All posts by LadyLively

  • Smokers, Obese People Need Major Heart Interventions Earlier in Life

    In a finding that confirms healthy habits make for healthy hearts, new research shows that smokers and obese people must have their clogged arteries cleared at much younger ages than nonsmokers or people who are a normal...

    • Posted June 11, 2021
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  • America Is Losing the War Against Diabetes

    After years of improvement, Americans with diabetes may be losing some ground in controlling the condition, a new government-funded study shows. Researchers found that between 1999 and the early 2010s, U.S. adults with diabetes made substantial gains:...

    • Posted June 10, 2021
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  • ‘Laughing Gas’ Shows Promise Against Tough-to-Treat Depression

    When antidepressants fail to rein in hard-to-treat depression, the common anesthetic most know as “laughing gas” might be a safe and effective alternative, new research suggests. The finding follows work with 28 patients struggling with “treatment-resistant major...

    • Posted June 10, 2021
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  • A Real Headache: Racism Plays Role in Migraine Care

    The color of your skin may very well determine how your headache gets treated, a new study warns. The same percentage of white, Black and Hispanic Americans — about 15% — suffer from severe headaches and/or migraines,...

    • Posted June 10, 2021
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  • AHA News: Why Everyone Should Care About Health Disparities – And What to Do About Them

    THURSDAY, June 10, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — The coronavirus pandemic and the equity movement have shined a spotlight on longstanding systemic problems that contribute to health disparities linked with factors such as race and ethnicity,...

    • Posted June 10, 2021
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  • Healthy Levels of Vitamin D May Boost Breast Cancer Outcomes

    Breast cancer patients who have adequate levels of vitamin D — the “sunshine vitamin” — at the time of their diagnosis have better long-term outcomes, a new study finds. Combined with the results of prior research, the...

    • Posted June 10, 2021
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  • US to Send 500 Million COVID Vaccine Doses to Countries Desperate for Shots

    The United States plans to purchase 500 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine that it will then donate to countries in need around the world. The first 200 million doses will be sent out this year, with...

    • Posted June 10, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: June 10, 2021

    Houston Methodist Suspends Nearly 200 Workers Who Refuse COVID-19 Vaccines Nearly 200 employees of the Houston Methodist hospital system in Texas have been suspended without pay for refusing to get COVID-19 vaccines. Nearly 25,000 workers met Monday’s...

    • Posted June 10, 2021
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  • Woman Dies From Dengue Fever Acquired in Florida

    The death of a Miami woman in her 30s from locally acquired dengue fever highlights the need for awareness of a potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus that’s now found in the United States. Once only seen in hot...

    • Posted June 10, 2021
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  • More Evidence Flu Shot Is Safe in Pregnancy

    There’s more proof that getting a flu shot during pregnancy doesn’t pose a risk to children’s health. “This study adds to what we know from other recent studies showing no harmful effects of flu vaccination during pregnancy...

    • Posted June 10, 2021
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