All posts by LadyLively

  • Silence Your Snore, Save Your Romance

    Roses are red, violets are blue, sleep experts have a Valentine’s Day gift idea for you. A box of chocolates and a candlelight dinner might seem romantic, but your partner might also embrace a lifestyle change: no...

    • Posted February 9, 2020
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  • Caregivers Give Short Shrift to Their Own Health

    More than 43 million American adults care for their loved ones every year, but a new survey shows they are more likely to neglect their own health in the process. The survey found that those who regularly...

    • Posted February 8, 2020
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  • For Patients on Blood Thinners, GI Bleeding May Signal Colon Cancer: Study

    Gastrointestinal bleeding in patients taking blood thinners for an irregular heartbeat should prompt doctors to check for colon cancer, a new study advises. Researchers looked at more than 125,000 patients in Denmark with the heart rhythm disorder...

    • Posted February 7, 2020
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  • Study Finds ‘No Clear Rationale’ for 45% of Antibiotic Prescriptions

    Nearly half of antibiotic prescriptions for Medicaid patients appear to be inappropriate, new research suggests. That kind of overprescribing raises risks for everyone, experts say, as bacteria gain more chances to mutate around the life-saving drugs. For...

    • Posted February 7, 2020
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  • There’s a Virus Spreading in U.S. That’s Killed 10,000: The Flu

    Folks fretting about the coronavirus are forgetting there’s another virus already running rampant in the United States, one that’s killed nearly 20 times as many people in this country alone. Influenza has already taken the lives of...

    • Posted February 7, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: Feb. 7, 2020

    Chinese Doctor Who Was Among First to Warn About Coronavirus Dies From the Virus Plant Therapy May Lower Workers' Stress U.S. Flavored E-Cigarette Products Ban Will Have Little Effect: Experts WHO Seeks $675 Million for Coronavirus Fight

    • Posted February 7, 2020
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  • Gene Variation May Protect Against Alzheimer’s: Study

    A breakthrough study has identified a class of natural gene variants that may protect against Alzheimer’s disease. For the study, researchers at University College London analyzed DNA from more than 10,000 people — half with Alzheimer’s and...

    • Posted February 6, 2020
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  • Workers With Cluster Headaches Take Twice as Many Sick Days

    People afflicted with cluster headaches miss work twice as often as colleagues without the debilitating headaches, a new study finds. Cluster headaches are extremely painful headaches that last from 15 minutes to three hours, for many days,...

    • Posted February 6, 2020
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  • Do Young Adults Really ‘Age Out’ of Heavy Drinking?

    During the late teens and early 20s, young people may booze it up a lot, but they eventually dial it back, right? A new study study confirms that drinking rates do tend to decrease after college age....

    • Posted February 6, 2020
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  • Health Highlights: Feb. 6, 2020

    U.S. Flavored E-Cigarette Products Ban Will Have Little Effect: Experts Kirk Douglas Dies at Age 103 WHO Seeks $675 Million for Coronavirus Fight Medical 'Yarn' Is Made From Human Skin

    • Posted February 6, 2020
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