All posts by LadyLively

  • 1 in 5 College Students So Stressed They Consider Suicide

    College can be so stressful that many students think about killing themselves, and some even try, a new study suggests. Among more than 67,000 students surveyed, over 20 percent said they experienced stressful events in the last...

    • Posted September 10, 2018
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  • Health Highlights: Sept. 10, 2018

    Oxycontin's Maker Now Selling Drug to Curb Opioid Addiction Star-Studded 'Stand Up to Cancer' Telethon Raises $123 Million

    • Posted September 10, 2018
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  • Health Tip: It’s Back to School Time

    As teens and children re-enter the classroom after summer vacation, it’s time for parents and teachers to instill healthy behaviors that should last into adulthood. That means discouraging alcohol use, drug use and violence, which studies have...

    • Posted September 10, 2018
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  • Health Tip: Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease

    Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. About one in four women is predicted to die from heart disease, the agency laments....

    • Posted September 10, 2018
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  • Acing Intro to College Life

    Starting college can be daunting, but there are a number of things new students can do to ease into this experience, a psychologist suggests. “As freshman — and their parents — begin the first semester of college,...

    • Posted September 9, 2018
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  • Tennis Skills Decline Equally in Male, Female Pros

    With the U.S. Open championship set to conclude Sunday in New York City, a new study shows that male and female professional tennis players have the same rate of age-related declines in physical ability. This was a...

    • Posted September 8, 2018
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  • Say No to Yo-Yo Dieting

    New to weight loss or tired of yo-yo dieting? Learning “stability skills” first may lead to greater long-term weight loss success. Many dieters regain up to 50 percent of the weight they lose within a year because...

    • Posted September 7, 2018
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  • LGBT Americans Typically Poorer Than Straight Peers: Study

    LGBT people in the United States are more likely than their straight counterparts to be poor, and this is especially true for women, a new study says. Wealth plays a key role in health and well-being, and...

    • Posted September 7, 2018
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  • Sleep Apnea Often Missed in Black Americans

    Sleep apnea is common — but rarely diagnosed — among black Americans, researchers say. The new study included 852 black men and women, average age 63, in Jackson, Miss., who were participants in the Jackson Heart Sleep...

    • Posted September 7, 2018
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  • Health Highlights: Sept. 7, 2018

    Southwest Airlines Passengers May Have Been Exposed to Measles Diet, Exercise Help Reduce Overweight Women's Pregnancy Weight Gain: Study Actor Burt Reynolds Dies at 82 Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Reaches Settlement in False Ad Lawsuit

    • Posted September 7, 2018
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