All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Highlights: Feb. 20, 2019

    New Test Quickly Diagnoses Sepsis New Kaiser Permanente Medical School to Waive Tuition for First Five Classes of Students Cereals Recalled Due to Undeclared Gluten Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Raw Turkey Products Now at 279 Cases: CDC

    • Posted February 20, 2019
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  • Health Tip: 10 Ways to Encourage Kids to Eat Healthier

    There are plenty of ways to encourage kids to eat more fruits and vegetables, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says. Here are the agency’s suggestions: Create smoothies with fat-free or low-fat yogurt with fruit pieces and crushed...

    • Posted February 20, 2019
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  • Health Tip: Eat Less Salt

    Everyone needs some salt to help maintain the body’s balance of fluids. But too much salt may cause you to retain fluids and raise your blood pressure, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. About 75 percent...

    • Posted February 20, 2019
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  • Exercises to Build Your Upper Body Strength

    Upper body strength is important at every age, but you don’t need to be a bodybuilder to benefit from working your pectoral, or chest, muscles. For a study sponsored by the American Council on Exercise, scientists from...

    • Posted February 19, 2019
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  • Codeine: An Opioid Threat to Kids

    Codeine is one of the drugs at the center of the opioid epidemic affecting adults and teens across the United States. There are also concerns about its effects on very young children — not addiction, but life-threatening...

    • Posted February 19, 2019
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  • Primary Care Doctors Help Boost Life Spans, But More Are Needed

    More primary care doctors mean longer life for patients, but a shortage of these physicians is looming, a new study finds. Why? Fewer medical students are choosing primary care as a career, mostly because of money, the...

    • Posted February 19, 2019
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  • Don’t Open Medical Pot Dispensaries Near Schools: Poll

    While the vast majority of American parents support legal medical marijuana, they want pot dispensaries banned near schools or day care centers, according to a new national survey. The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital poll was conducted by...

    • Posted February 19, 2019
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  • Possible Parkinson’s ‘Pandemic’ Looms: Report

    The number of people living with Parkinson’s disease worldwide could double in the next two decades, experts project. In a report warning of a possible Parkinson’s “pandemic,” researchers say the stage is set for cases to surge...

    • Posted February 19, 2019
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  • Health Highlights: Feb. 18, 2019

    Immunotherapies Prove Their Mettle Against Kidney Cancer Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Deer in 24 States

    • Posted February 19, 2019
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  • Health Tip: Raise Your Chances of Having a Baby

    Infertility affects about 1 in 10 couples that are trying to have a baby, the U.S. National Institutes of Health says. Advancing age is a prime cause of infertility, but there are other factors that are more...

    • Posted February 19, 2019
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