All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Tip: Treat a Sunburn

    Feeling like you’re getting a sunburn? Get out of the sun quickly and begin treating your skin, the American Academy of Dermatology advises. The burn eventually will heal, but getting a burn because you forgot to apply...

    • Posted June 27, 2018
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  • 5 Ways to Keep That Lost Weight Gone for Good

    Losing weight and keeping it off comes down to making permanent changes in the way you eat. Although many eating habits are formed in childhood, it’s never too late to improve. But you’ll need to reinforce them...

    • Posted June 26, 2018
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  • Aggressive Treatment Doesn’t Slow Type 2 Diabetes in Children: Study

    Early and aggressive drug treatment does not slow progression of type 2 diabetes in obese children, researchers say. The new study included 91 obese diabetes patients aged 10 to 19, who were divided into two groups. One...

    • Posted June 26, 2018
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  • Brain Tumor Patients May Have Unlikely Ally: the Polio Virus

    (HealthDay News) — An ancient scourge — the polio virus — may be an unexpected friend to people battling one of the deadliest brain cancers, new research shows. The new therapy uses a tweaked, harmless form of...

    • Posted June 26, 2018
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  • ‘Heat Zapping’ Kidney Tumors May Help Some Patients Avoid Surgery

    When kidney cancer strikes, surgical removal of the organ is often the standard course of action. But new research supports a nonsurgical approach for some patients: using a needle to “zap” kidney tumors away with either heat...

    • Posted June 26, 2018
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  • Artificial Pancreas Helps Hospitalized Type 2 Diabetics

    Using an artificial pancreas can help hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes maintain good blood sugar control, a new study suggests. That’s important because when diabetes isn’t managed well, high blood sugar levels can lengthen hospital stays...

    • Posted June 26, 2018
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  • Health Highlights: June 26, 2018

    Houston Hospital's Heart Transplant Program to Lose Medicaid Funding

    • Posted June 26, 2018
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  • Health Tip: Things to Consider Before Allergy Shots

    Allergy shots help ease symptoms for people who have chronic allergies. The shots contain small amounts of allergens to which the recipient reacts. After repeated exposure to the allergens, the immune system is better able to fight...

    • Posted June 26, 2018
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  • Families Need Summertime Sleep Schedules

    For many families, summer means longer days, less routine and more time outside. That’s not all good news, one expert says, because it could jumble a family’s sleeping habits. Even without the rigorous and often hectic school-year...

    • Posted June 26, 2018
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  • Sound Advice for a Sound Sleep

    Insomnia affects up to 15 percent of Americans, but sleeping pills aren’t the only — or the best — answer. A good sleep routine, exercise and mindfulness are all options to get the restorative sleep you need....

    • Posted June 25, 2018
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