All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Highlights: Nov. 14, 2017

    Trump Picks Former Drug Company Executive to Lead HHS U.S. Army Loosens Rules on People With History of Certain Mental Health Issues Disneyland Shuts 2 Cooling Towers After Legionnaires' Disease Bill Gates Donates $50 Million to Alzheimer's Research Aaron Hernandez' Brain...

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  • FDA OKs First ‘Digital Pill’ That Lets Doctors Know It’s Been Taken

    Offering both the promise of better patient compliance with health care, but also fears of a medical “Big Brother,” a newly approved “digital pill” allows physicians to track whether or not it’s been ingested by patients. The...

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  • Help for Seasonal Depression

    As many as 20 percent of Americans get the winter blues when days grow shorter. For instance, you might feel blue around the holidays because of stress or if loved ones are far away. It’s usually mild...

    • Posted November 14, 2017
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  • Try This Diet to Lower Your Risk of Heart Failure

    Your heart will thank you if you stick to a mostly plant-based diet, a new preliminary study suggests. Researchers evaluated five dietary patterns. They found that people who ate a plant-based diet most of the time had...

    • Posted November 14, 2017
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  • Swings in Blood Pressure Can Pose Long-Term Dangers

    Everyone knows that sustained high blood pressure does no favors for your heart or life span. But new research suggests that up-and-down shifts in blood pressure may be equally hazardous to your health. “The takeaway from the...

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  • America’s Love Affair With Sugary Sodas Is Fading

    Consumption of sodas and other sweet drinks — a big source of sugar in Americans’ diets — has dropped in the past decade among both kids and adults, researchers find. Overall, the number of adults who said...

    • Posted November 14, 2017
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  • Health Tip: Spread Awareness of the Opioid Epidemic

    The number of overdose deaths from prescription and illegal opioid drugs has more than quadrupled since 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. You can do your part to help reverse the trend by...

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  • Uninsured Heart Patients Often Face Daunting Bills

    A life-threatening heart emergency can spell financial doom for people who don’t have health insurance, a pair of new studies shows. Around 4 out of 5 uninsured patients hospitalized for a heart attack, stroke or heart bypass...

    • Posted November 14, 2017
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  • Motor On, Heart Patients: Electric Cars Don’t Harm Cardiac Implants

    Heart patients who’ve bought an all-electric Tesla need not worry that their car might interfere with their implanted defibrillator. That’s the finding from a new study of 34 seniors who had the devices, which help guard against...

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  • Holiday Parties Minus the Calorie Crunch

    Holiday parties are fun social gatherings, but they can also be diet disasters. Here’s how to enjoy yourself while sparing yourself hundreds of extra calories. First, eat healthy in the hours leading up to the party. Focus...

    • Posted November 13, 2017
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