All posts by LadyLively

  • ‘Hungry Gut’ Gene Test Shows Who’ll Benefit Most From Wegovy

    You’ve watched others shed pounds in a matter of weeks after taking one of the new blockbuster weight-loss drugs, so you decide to try one of the medications yourself, only to discover the needle on your bathroom...

    • Posted May 21, 2024
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  • For Pregnant Women, Fluoridated Drinking Water Might Raise Risks for Baby: Study

    Fetal exposure to fluoride from a mom-to-be’s drinking water might raise the odds for physical and mental health issues in toddlers, new research suggests. The study, which was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, wasn’t...

    • Posted May 21, 2024
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  • Vaping After Quitting Smoking Keeps Lung Cancer Risk High

    If you’ve quit smoking and have switched to vaping instead, your odds for lung cancer won’t fall as steeply as if you quit nicotine altogether, new research suggests. “This is the first large population-based study to demonstrate...

    • Posted May 21, 2024
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  • To Boost Colon Cancer Screening, Give Patients Choices

    Giving patients a choice between screening methods could help doctors detect colon cancer earlier, a new study shows. More than double the number of patients underwent colon cancer screening if they were given a choice of the...

    • Posted May 21, 2024
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  • Quit-Smoking Drug Chantix May Also Help Folks Stop Vaping

    A quit-smoking drug appears to help people drop their vaping addiction, a new study shows. Vapers who took varenicline (Chantix) were significantly more likely to quit using e-cigarettes loaded with nicotine than those randomly assigned to receive...

    • Posted May 21, 2024
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  • More Kids With Asthma Need Hospital Care on Very Hot Days

    Heat waves and heat domes are particularly dangerous to kids with asthma, a new study finds. Daytime heat waves are associated with 19% increased odds that a child with asthma will wind up in the hospital, researchers...

    • Posted May 21, 2024
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  • Deadly GallBladder Cancers Rising Among Black Americans

    Gallbladder cancer rates are steadily increasing among Black Americans, even as they remain stable or decline for most other Americans, a new study warns. Further, growing numbers of cases among Black people are not being diagnosed until...

    • Posted May 21, 2024
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  • Repeat COVID Vaccination Could Shield Against Wide Range of Viruses

    Powerful COVID vaccines could be setting people’s immune systems up to successfully fight off not just future COVID variants, but other types of coronaviruses as well, a new study shows. People repeatedly vaccinated for COVID — the...

    • Posted May 21, 2024
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  • What Can Cause Stomach Pain in Kids?

    Many kids can get an occasional upset tummy, but what if your child’s stomachaches are more persistent? Dr. David Ziring, associate director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s in Los Angeles, offers...

    • Posted May 21, 2024
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  • What to Expect During Rehab After Hip Replacement

    Hip replacement is a major, arduous elective surgery, and rehabilitation afterwards takes time, according to an expert from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. It’ll also take coordinated planning between yourself, your care team and your family and...

    • Posted May 21, 2024
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