All posts by LadyLively

  • 1 in 4 Parents Won’t Vaccinate Their Kids Against COVID-19: Poll

    More than one-quarter of U.S. parents don’t plan to vaccinate their kids for COVID-19, and roughly as many oppose school-required coronavirus shots, a new study finds. This opposition was more common among moms than dads, and was...

    • Posted April 1, 2021
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  • COVID Fears Mean More Cancers Are Being Diagnosed at Later Stages

    Cancer screening rates are beginning to rebound after plummeting during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey finds. And patients are being diagnosed with more advanced cancers than before the pandemic, according to the...

    • Posted April 1, 2021
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  • Most U.S. Adults Who Vape Want to Quit: Study

    More than 60% of American adults who vape say they want to stop, a new study reports. Some use electronic cigarettes to try to quit smoking traditional cigarettes, then end up vaping and smoking, the researchers found....

    • Posted April 1, 2021
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  • AHA News: Why You Should Pay Attention to Inflammation

    THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Inflammation can be a visible part of how your body fights illness or injury. If you’ve ever sprained your ankle, you already know about it. But it also...

    • Posted April 1, 2021
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  • Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage

    Long-term organ damage appears to be common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients after they’ve recovered and been discharged, British researchers report. One U.S. expert who read over the report said she’s seen the same in her practice. “This...

    • Posted April 1, 2021
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  • AHA News: Unloading Groceries, He Found His Wife on the Ground Not Breathing

    THURSDAY, April 1, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Lynn and Kent Wiles spent the morning running errands together. The Oregon couple shopped for groceries, stopped by the bank and picked up items at the hardware store....

    • Posted April 1, 2021
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  • CDC Confirms COVID as Third Leading Cause of Death in 2020

    In a finding that illustrates the heavy toll the pandemic has taken on America, a new government report confirms that COVID-19 became the third leading cause of death in 2020. Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease...

    • Posted April 1, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: April 1, 2021

    Production Error at U.S. Plant Ruins 15 Million Doses of J&J COVID Vaccine A production error that ruined about 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine could delay upcoming shipments of the vaccine in...

    • Posted April 1, 2021
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  • Can Vaccinations Stop COVID Transmission? College Study Aims to Find Out

    It’s the question everyone wants answered because reopening the world depends on it: Can coronavirus vaccines stop transmission of the virus? Now, 21 universities across the United States are teaming up to find out. The project, called...

    • Posted April 1, 2021
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  • Drug Could Be a ‘Game-Changer’ in Fighting Esophageal Cancers

    Patients who have surgery for esophageal cancer commonly see the disease return, but a drug that boosts the immune system may help delay or prevent that, a new trial has found. The drug, called Opdivo (nivolumab), doubled...

    • Posted April 1, 2021
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