All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Highlights: Oct. 2, 2019

    Juul Halts Funding For San Francisco Vaping Ballot Initiative

    • Posted October 2, 2019
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  • Health Tip: Pushing a Wheelchair Safely

    People with limited mobility may not be able to push themselves in a wheelchair. If you are assisting someone in a wheelchair, it is important that you follow safety precautions, says the Loddon Mallee Regional Palliative Care...

    • Posted October 2, 2019
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  • Health Tip: Electric or Manual Toothbrushes

    Both manual and electric toothbrushes can be effective for brushing your teeth, says Mayo Clinic. For people with arthritis or other conditions that make brushing difficult, an electric toothbrush may be the better option. The bristle movement...

    • Posted October 2, 2019
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  • Antidepressants Might Raise Odds for Serious Pregnancy Complication

    TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Treating depression during pregnancy can be vital to the health of both mother and child, but new research suggests that taking antidepressants may make a woman more vulnerable to gestational...

    • Posted October 2, 2019
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  • Why Maintaining Weight Loss Demands More Than Willpower

    Scientists are learning more about why keeping off lost weight is so hard — and a pair of studies suggest it’s more than a question of sheer willpower. A Dartmouth University study published in Cognitive Neuroscience used...

    • Posted October 1, 2019
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  • How to Wait Out a Blue Mood

    Feel bad about feeling bad? Don’t. Studies done at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that acknowledging a blue mood — and not berating yourself for it — can help you work through it more easily....

    • Posted October 1, 2019
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  • ‘Alarming’ Number of Lupus Patients Use Opioids for Pain: Study

    One in three people with lupus uses opioid painkillers even though there is little evidence that they reduce the pain of rheumatic diseases, a new study finds. “Rheumatic diseases, such as lupus, are a leading cause of...

    • Posted October 1, 2019
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  • Overweight Dog, Overweight Owner?

    Most dogs and owners share an unbreakable emotional bond. But can they also share expanding waistlines? Yes, said Danish researchers, who found that Fido is twice as likely to be heavy or obese if his owner is...

    • Posted October 1, 2019
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  • Childhood TB Shot May Offer Long-Term Protection from Lung Cancer

    A tuberculosis vaccine commonly used in other parts of the world might reduce a person’s risk of developing lung cancer if given early in childhood, a six-decade-long study reports. The Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is the only...

    • Posted October 1, 2019
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  • Health Highlights: Oct. 1, 2019

    Nebraska Sees First Vaping-Related Death, Bringing U.S. Total to 15 Juul Halts Funding For San Francisco Vaping Ballot Initiative North Carolina Legionnaires' Case Count Climbs to 79

    • Posted October 1, 2019
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