All posts by LadyLively

  • Newer Epilepsy Meds Safe During Pregnancy, Won’t Affect Kids’ Neurodevelopment

    For decades, it’s been known that certain older medications women use to control epilepsy seizures can pose risks to a fetus.   However, data now suggests that no such risk exists for newer-generation anti-seizure meds. “We need...

    • Posted December 2, 2024
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  • CTE Plus Family History of Mental Illness Raises Odds for Aggression

    Concussion-related brain damage can combine with a family history of mental illness to make some athletes and military personnel prone to aggression and violence in middle age, a new study says.  People with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)...

    • Posted December 2, 2024
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  • Over 100,000 U.S. Youth Battle Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    MONDAY, Dec.2, 2024Cases of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are rising at an alarming rate among young Americans, a new study reveals. “Prevalence rates among the highest reported worldwide,” said researcher Dr. Michael Kappelman, a professor of...

    • Posted December 2, 2024
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  • Smoker or Former Smoker? Here Are 4 Key Things You Need to Know

    MONDAY, Dec.2, 2024Doctors have potent new weapons against the deadliest cancer in America and they want to make sure they’re on the radar of current and former smokers. “Lung cancer screening is the most powerful tool we...

    • Posted December 2, 2024
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  • Be Alert to Carbon Monoxide Dangers as Winter Storms Hit U.S.

    Winter storms that are bearing down on Americansalso bring a hidden killer in their wake: carbon monoxide. Experts at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are warning of the potentially lethal effects of carbon monoxide (CO),...

    • Posted November 30, 2024
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  • Drinking Lots of Water Really Is Good for You, Study Finds

    The collected evidence is in, and drinking about eight cups of water per day is, in fact, good for you. So says a University of California San Francisco team who crunched the data from 18 randomized controlled...

    • Posted November 29, 2024
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  • Most Americans Don’t Know Alcohol’s Links to Cancer

    Less than half of Americans realize that they’re increasing their risk of cancer with every beer, cocktail or shot of whiskey. Despite public health warnings about the links between drinking and cancer risk, this widespread lack of...

    • Posted November 29, 2024
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  • Kids From Poorer Homes May Have Worse Outcomes If MS Strikes

    A child from a poorer neighborhood is more prone to severe illness once they develop multiple sclerosis (MS) compared to children growing up in more affluent areas, new research shows. The study of 138 MS patients who’d...

    • Posted November 29, 2024
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  • Premature Birth Could Impact Life Span for Decades

    Premature babies not only face serious and immediate health consequences: New research shows they are also more likely to die early, a risk that persists into their 30s. “Understanding the long-term effects of preterm birth can help...

    • Posted November 29, 2024
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  • Twice-Yearly Injection 96% Effective in Preventing HIV Infection

    People whose partners have HIV must remember to take antiretroviral pills every single day or risk infection themselves. But researchers have come up with a way to avoid that daily hassle – an injectable drug that patients...

    • Posted November 28, 2024
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