All posts by LadyLively

  • Too Many Meds: ‘Polypharmacy’ Can Really Harm Alzheimer’s Patients

    Alzheimer’s disease patients prescribed fistfuls of daily drugs are at greater risk of harm, a new study warns. Patients with Alzheimer’s prescribed five or more daily medications suffer from more symptoms, falls and hospitalizations, and they are...

    • Posted November 4, 2024
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  • More Hot Flashes Could Mean Higher Odds for Type 2 Diabetes

    Menopausal women with frequent hot flashes and night sweats are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, a new study warns. Middle-aged women who regularly suffer those well-known symptoms of menopause are 50% more likely to wind...

    • Posted November 4, 2024
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  • New Approach to Fight Huntington’s Disease Shows Early Promise

    Huntington’s disease is a devastating, fatal neurological illness with little means of treatment, but a new study in mice offers a glimmer of hope. Huntington’s occurs when inherited genes cause key proteins to fold and clump together...

    • Posted November 4, 2024
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  • About 1 in 20 Women Use Marijuana During Pregnancy

    Although numerous studies have shown that marijuana use during pregnancy may harm both the fetus and a mom-to-be, almost 6% of women responding to a recent survey said they used weed while pregnant. That’s more than one...

    • Posted November 4, 2024
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  • Text-Messaging Program Helps Parents Keep Infants at Healthy Weight

    Text messages and other online feedback can help prevent obesity in very young children, a new study demonstrates. Kids had a healthier weight-for-height growth curve during their first two years if parents were offered electronic feedback on...

    • Posted November 4, 2024
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  • History of Concussion Could Raise a New Mom’s Odds for Mental Health Issues

    Women who’ve had concussions are more likely to suffer severe mental health problems following childbirth, a new study shows. A history of concussion increased a new mother’s risk of severe mental illness by 25%, after adjusting for...

    • Posted November 4, 2024
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  • Prepping for Colonoscopy? An Expert Offers Tips to Make Things Easier

    Everyone knows that colonoscopies save lives, but that doesn’t make drinking a lot of liquid laxatives in preparation for the procedure any less daunting. Luckily, one expert has some helpful tips on how to take some of...

    • Posted November 2, 2024
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  • Online Yoga Classes Can Ease Lower Back Pain

    Yoga can help ease chronic low back pain, even if the classes are conducted online, a new study shows. Guidelines recommend using physical therapy or yoga to treat lower back pain before moving on to painkillers, but...

    • Posted November 1, 2024
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  • Ozempic, Wegovy Could Help Ease Knee Arthritis Pain

    The GLP-1 drug semaglutide can help obese people manage debilitating knee arthritis, a new trial has found. People who received weekly injections of semaglutide — the active agent in the diabetes drug Ozempic and the weight-loss medication...

    • Posted November 1, 2024
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  • Weight-Loss Surgery for Teens Brings Lasting Benefit

    Hillary Fisher thinks receiving weight-loss surgery as a teenager put her on the path to a better life. Fisher is one of 260 teens who participated in a long-term study which recently concluded that weight-loss surgery can...

    • Posted November 1, 2024
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