All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Highlights: Feb. 20, 2020

    Pregnant Women Who Take Macrolide Antibiotics Have Increased Risk of Birth Defects: Study Woman Plays Violin During Brain Surgery

    • Posted February 20, 2020
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  • Stroke Risk High Among Blacks, Hispanics

    Blacks and Hispanics of Caribbean descent may have a much higher risk of stroke than whites, new research suggests. “Previous research has suggested that racial and ethnic disparities in stroke risk are greater at younger ages and...

    • Posted February 19, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: Feb. 19, 2020

    A Baby's Gender is 'Essentially Random' Japanese Couple on Delta Flight From Hawaii Diagnosed With Coronavirus

    • Posted February 19, 2020
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  • Babies’ Exposure to Household Cleaning Products Tied to Later Asthma Risk

    A key to your baby’s asthma risk may be as close as your laundry room. Canadian research shows that an infant’s exposure to household cleaning products in the first few months of life is tied to heightened...

    • Posted February 18, 2020
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  • Late Bedtimes in Preschool Years Could Bring Weight Gain

    Little ones who stay up late may have a higher risk of becoming overweight by the time they are school-age, a new study suggests. Researchers found that young children who routinely got to sleep after 9 p.m....

    • Posted February 18, 2020
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  • Women Patients Still Missing in Heart Research

    Women remain underrepresented in heart disease research, even though it’s the leading cause of death among women worldwide, researchers say. Women accounted for less than 40% of all people enrolled in cardiovascular clinical trials from 2010 through...

    • Posted February 18, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: Feb. 18, 2020

    Melanoma Cases Rising in U.S. Coronavirus Fears Trigger Attack on Asian-American Teen in California

    • Posted February 18, 2020
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  • AHA News: Diabetes, Alzheimer’s Together Might Increase Stroke Severity

    MONDAY, Feb. 17, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Bleeding strokes are the deadliest type of stroke and the hardest to treat. What might make matters worse is having both diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease versus either condition...

    • Posted February 17, 2020
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  • Kids Raised by Grandparents More Likely to Pile on Pounds: Study

    Grandparents can be a bad influence on kids’ weight, researchers say. That’s the upshot of an analysis of 23 studies conducted in the United States and eight other countries by a team from the Brown School at...

    • Posted February 17, 2020
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  • 1 in 4 Opioid ODs Involves Kids and Teens

    More than a quarter of all opioid overdoses in the United States involve teenagers, and a full fifth of those cases were likely suicide attempts, new research shows. The findings follow an in-depth analysis of nearly 754,000...

    • Posted February 17, 2020
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