All posts by LadyLively

  • Dogs Can Get Lyme Disease, Too

    People worry about contracting Lyme disease from ticks, but they should be concerned for their furry friends as well, veterinarians say. Dogs throughout the United States are increasingly vulnerable to the tick-borne illness, say experts from the...

    • Posted April 29, 2024
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  • Spinal Cord Injury Damages Metabolism, and Scientists Now Know Why

    Patients with a spinal cord injury frequently develop diabetes and heart health problems, and researchers now think they know why. It appears that neuron activity following the injury causes belly fat to break down into compounds that...

    • Posted April 29, 2024
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  • Syphilis Is Increasingly Displaying Atypical, Severe Symptoms

    Syphilis cases are on the rise in the United States, and doctors in Chicago say they are increasingly seeing cases that don’t display typical symptoms, such as rash or skin ulcers. Instead, patients are presenting with headaches...

    • Posted April 29, 2024
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  • Climate Change Could Be Good News for Viruses Like COVID

    MONDAY, April 29, 2024 — Climate change — and closed windows — could be aiding the spread of airborne viruses like the one that causes COVID-19, a new study suggests. Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the...

    • Posted April 29, 2024
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  • Vaccines Have Saved 154 Million Lives, Mostly Babies, Over Past 50 Years

    Global vaccination efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives, including 101 million infants, a new study led by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows. Immunization has contributed more to the health and survival of newborns than...

    • Posted April 29, 2024
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  • Scientists Discover Cause of Rare Movement Disorder

    Researchers have conclusively identified the genetic cause of a rare, progressive movement disorder. A rare extra-long version of a gene appears to cause nerve cells to become poisoned by toxic proteins in people with spinocerebellar ataxia 4...

    • Posted April 29, 2024
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  • Smokers, Former Smokers May Gain From Switch to Plant-Based Diet

    Current and former smokers might lower their risk for emphysema if they adopt a highly nutritional plant-based diet, a new study shows. People with a history of smoking who adopted a plant-based diet had a 56% lower...

    • Posted April 29, 2024
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  • USDA Gets Tougher on Salmonella in Raw Breaded Chicken Products

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture is clamping down on salmonella bacteria found in breaded, stuffed raw chicken products, with the agency issuing a final rule on the issue Friday. The agency’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)...

    • Posted April 26, 2024
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  • Fragments of Bird Flu Virus Found in 1 in 5 Milk Samples

    Bits of bird flu virus have been discovered in roughly 20% of retail milk samples tested in a national survey, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The finding suggests that bird flu has spread far...

    • Posted April 26, 2024
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  • Clients Got HIV Through ‘Vampire Facial’ Microneedling Treatments

    FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 (HealthDay) — Between 2018 and the spring of 2023, a cluster of clients who had gotten ‘vampire facial’ microneedling skin treatments at a New Mexico spa were diagnosed with HIV, probably via poorly...

    • Posted April 26, 2024
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