All posts by LadyLively

  • FDA Commissioner: No Major Reorganization, Just Smart Reforms

    Dr. Marty Makary had just finished his last surgery at Johns Hopkins when he stepped into one of the most powerful roles in American public health. Now, as the new commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug...

    • Posted May 1, 2025
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  • Study Finds Flourishing Doesn’t Always Mean Happiness

    Flourishing is more than just being happy, and a new global study finds some countries are doing better than others when it comes to overall well-being. Take it from researchers at Baylor and Harvard universities, who unveiled...

    • Posted May 1, 2025
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  • Top Science Journal Suspends Submissions Amid Budget Cuts

    A well-known U.S. science journal focused on environmental health has stopped accepting new studies, raising alarms among researchers who rely on it heavily. Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), a journal funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...

    • Posted May 1, 2025
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  • Florida Moves to Ban Fluoride in Drinking Water

    Florida state lawmakers have approved a bill to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water, a move that public health experts say could harm dental health across the state. The bill now heads to Florida...

    • Posted May 1, 2025
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  • Epilepsy, Anxiety Meds Don’t Increase Suicide Risk

    A class of drugs used to treat epilepsy, nerve pain and anxiety do not appear to increase a person’s risk of self-harm, a major new study says. Gabapentinoids – which include gabapentin and pregabalin – have been...

    • Posted May 1, 2025
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  • Ozempic Can Treat Fatty Liver Disease

    The cutting-edge weight-loss drug Ozempic/Wegovy can stop and even reverse fatty liver disease, a new clinical trial has found. Nearly twice as many people taking semaglutide stopped their fatty liver disease without further scarring of the organ...

    • Posted May 1, 2025
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  • ADHD Athletes Take Longer To Recover From Concussion

    High school athletes with ADHD take longer to recover from a sport-related concussion, a new study says. Those with a concussion took about 16% longer to return to the classroom and 17% longer to return to sports,...

    • Posted May 1, 2025
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  • Human Fertility Levels Need To Be Higher To Avoid Extinction

    Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made headlines with dire warnings that declining birth rates are an “existential crisis” for humanity. The threat might be even more dire than Musk (the father of at least 14)...

    • Posted May 1, 2025
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  • Do You Have Tinnitus? The Answer Might Be Written In Your Face

    Subtle facial gestures linked to the body’s fight-or-flight response could be used to help diagnose people with tinnitus, a new study says. Video recordings showed that people with tinnitus experienced facial twitches and pupil dilation in response...

    • Posted May 1, 2025
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  • Biological Aging Increases Dementia Risk

    People whose bodies are aging faster could be more likely to develop dementia than those with normal or slower aging, a new study says. Folks with advanced biological age are about 30% more likely to develop dementia,...

    • Posted May 1, 2025
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