All posts by LadyLively

  • AHA News: How to Get Better Sleep Amid the Pandemic – And Why You Should

    WEDNESDAY, March 17, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — A good night’s sleep. It’s one of those things people don’t appreciate until it’s gone. But like much taken for granted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, good quality...

    • Posted March 17, 2021
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  • AHA News: Study Links Green Communities to Lower Stroke Risk

    WEDNESDAY, March 17, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — The greener the neighborhood, the lower the stroke risk, a new study suggests. Researchers matched images gathered from space to health data from residents to come up with...

    • Posted March 17, 2021
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  • States Broaden COVID Vaccine Access to Millions of Americans

    States are rapidly expanding eligibility for coronavirus vaccines as they race to meet President Joe Biden’s deadline to have shots for all American adults by May 1. At the beginning of the vaccine rollout, COVID-19 vaccines were...

    • Posted March 17, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: March 17, 2021

    COVID-19 Antibodies Found in 1 in 5 U.S. Blood Donations COVID-19 antibodies were found in the blood of about 1 in 5 donations from unvaccinated donors in the first week of March, American Red Cross data shows....

    • Posted March 17, 2021
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  • Most Women Can Give Birth Naturally Even When Water Breaks Early: Study

    Most women can have a natural childbirth even if labor doesn’t begin soon after their water breaks, according to a new study. This situation occurs in about 11% of pregnant women who carry to term. Labor is...

    • Posted March 17, 2021
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  • ‘Slow Walkers’ at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19

    If you saunter and shuffle instead of scurry when you walk, you are at higher risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19, British researchers warn. For the study, the investigators analyzed data from more than 412,000...

    • Posted March 17, 2021
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  • Talks With Doctors May Be Key to Vaccine Acceptance: Study

    Talking with their doctors may help convince reluctant Americans to get COVID-19 vaccines, evidence from a previous pandemic suggests. Researchers analyzed responses from more than 19,000 people in the United States who were surveyed during the H1N1...

    • Posted March 17, 2021
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  • Could a Yeast Found in Cheese Be Key to Easing Crohn’s Disease?

    A new tissue infection has been identified in Crohn’s disease patients, and researchers say their finding could ultimately lead to better treatment of the common inflammatory bowel disease. Areas of unhealed wounds in the intestines of Crohn’s...

    • Posted March 17, 2021
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  • Vision Problems Are On the Decline for American Seniors

    Serious vision problems among older Americans have declined sharply, and the improvement has been greatest among women, folks over 85 and seniors who are Black or Hispanic, a nationwide study shows. “The implications of a reduction in...

    • Posted March 17, 2021
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  • Doubly Good: Healthy Living Cuts Your Odds for the 2 Leading Killers

    The same lifestyle habits that protect the heart can also curb the risk of a range of cancers, a large new study confirms. The study of more than 20,000 U.S. adults found both bad news and good...

    • Posted March 16, 2021
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