All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Tip: How to Help Your Child Develop Healthy Relationships

    Quality friendships are crucial in developing your child’s personality and self-esteem. As a child grows older, while parents can no longer select a child’s friends, they can arm the child with tools to choose friends wisely. The...

    • Posted May 21, 2018
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  • Health Tip: Pay Attention to Nutritional Information

    It’s important to look for and understand the nutritional information for any product you eat or drink, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. People often underestimate the number of calories they consume when they eat out....

    • Posted May 21, 2018
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  • Wanna Look Cool? Give Smiling a Shot

    If you want to look cool, try smiling, researchers suggest. Their advice counters the popular belief that showing no expression is the way to be cool. The University of Arizona researchers asked volunteers to look at clothing...

    • Posted May 20, 2018
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  • Tasty, Healthy Alternatives to Sandwich Bread

    Sandwiches make convenient lunches, but those two slices of bread can really eat into your day’s calorie allotment. What’s more, typical white bread doesn’t provide much in the way of nutrients. If you’re trying to cut down...

    • Posted May 18, 2018
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  • When Temperatures Fall, Heart Attack Risk May Rise

    Colder weather may raise the risk for a heart attack, a preliminary study suggests. Researchers in Taiwan found that heart attack rates fluctuated seasonally, with more occurring in winter than summer. When the temperature fell below 59...

    • Posted May 18, 2018
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  • Dilemma for Cancer Patients as Life-Saving Meds Are Tied to Vision Loss

    A newer type of cancer treatment may offer the chance of longer survival, but the drugs could also trigger new side effects, such as vision problems. New research reports on three cases of a potentially vision-threatening eye...

    • Posted May 18, 2018
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  • FDA Approves First Drug Aimed at Preventing Migraines

    The millions of Americans who suffer from migraine may have a new source of hope — the first drug aimed at preventing the headaches gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval on Thursday. Researchers have found that...

    • Posted May 18, 2018
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  • Health Highlights: May 18, 2018

    House Votes to Let Vets Seek More Care Outside VA U.S. Surgeon General Comes to the Rescue for Airline Passenger Egg Farm at Center of Salmonella Outbreak Had Rodents: FDA

    • Posted May 18, 2018
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  • Health Tip: Plan Your Child’s Chores

    Daily chores give a child a sense of responsibility and help the child understand that life is a mix of work and play, the American Academy of Pediatrics says. Chores should be appropriate for the child’s age,...

    • Posted May 18, 2018
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  • Health Tip: Understanding Periodic Limb Movement Syndrome

    Periodic limb movementsare repetitive movements that typically occur in the lower limbs every 20-40 seconds during sleep, the National Sleep Foundation says. The actions may resemble muscle twitches, jerking movements or upward flexing of the feet. Episodes...

    • Posted May 18, 2018
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