All posts by LadyLively

  • Mouse Study Yields Clues to Why Psoriasis Worsens

    Australian researchers say they have identified a gene mutation that causes the skin disease psoriasis. A chronic inflammatory condition, psoriasis causes red, scaly, itchy patches on the skin. Some patients also develop psoriatic arthritis, a condition marked...

    • Posted March 25, 2024
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  • Even Slight Rise in One Gut Microbe Might Keep You Out of the Hospital

    Even a slight rise in a specific type of beneficial gut bacteria can help people ward off serious infections, a new study reports. For every 10% increase in butyrate-producing bacteria in a patient’s gut, their risk of...

    • Posted March 25, 2024
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  • Your Dog May Understand Words for Certain Objects

    It’s well-known that dogs can learn words for spoken commands like “sit,” “stand” and “heel.” But a new study has found they also can tell their “ball-ball” from their “dolly,” “teddy,” “chewy” or “squeaky squeak.” Brain scans...

    • Posted March 25, 2024
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  • Do You Need to Take Supplements If You Eat a Healthy Diet?

    Vitamin supplements are a big business, with Americans spending roughly $45 billion out of more than $177 billion worldwide on pills, gummies and powders meant to boost health. About 59 million Americans regularly use some type of...

    • Posted March 25, 2024
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  • Catherine, Princess of Wales, Announces She Has Cancer

    Catherine, Princess of Wales, announced Friday that she has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun chemotherapy treatments. The news, which she disclosed in a video released by Kensington Palace, came after days of speculation about her...

    • Posted March 22, 2024
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  • Medicare to Cover Wegovy When Patients Also Have Heart Disease

    Medicare will now cover the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy if patients using it also have heart disease, U.S. officials announced Thursday. The move comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s application to add...

    • Posted March 22, 2024
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  • Nerve Treatment Could Help Ease Diabetic Neuropathy

    A surgical treatment used to treat conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome and back sciatica might also help relieve the pain of patients with diabetic neuropathy, a new study finds. Surgical nerve decompression significantly eased pain among a...

    • Posted March 22, 2024
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  • Rare Condition Makes Others’ Faces Appear ‘Demonic’

    Some people diagnosed with schizophrenia might instead be suffering from a rare visual condition that can cause other people’s faces to appear “demonic,” a new study argues. The condition, called prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), can cause others’ facial features...

    • Posted March 22, 2024
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  • Drug Could Extend Survival for Uterine Cancer Patients

    An already approved cancer drug could be an effective treatment for women with advanced, recurring uterine cancer, a new clinical trial shows. Rucaparib, which belongs to a class of drugs called PARP inhibitors, extended women’s survival for...

    • Posted March 22, 2024
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  • Working-Age Americans Are Dying at Much Higher Rates Than Peers in Other Wealthy Nations

    Working stiffs in the United States are dying at higher rates than those in other wealthy nations, a new study finds. Death rates among working-age Americans are 2.5 times higher than the average of other high-income countries,...

    • Posted March 22, 2024
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