All posts by LadyLively

  • RFK Jr. Criticized for Swimming With Grandkids in Bacteria-Filled Creek

    U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is under fire after posting photos of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a long-polluted creek.  The water at Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., is...

    • Posted May 14, 2025
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  • FDA to Review and Possibly Ban Fluoride Supplements for Kids

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to review and possibly remove prescription fluoride supplements for children from the market. The FDA announced Tuesday that it intends to conduct the review by Oct. 31, 2025. The...

    • Posted May 14, 2025
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  • Family Doctors Find It Tough To Talk Sex With Patients

    Sex is an important part of people’s health, but family doctors find it tougher to counsel and treat patients for sexual health matters, a new study says. General practitioners are 77% less likely than OB/GYNs to inquire...

    • Posted May 14, 2025
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  • Sports, Exercise Protects Mental Health Of Growing Kids

    Exercise and sports appear to help kids avoid mental health problems as they grow into young adults, a new study says. Young children who participated in sports teams and physical education classes were less likely to develop...

    • Posted May 14, 2025
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  • AI Can Catch Hard-To-Detect Breast Cancers In Mammograms

    Artificial intelligence (AI) can help prevent breast cancers that develop between routine mammograms, by catching ones that trained radiologists would overlook, a new study says. Incorporating AI into mammography could help reduce the number of interval breast...

    • Posted May 14, 2025
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  • More U.S. Teens Getting Weight-Loss Surgery

    More U.S. teenagers are getting weight-loss surgery, despite the discovery of new drugs like Ozempic/Wegovy that help people drop pounds surgery-free, a new study says. Weight loss surgeries for teens increased 15% between 2021 and 2023, researchers...

    • Posted May 14, 2025
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  • Drug Effective Against Early Migraine Symptoms

    Migraines don’t just cause headaches. These attacks often are accompanied by symptoms like light and sound sensitivity, nausea, neck pain and dizziness. What’s more, those non-headache symptoms tend to crop up before a full-fledged migraine headache takes...

    • Posted May 14, 2025
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  • Weight Gain, Delayed Motherhood Linked To Breast Cancer Risk

    Significant weight gain paired with delayed or foregone motherhood nearly triples a young woman’s risk of later breast cancer, a new study says. Women were 2.7 times more likely to develop breast cancer if they: Had a...

    • Posted May 14, 2025
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  • Blackouts Boost Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Risk Among Young Kids

    Power outages greatly increase a young child’s chances of carbon monoxide poisoning due to improper use of gasoline-powered generators, a new study says. Children younger than 5 had a more than 50% increased risk of carbon monoxide...

    • Posted May 13, 2025
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  • OpenAI Releases HealthBench Dataset to Test AI in Health Care

    OpenAI has unveiled a large dataset to help test how well artificial intelligence (AI) models answer health care questions.  Experts call it a major step forward, but they also say more work is needed to ensure safety....

    • Posted May 13, 2025
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