All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Tip: Changing Diapers 101

    Changing your baby’s diaper may seem scary, but don’t worry. Within a few weeks, you can be an expert. Gather a clean diaper, wet wipes, a burp cloth and a safe place to change your baby before...

    • Posted November 19, 2019
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  • Diabetes Tougher on Women’s Hearts

    Diabetes might be more deadly for women than men, at least when it comes to heart troubles, new research shows. Heart disease occurs an average of 15 years earlier in people with diabetes, and is their main...

    • Posted November 18, 2019
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  • Gene Test Might Someday Gauge Your Cardiac Arrest Risk

    Sudden cardiac death is terrifying because it’s exactly that — one minute you’re fine and the next you’re facing death, with no warning and no prior symptoms. Now, new research shows the secret to who’s at risk...

    • Posted November 18, 2019
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  • Expensive Device Used in Heart Surgeries Might Pose Dangers: Study

    A pricey high-tech pump that maintains blood flow during heart procedures could be more dangerous to patients than its low-tech predecessor, a pair of new studies finds. The Impella device is associated with an increased risk of...

    • Posted November 18, 2019
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  • Health Highlights: Nov. 18, 2019

    Trump's Pledge to Ban Flavored E-Cigs Goes Up in Smoke Bipartisan Bill to Curb Drug Costs Backed by White House Quest Beef Cat Food Recalled New Sickle Cell Disease Drug Approved by FDA

    • Posted November 18, 2019
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  • Cheap, Older Gout Drug Could Be a Lifesaver After Heart Attack

    A cheap drug that’s been around for centuries as a gout treatment might also shield heart attack survivors from future heart crises, new trial results show. The drug, colchicine, is derived from a plant called the autumn...

    • Posted November 18, 2019
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  • Health Tip: Eat for Now, and the Future

    Sustainable eating practices — knowing where food comes from and how to sustain the sources — helps us plan for now and the future, says the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Looking past the supermarket...

    • Posted November 18, 2019
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  • Health Tip: What to Do If You Fall

    Tripping over a box or slipping on a wet floor could leave you with a broken bone. And a fall could easily send an older person to the hospital, says the National Institute on Aging. If you...

    • Posted November 18, 2019
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  • Study Casts Doubt on Angioplasty, Bypass for Many Heart Patients

    Bypass operations, angioplasty and the placement of artery-opening stents: For decades, millions of Americans have undergone these expensive, invasive procedures to help treat clogged vessels. However, the results of a large and long-awaited clinical trial suggests that,...

    • Posted November 17, 2019
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  • Fetroja Approved to Treat Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

    Label warns higher mortality found in critically ill patients with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections

    • Posted November 15, 2019
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