All posts by LadyLively

  • How Blood Sugar Changes Affect Thinking in Folks With Type 1 Diabetes

    In people with type 1 diabetes, fluctuations in blood sugar levels can affect thinking skills in various ways, new research shows. Researchers looked specifically at what’s known as cognitive processing speed (how fast people process incoming information)...

    • Posted March 18, 2024
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  • Science Has Created a Cow That Produces Insulin in Its Milk

    There may be an unexpected fix for ongoing shortages of insulin: A brown bovine in Brazil recently made history as the first transgenic cow able to produce human insulin in her milk. “Mother Nature designed the mammary...

    • Posted March 18, 2024
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  • Weed Plus Cigarettes Takes Toll on High Schoolers’ Grades

    High school students who use tobacco and cannabis products miss more school and have lower grades than classmates who use them individually or not at all. That’s the conclusion of a study by researchers at UC Davis...

    • Posted March 18, 2024
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  • Women More Prone to Go Into Shock After Car Crashes Than Men

    After a car crash, women are more likely to go into shock than men, even when their injuries are less severe, new research shows. “Women are arriving to the trauma bay with signs of shock more often...

    • Posted March 18, 2024
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  • Household Foods Get Less Healthy as Babies Age Into Toddlers

    Over the first few years of a child’s life, foods found in a family’s fridge and cupboards tends to get less healthy, new research shows. “We found significant changes in several food categories over time,” said study...

    • Posted March 18, 2024
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  • Could Biofeedback Help Ease Long COVID?

    Breathing and relaxation techniques may offer relief to some patients battling Long COVID. In a new, small study of 20 patients, biofeedback therapy relieved both the physical and psychological symptoms of Long COVID, researchers said. Many participants...

    • Posted March 18, 2024
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  • How to Check Your Home for Bedbugs

    Nothing can spoil a vacation’s sweet afterglow more than discovering that some unwelcome hitchhikers have accompanied you home. Bedbugs — tiny, reddish-brown insects that feed on blood — are notorious luggage stowaways that can quickly infest your...

    • Posted March 16, 2024
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  • FDA Approves First Drug for Common, Serious Liver Disease

    Millions of Americans whose livers develop scar tissue due to a common disease now have the first approved drug, Rezdiffra, to treat the condition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday. The condition is called non-cirrhotic...

    • Posted March 15, 2024
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  • Teen Pregnancy May Raise Risk of Early Death

    Teen pregnancy can change the trajectory of one’s life, but now a new study suggests it could also shorten that life. Canadian researchers report that women who were pregnant as teenagers were more likely to die before they...

    • Posted March 15, 2024
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  • Eating Healthy Slows ‘Aging Clock,’ Helping to Shield Your Brain From Dementia

    Scientists have long noticed that folks who eat healthy have healthier brains as they age, including lowered odds for dementia. Now, researchers believe they know why: Regimens like the heart-healthy Mediterranean or DASH diets appear to slow...

    • Posted March 15, 2024
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