All posts by LadyLively

  • AHA News: Hospice Candidate at 2, She’s Now 13 and Thriving

    MONDAY, Jan. 25, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Rosemary “Rosie” Veltz was “medically maxed out.” That was the term the doctors used six months after a third surgery to correct a heart defect that left her...

    • Posted January 25, 2021
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  • Biden Will Ban Travelers From South Africa as New COVID Variants Spread

    As more infectious coronavirus variants first detected in Britain and South Africa circulate globally, President Joe Biden plans to bar travel by non-citizens into the United States from South Africa. A White House official said Sunday that...

    • Posted January 25, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: Jan. 25, 2021

    Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Effective Against British and South African Variants, Company Says Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine remains effective against two worrisome new coronavirus variants from Britain and South Africa, but it is somewhat less effective against...

    • Posted January 25, 2021
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  • Hand Sanitizer Is Harming Kids’ Eyes, Often Seriously

    The explosive rise in use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dangerous, unintended consequence: eye injuries among children. Using data from French poison control and a children’s hospital in Paris, researchers reported...

    • Posted January 25, 2021
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  • Frustrations Mount for U.S. Seniors Seeking Access to COVID Vaccines

    Irene Greenhalgh, 83, considers herself a pretty computer-savvy senior, but even she got lost in a maze of websites and e-mails trying to get an appointment for her COVID-19 vaccine. One health provider’s e-mail provided links to...

    • Posted January 25, 2021
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  • Study Casts Doubt on ‘Early Warning’ System for Kidney Patients

    Electronic ‘early warning systems’ for kidney damage in hospital patients don’t improve outcomes, researchers say. These systems are meant to alert for acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI, a sudden decrease in the kidney’s filtration function, occurs in...

    • Posted January 25, 2021
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  • Daydreaming? Study Shows Where Your Brain Goes When You Do

    Researchers have found a way to track what your mind is doing when thoughts begin to wander. Using electroencephalograms (EEG) to measure brain activity while more than two dozen study participants did mundane attention tasks, the researchers...

    • Posted January 25, 2021
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  • Anxiety, Depression and Drinking: An Unhealthy Combo During the Pandemic

    People with anxiety and depression are more likely to step up their drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic than those without these mental health issues, an online survey revealed. Alcohol use grew the most among young people, but...

    • Posted January 25, 2021
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  • Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men

    Going into cardiac arrest at night can be particularly deadly, and now new research suggests that it might strike women more than men. Sudden cardiac arrest is an electrical malfunction that causes the heart to stop beating....

    • Posted January 25, 2021
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  • How Smoking Could Help Spur Breast Cancer’s Spread

    Here’s one reason why past or current smoking may handicap you if you are battling breast cancer: New research suggests that nicotine promotes the spread of the disease to your lungs. Smoking is known to increase the...

    • Posted January 25, 2021
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