All posts by LadyLively

  • Some HRT Pills May Pose Special Risk for Blood Clots

    Certain hormone replacement therapy pills appear to increase the risk of heart disease and serious blood clots in women going through menopause, a new study says. Estrogen/progestin pills increased women’s risk of heart disease by 21% and...

    • Posted November 28, 2024
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  • Your Old Pacemaker Could Be Recycled to Save a Life

    Don’t let your surgeon toss your old heart pacemaker out with the trash.  Used pacemakers can be refurbished, researchers report, providing the potential for more people overseas to get the lifesaving devices. “Unlike in the United States,...

    • Posted November 28, 2024
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  • Scientists Develop Whole New Form of Effective Asthma Treatment

    Geoffrey Pointing says its hard to describe the distress of an asthma or COPD flare-up. “Honestly, when you’re having a flare up, it’s very difficult to tell anybody how you feel – you can hardly breathe,” Pointing,...

    • Posted November 28, 2024
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  • U.S. Abortion Numbers Dipped Slightly in 2022

    The rate and number of abortions among U.S. women took a slight dip in 2022 compared to 2021, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In late June of...

    • Posted November 27, 2024
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  • Ultraprocessed Foods Might Help Trigger Psoriasis

    Ultraprocessed foods have been linked to a myriad of health issues, and a new study suggests that the autoimmune skin disease psoriasis might be added to that list. “Results of this study showed an association between high...

    • Posted November 27, 2024
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  • Trump Picks Vaccine Mandate Critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head National Institutes of Health

    President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford health economist and critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the nation’s largest medical research agency, the National Institutes of Health. In a statement late...

    • Posted November 27, 2024
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  • Irregular Sleep Might Raise Odds for Heart Attack, Stroke

    Folks with irregular sleep patterns might have an increased risk of a heart attack or stroke, a new study says. People who doze off and wake up at extremely varied times day by day have a 26%...

    • Posted November 27, 2024
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  • Scientists Find Way to Deliver Medicines Across Brain’s Protective Barrier

    The blood-brain barrier is a natural membrane that protects your brain from toxins and germs. Unfortunately, this barrier also hampers the delivery of important medicines and therapies into the brain. But researchers now think they’ve figured out...

    • Posted November 27, 2024
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  • Soccer ‘Headers’ Could Pose Danger to Brains

    Bouncing a soccer ball off the head during play could be doing real damage to the brain, a new study suggests. MRI brain scans of male and female soccer athletes suggests that lots of “heading” could damage...

    • Posted November 27, 2024
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  • Zepbound Slashes Diabetes Risk in Obese Users

    The cutting-edge weight-loss drug Zepbound can protect obese people from developing type 2 diabetes, a new clinical trial has found. Zepbound reduced the risk of diabetes in obese prediabetic patients by more than 90% during a three-year...

    • Posted November 27, 2024
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