All posts by LadyLively

  • Racist ‘Redlining’ Policies Leave Legacy of Stroke for Black Americans

    Discriminatory housing practices from nearly a century ago continue to influence a person’s risk of suffering a stroke, claims a new study that reveals the legacy of structural racism in the United States. Researchers found a 1.5%...

    • Posted March 15, 2021
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  • Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms

    For someone suffering a severe stroke, every 10 minutes that goes by before treatment starts in the emergency room may cost eight weeks of a healthy life, Canadian researchers report. In fact, delays in the hospital may...

    • Posted March 15, 2021
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  • Could Low-Dose Aspirin Help Shield You From COVID-19?

    It’s already being taken by millions to help ward off heart issues, and now preliminary research hints that daily low-dose aspirin might also cut your odds of contracting COVID-19. As the Israeli research team noted, aspirin is...

    • Posted March 15, 2021
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  • Assistance Dogs in Hospitals? New Study Gives Paws for Thought

    Could the paws of assistance dogs be cleaner than the soles of your shoes? Yes, claims a new study that calls for allowing assistance dogs to accompany their owners in all public places. To prove their point,...

    • Posted March 15, 2021
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  • Common Household Chemicals Tied to Preemie Births

    Even when women do their best to have a safe pregnancy, chemicals commonly found in the home could still raise their risk for premature delivery, a new study shows. The chemicals — called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)...

    • Posted March 15, 2021
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  • Pandemic Has Harmed Mental Health of Nearly Half of U.S. Teens: Poll

    If your teenagers have been struggling to cope during the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey suggests they are far from alone. Researchers found that 46% of 977 parents of teens said their child has shown signs of...

    • Posted March 15, 2021
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  • People With Intellectual Disabilities at High Risk for Fatal COVID-19

    Having an intellectual disability is second only to being elderly as a risk factor for dying from COVID-19, a new study suggests. “The chances of dying from COVID-19 are higher for those with intellectual disability than they...

    • Posted March 15, 2021
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  • Drink Up! Humans Are the ‘Water-Saving Apes’

    Humans sweat more and move more than chimpanzees and other apes, but new research shows people are actually more water-efficient than their primate cousins. For the first time, scientists say they measured precisely how much water humans...

    • Posted March 15, 2021
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  • ‘Spring Forward’ This Weekend By Checking Your Home Smoke Alarms

    When you turn your clocks forward to Daylight Saving Time this weekend, take a few minutes to make your home safer. Change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety...

    • Posted March 14, 2021
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  • Could a New Drug Help Ease Alzheimer’s?

    About 7 out of 10 Alzheimer’s patients wound up free of the brain plaques that are a hallmark of the disease after treatment with a potentially breakthrough experimental drug, clinical trial results show. The drug, donanemab, also...

    • Posted March 13, 2021
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