All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Tip: Suggestions For a Better Night’s Sleep

    Not getting enough sleep? It’s probably hurting your health. The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke suggests how to improve your sleep: Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, even...

    • Posted June 19, 2018
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  • Health Tip: Choose Protective Sunglasses

    It is important to protect your eyes from sun-related ultraviolet damage. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggests how: Choose sunglasses that block at least 99 percent of both UV-A and UV-B rays. Wear sunglasses every day, even...

    • Posted June 19, 2018
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  • Psychiatric Drug Lithium Tied to Birth Defect Risk

    Using the psychiatric drug lithium early in pregnancy may raise the risk of birth defects — but not as much as previously thought, a large new study suggests. Researchers found that women who used lithium during the...

    • Posted June 19, 2018
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  • Exercise Options That Double as Stress-Busters

    Exercise is a known stress buster, and different disciplines relax and tone you in a variety of ways. So, you can pick and choose from many types of exercise to go beyond physical fitness to better mental...

    • Posted June 18, 2018
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  • Today’s Sleepy Teens May Be Tomorrow’s Heart Patients

    Most kids don’t get enough sleep, and that may put them on a path to future heart trouble, a new study finds. Young teens who slept less than seven hours a night tended to have more body...

    • Posted June 18, 2018
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  • Health Highlights: June 18, 2018

    NIH Cancels Large Alcohol/Heart Health Study California Health Agency Seeks to Reassure People About Coffee Compulsive Video Gaming a Mental Health Condition: WHO

    • Posted June 18, 2018
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  • Health Tip: Travel-Related Ills May Surface After You Return

    Just because you’ve returned home from a trip abroad doesn’t mean you can’t get sick, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Here are the agency’s suggestions for what to do when you get back home:...

    • Posted June 18, 2018
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  • Health Tip: Soothing Baby During Teething

    Teething is a normal part of an infant’s life, but it doesn’t come without some pain and discomfort. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cautions against applying medication directly to the gums. Products such as the numbing...

    • Posted June 18, 2018
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  • Health Highlights: June 15, 2018

    First Generic Under-the-Tongue Opioid Addiction Treatment Approved by FDA Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Eggs is Over: CDC

    • Posted June 15, 2018
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  • Strategies to Avoid Sunburn

    If you could protect yourself from cancer, you’d do it, right? Yet most Americans still aren’t taking the easiest step to prevent the most commonly diagnosed type — skin cancer, which will affect one in five people...

    • Posted June 15, 2018
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