All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Tip: Parenting Adopted Teens

    Teenagers often struggle with questions of identity. For adopted teens, the struggle may be harder than it is for their non-adopted peers. When dealing with questions of identity, the Children Welfare Information Gateway suggests: Talk to your...

    • Posted March 18, 2019
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  • Despite Big Heart Benefits, Far Too Many Skip Statins

    People who’ve already had a heart attack or stroke can cut their odds for another one in half if they regularly take cholesterol-lowering statins. Yet new research found that only about 6 percent of patients take these...

    • Posted March 16, 2019
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  • Funding Gap Leaves Women Scientists at a Lifelong Disadvantage: Study

    Women scientists get less early-career research funding from the U.S. government than men, which can put them at a disadvantage for the rest of their careers, a new study says. Researchers analyzed grants given by the U.S....

    • Posted March 15, 2019
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  • AHA News: Overweight Kids at Higher Risk for Blood Clots as Adults

    FRIDAY, March 15, 2019 (American Heart Association News) — Overweight children may be more likely than normal-weight children to develop life-threatening blood clots as adults, a new Danish study suggests. The good news is, getting to a...

    • Posted March 15, 2019
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  • Human Ancestors’ Diet Led You to Pronounce Your F’s and V’s

    Think of it as another example of a refined palate. The ability to make speech sounds such as “f” and “v” is due to diet-led changes in humans’ bite, researchers say. The range of speech sounds people...

    • Posted March 15, 2019
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  • Should You Get Pills or Surgery for A-Fib?

    Many older Americans have the worrisome and potentially dangerous irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation, or “a-fib,” and they’re typically offered medicines or a surgery called ablation to correct it. Which works best? Two new trials may...

    • Posted March 15, 2019
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  • Heart Care Guidelines Rarely Backed by Top-Notch Science

    Precious few treatment guidelines for heart patients are supported by the best scientific evidence, a new study shows. Less than one in 10 recommendations are based on results from multiple randomized controlled trials (considered the “gold standard”),...

    • Posted March 15, 2019
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  • Even Housework, Gardening Can Help an Older Woman’s Heart

    Think exercise has to be high-intensity to make a difference to your health? Think again. New research shows that even routine housework and gardening can help older women’s hearts. “For older women, any and all movement counts...

    • Posted March 15, 2019
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  • Heart Attacks Fall By One-Third Among Older Americans

    A groundbreaking new study holds heartening news for older Americans. Since the mid-1990s, the number of seniors who suffered a heart attack or died from one dropped dramatically — evidence that campaigns to prevent heart attacks and...

    • Posted March 15, 2019
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  • Heart-Breaking News for Egg Lovers

    Eggs may not be all they’ve been cracked up to be. A new study says eggs are a major source of dietary cholesterol and that cholesterol in the diet ups the risk of heart disease and premature...

    • Posted March 15, 2019
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