All posts by LadyLively

  • COVID-19 Tied to Raised Risk of Post-Op Death: Study

    People infected with COVID-19 who need surgery have much higher odds of dying soon afterward, a new study finds. Infected patients who had surgery died at rates nearly equal to those of the sickest COVID-19 patients in...

    • Posted June 8, 2020
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  • Experts Optimistic in Search for COVID-19 Vaccine

    Americans are ready to rip off their face masks and just have a nice dinner in a restaurant, but the best shot at returning to normalcy — vaccines to prevent COVID-19 — will be in clinical trials...

    • Posted June 8, 2020
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  • HealthDay In-DepthThe AI Revolution: Giving Docs a Diagnostic Assist

    Back before coronavirus took over the headlines, every week seemed to bring another report about artificial intelligence besting human doctors at everything from diagnosing skin cancer to spotting pneumonia on chest X-rays. But these artificial intelligence (AI)...

    • Posted June 8, 2020
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  • New York City Reopens as Studies Show Lockdowns Worked

    New York City finally reopened its economy on Monday after being the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus pandemic for months, and a new study shows that stay-at-home orders may have been worth it, preventing nearly 60 million...

    • Posted June 8, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: June 8, 2020

    People Should Wear Masks if Unable to Social Distance: WHO Partnership Would Bypass Drug Industry to Sell Coronavirus Vaccine

    • Posted June 8, 2020
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  • Unseen Factors Help Us Find Lost Objects Faster: Study

    When you’re searching for a misplaced item, it’s helpful to think about its color, size and shape. But Johns Hopkins researchers say traits you can’t see also come into play. The researchers said that volunteers found everyday...

    • Posted June 7, 2020
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  • For Tasty Tomatoes, Either the Fridge or the Counter Is OK: Study

    How you store your tomatoes doesn’t affect the flavor — what really matters is the type of tomato you choose, researchers say. A team from the University of Göttingen in Germany investigated the differences in flavor of...

    • Posted June 6, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: June 5, 2020

    NIH Head Fears Some Will Bypass a COVID-19 Vaccine Two Studies Dispelling Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 Retracted by Researchers George Floyd Had Coronavirus, Autopsy Confirms

    • Posted June 5, 2020
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  • Pets: Big Pandemic Stress Reducers

    June is time for people to bond with their pets, the American Heart Association says. Throughout the month, the AHA encourages people to make pets part of their workday as routines shift during the coronavirus pandemic. Although...

    • Posted June 5, 2020
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  • High Blood Pressure Might Raise COVID-19 Death Risk

    Among patients in China with COVID-19, researchers found that those with high blood pressure had twice the risk of death from the coronavirus compared with patients who didn’t have high blood pressure. And patients with high blood...

    • Posted June 5, 2020
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