All posts by LadyLively

  • Child Car Seat Safety Tip: Skip Puffy Winter Coats

    Puffy coats have their place, but it’s not inside a car seat. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers a variety of tips for keeping your little ones safe and warm while traveling by car. The first...

    • Posted January 23, 2021
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  • UK Prime Minister Says British COVID Variant May Be More Deadly

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Friday that a new, more infectious coronavirus variant first spotted in the United Kingdom late last year could also be more lethal. The new variant, which has since been found...

    • Posted January 22, 2021
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  • FDA Approves First Once-a-Month HIV Therapy

    The first monthly shots to treat adults with HIV were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Currently, the standard of care for patients with HIV includes patients taking daily pills to adequately manage...

    • Posted January 22, 2021
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  • Half of Americans Still Not Wearing Masks When Out in Public: Poll

    Though masks are effective in stopping the spread of COVID-19, half of Americans don’t wear them when mixing with the public. That’s a key takeaway from the ongoing study of more than 6,000 U.S. adults by researchers...

    • Posted January 22, 2021
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  • For Maximum Effectiveness, De-Stress and Get Healthy Before Your COVID Shot

    Not many people have had the opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine yet. But while you wait your turn, there are some steps you can take to give the vaccine — whichever brand you get — a...

    • Posted January 22, 2021
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  • AHA News: Anxiety Is Linked With Smoking – But How Is Still Hazy

    FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — In these stressful pandemic times, health experts have more reason to circle back to the link between anxiety and smoking: Does anxiety cause people to smoke? Or does...

    • Posted January 22, 2021
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  • Biden Warns of 500,000 COVID Deaths by February

    As President Joe Biden began to enact key parts of his ambitious pandemic response plan on Thursday, he warned Americans that the coronavirus death toll in this country could top 500,000 by February. “Let me be very...

    • Posted January 22, 2021
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  • Health Highlights: Jan. 22, 2021

    Dr. Anthony Fauci Feels ‘Liberated’ in Biden Administration After nearly a year of being muzzled about the coronavirus pandemic by the Trump administration, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that it’s “liberating” to be part of an administration...

    • Posted January 22, 2021
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  • For Rising Number of People, Obesity Is a Literal Headache

    As worldwide obesity rates continue to soar, new research shows that growing numbers of people are developing a potentially blinding type of weight-linked headache that was once considered rare. Though the study was conducted in Wales, one...

    • Posted January 22, 2021
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  • Even When Cancer Is in Remission, Patients’ Risks of Severe COVID Rise

    Your cancer has gone into remission, so you breathe a sigh of relief as you try to navigate the coronavirus pandemic safely. Not so fast, says new research that finds even cancer patients in remission still have...

    • Posted January 22, 2021
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