All posts by LadyLively

  • All 50 States Return to Business as Coronavirus Cases Near 92,000

    (HealthDay News) — All 50 states have started reopening their economies as of Wednesday, more than two months after the new coronavirus first forced America into lockdown. Connecticut will be among the last states to return to...

    • Posted May 20, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: May 20, 2020

    Sales of Johnson's Baby Powder Halted in U.S., Canada Annie Glenn, Widow of Astronaut John Glenn, Dies at Age 100 U.S. Births Hit 35-Year Low

    • Posted May 20, 2020
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  • Obesity Ups Odds for Dangerous Lung Clots in COVID-19 Patients

    Obesity makes COVID-19 worse and may lead to deadly blood clots in the lungs, a new study finds. The researchers said that obese patients with COVID-19 may have nearly three times the risk of developing what is...

    • Posted May 20, 2020
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  • Kids With Cancer Not at Greater Risk for Severe COVID-19

    Children with cancer don’t have a higher risk of being affected by COVID-19 or of having severe symptoms, a new study finds. “We are encouraged by these latest findings that kids with cancer are not more endangered...

    • Posted May 19, 2020
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  • As Americans Return to Work, How Will COVID Change the Workplace?

    (HealthDay News) –White-collar employees heading back to the office after months of sheltering at home are likely to find a drastically changed workplace in the wake of COVID-19, experts say. Until now, offices have been designed primarily...

    • Posted May 19, 2020
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  • COVID and Hypochondria: Online Therapy May Help Ease Fears

    This is not a good time to have hypochondria. For folks who routinely obsess about their health, the coronavirus crisis could greatly magnify their distress. But there’s some good news for them in this era of sheltering-in-place....

    • Posted May 19, 2020
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  • Trump Taking Drug Discredited as Safe or Effective Against Coronavirus

    Despite numerous studies suggesting that certain drugs touted by President Donald Trump as “game changers” against coronavirus are actually useless and even harmful, Trump on Monday claimed he has been taking one of them for more than...

    • Posted May 19, 2020
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  • Trump Tells WHO That U.S. Funding Will End if Changes Aren’t Made

    (HealthDay News) — President Donald Trump told the World Health Organization on Monday that the United States would permanently end all funding to the organization if it did not agree to make significant changes in the next...

    • Posted May 19, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: May 19, 2020

    Large Decline Seen in U.S. Childhood Vaccination Rates During Pandemic Use 'Extreme Caution' in Reopening Nursing Homes: CMS Pro Sports Should Plan to Resume Play: NY Governor Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine Appears Safe, Triggers Immune Response

    • Posted May 19, 2020
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  • Pulmonary Rehab Can Help People With COPD, So Why Do So Few Get It?

    Roughly 16 million Americans have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but only a fraction have access to a lifesaving treatment called pulmonary rehabilitation. COPD is a family of diseases, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, that make breathing...

    • Posted May 18, 2020
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