All posts by LadyLively

  • Common Type 2 Diabetes Meds Won’t Raise Breast Cancer Risk: Study

    Widely used diabetes and obesity drugs don’t increase the risk of breast cancer, a new study indicates. The drugs — called glucagon like peptide-1 receptor agonists or GLP-1 RAs for short — are effective in treating type...

    • Posted March 22, 2021
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  • Try ‘Microbreaks’ for a Real Workday Boost

    If you’re feeling tired at work, a “microbreak” could help restore your pep, a new study claims. Microbreaks are short, unplanned timeouts that include activities such as having a snack, chatting with a workmate, stretching or doing...

    • Posted March 22, 2021
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  • Lab-Made Heart Valves Can Grow Along With Youngest Heart Patients

    Lab-created heart valves that grow with the recipient could spare kids born with heart defects from the repeated valve-replacement surgeries they now endure. University of Minnesota researchers found that lab-created valves implanted in young lambs for a...

    • Posted March 22, 2021
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  • Pandemic Has Many Kids Struggling With Weight Issues

    Kids and teens are already struggling to learn outside the classroom during the pandemic, but lockdowns and quarantines are also making it hard for them to control their weight, child health experts say. Lost routines, economic insecurity...

    • Posted March 22, 2021
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  • Spring Cleaning Can Sweep Away Allergens From Your Home

    If seasonal allergies get you down, try tackling them with a good spring cleaning. This can not only ease some of those spring symptoms, but also get rid of allergens you’ve been living with for a while,...

    • Posted March 21, 2021
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  • Spotting Asthma in Your Baby or Toddler

    Diagnosing babies and toddlers with asthma is challenging, because it’s difficult to measure lung function in this young group. What makes diagnosis easier is knowing your child’s symptoms. A leading pediatrics group offers some tips for parents...

    • Posted March 20, 2021
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  • CDC Says 3 Feet of Social Distancing Now OK in Most Classrooms

    In a move that should make reopening schools an easier task, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday lowered its social distancing recommendation for most classrooms to 3 feet. That should enable many schools...

    • Posted March 19, 2021
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  • High Vitamin D Levels May Help Prevent COVID-19, Especially in Black Patients

    Vitamin D — better known as the “sunshine vitamin” — might protect you from COVID-19, a new study suggests. Researchers said that the protection is particularly potent among Black people. While vitamin D levels of 30 nanograms...

    • Posted March 19, 2021
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  • Virtual Learning Has Taken a Toll on Kids’ & Parents’ Mental Health

    A new government report confirms what many moms and dads already know: Parents and kids are struggling mightily to cope with the stresses of distance learning. A survey conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

    • Posted March 19, 2021
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  • Another Study Finds COVID Patients Face Higher Risk for Stroke

    A new study adds to mounting evidence that COVID patients have an added risk of stroke. Researchers analyzed data on more than 20,000 U.S. adults hospitalized with COVID-19 between January and November 2020. The analysis found that...

    • Posted March 19, 2021
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