All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Tip: Tongue Scrapers Won’t Prevent Bad Breath: Experts

    There is no scientific evidence that tongue scraping will prevent bad breath, the American Dental Association says. Such devices may clean the tongue, but the bacteria that cause bad breath can grow back very quickly, the ADA...

    • Posted August 17, 2018
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  • New Drug of Last Resort Tackles Resistant HIV

    HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is typically a manageable infection, but medications that keep the virus at bay don’t work for everyone. Now, researchers have developed a new medication to help them. The U.S. Food and...

    • Posted August 16, 2018
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  • Research Links Long-Banned Insecticide DDT to Autism

    High levels of exposure to the insecticide DDT in women seems to more than double the risk of autism in their children, new research suggests. The study looked for a link between the development of autism and...

    • Posted August 16, 2018
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  • U.S. Opioid Epidemic Fueling Life Expectancy Decline

    The opioid epidemic may be a major reason for recent declines in Americans’ life expectancy, a new study says. A second study found rising death rates among Americans ages 25 to 64, but cited a number of...

    • Posted August 16, 2018
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  • Why Friendships Matter

    Your calendar might be filled with play-dates for your kids, but it’s important to ink in some get-togethers of your own. Existing friendships may take a back seat to other priorities, and making new friends might seem...

    • Posted August 16, 2018
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  • Health Tip: Keep Diabetic Feet Healthier

    People who have diabetes often have foot problems that, if severe enough, can lead to amputation of a toe or the entire foot. But by taking care of your feet every day and by watching your blood...

    • Posted August 16, 2018
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  • Health Tip: Recognize Symptoms of Gallstones

    Gallstones are hardened deposits of digestive fluid that form in the gallbladder. The gallbladder contains a fluid called bile that is released in the small intestine to aid digestion. Gallstones can vary from the size of a...

    • Posted August 16, 2018
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  • Breast Cancer Drug Promising in Phase 3 Trial

    For women with advanced breast cancer who carry the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, an experimental drug could improve survival, a new study suggests. The BRCA mutations are linked with a greater risk for aggressive breast and...

    • Posted August 16, 2018
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  • Here’s What Predicts a Woman’s Odds of Living Till 90

    Women whose mothers lived a long and healthy life have a good chance of doing the same, a new study suggests. A long-term study of about 22,000 postmenopausal women in the United States found that those whose...

    • Posted August 15, 2018
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  • Secondhand Smoke Exposure as Kids Tied to Women’s Arthritis

    Women who were regularly exposed to secondhand smoke as children might be at slightly increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis, a new study hints. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the...

    • Posted August 15, 2018
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