, new research reveals. For the study, researchers at Northwestern Medicine analyzed...

    • Posted June 25, 2021
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