All posts by LadyLively

  • AHA News: Finally Getting Around to That Annual Physical? Here’s What You Might Find

    MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Some patients looking to reschedule annual physicals, wellness visits or other routine medical appointments long delayed by COVID-19 first may need to make time to find a new...

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  • Sharp Drop Seen in COVID Testing As New Cases Plateau

    (Healthday News) — The amount of COVID-19 testing being done in the United States has fallen by 30 percent in recent weeks, even though testing can curb the spread of coronavirus and spot new outbreaks quickly. From...

    • Posted March 1, 2021
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  • Health Highlights, March 1, 2021

    AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Easy to Update in Response to Variants A COVID-19 vaccine still awaiting U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval may prove to be a powerful weapon in fighting the pandemic, according to its developers. The...

    • Posted March 1, 2021
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  • Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll

    With U.S. deaths from COVID-19 passing the grim milestone of a half-million, a new study suggests that another 30,000-plus Americans have died due to pandemic-related unemployment. Using various data sources, researchers estimated that number of deaths between...

    • Posted March 1, 2021
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  • If Protections Expire, COVID Patients Could Soon Face Big Medical Bills

    Older Americans on a Medicare Advantage plan could face hospital bills of $1,000 or more if private insurers start charging out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving COVID-19 care, a new study warns. Cost data show that Medicare Advantage patients...

    • Posted March 1, 2021
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  • Vaccinating Oldest First for COVID Saves the Most Lives: Study

    Putting the oldest people near the front of the line for COVID-19 shots will save more lives and may extend their lifespan, too, researchers say. The new study findings challenge the view that older people should be...

    • Posted March 1, 2021
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  • Get Your ‘5 a Day’ Fruits and Veggies to Live Longer

    Five servings. That is all the fruits and vegetables you need to eat every day to live longer, new research suggests. Scientists analyzed data from more than 2 million people in the United States and dozens of...

    • Posted March 1, 2021
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  • U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season

    While many Americans await their turn for the COVID vaccine, a potentially record-setting number have already had their flu shot. That’s the key finding in a nationwide poll of more conducted in December by the University of...

    • Posted March 1, 2021
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  • Underarm Lump After COVID Shot Is Likely Lymph Swelling, Not Breast Cancer, Experts Say

    That swollen lymph node under your arm could be a temporary side effect of a COVID-19 shot and not a sign of serious health problems. Radiologists from Massachusetts General Hospital noticed an increase in patients with swollen...

    • Posted March 1, 2021
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  • More Than 87,000 Scientific Papers Already Published on COVID-19

    The world’s researchers have worked at a breakneck pace during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through October, more than 87,000 papers about the new coronavirus were published worldwide. That’s a remarkable number even given the significance of the pandemic,...

    • Posted March 1, 2021
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