All posts by LadyLively

  • Healthy Eating Lowers Pregnancy Complication Risk

    If you’re planning to get pregnant or already “eating for two,” sticking to a healthy diet may reduce the risk of several common pregnancy complications, researchers say. The new study included nearly 1,900 women who completed diet...

    • Posted June 3, 2021
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  • Sleep Deprived? Coffee Can Only Help So Much

    You know you’ve done it — stayed up too late and relied on coffee to get through the next day — but new research suggests that caffeine can only do so much. That cup or cups of...

    • Posted June 2, 2021
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  • Allergy Treatment Crucial If Your Child Has Asthma

    If your child has both allergies and asthma, it’s imperative to treat their allergies to prevent asthma from worsening as they spend more time outdoors, an expert says. “It’s a time when after a winter when we’re...

    • Posted June 2, 2021
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  • Tennis Star Naomi Osaka’s ‘Time Out’ Highlights Common, Crippling Mental Health Issue

    On Tuesday, tennis star Naomi Osaka announced her withdrawal from the French Open. The reason: An ongoing battle with depression and anxiety. As the world’s No. 2 woman’s tennis player and a four-time Grand Slam tournament winner...

    • Posted June 2, 2021
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  • NIH Starts Trial Assessing ‘Mix & Match’ COVID Vaccine Approach

    Moderna plus Pfizer? J&J plus Moderna? There’s a new clinical trial underway to assess the safety and effectiveness of mixing different types of booster shots in adults who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. “Although the vaccines...

    • Posted June 2, 2021
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  • ‘Boomerang Kids’: When an Adult Child Moves Back Home

    It’s a scenario fraught with potential conflict: Moving back home as an adult can be tough – on both the grown children and their parents. But it can also come with opportunities, as long as expectations are...

    • Posted June 2, 2021
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  • AHA News: Is Mango the Luscious Superhero of Fruit?

    WEDNESDAY, June 2, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — If mangoes could be any more of a nutritional hero, they might need to wear capes. The luscious, sweet tropical fruits are packed with so many vitamins and...

    • Posted June 2, 2021
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  • Are Adults With Cerebral Palsy Getting the Therapies They Need?

    U.S. adults with cerebral palsy aren’t getting adequate physical therapy, according to a new study. While they’re more likely than other adults in community-living situations to have debilitating pain from musculoskeletal disorders, those with cerebral palsy receive...

    • Posted June 2, 2021
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  • U.S. Set to Send Millions of COVID Vaccines to Countries in Need

    The United States will soon be sending millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the world, including Latin America, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Tuesday. Still, exactly where those doses will go and when they will be...

    • Posted June 2, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: June 2, 2021

    First Human Case of H10N3 Bird Flu Reported in China The world’s first case of H10N3 bird flu in a person has been reported in China, but officials say chances are low that the virus will spread...

    • Posted June 2, 2021
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