All posts by LadyLively

  • Heat Waves Can Be Deadly for Seniors With Diabetes, Heart Disease

    Heatwaves are increasing with climate change, and that could mean more deaths among older people with diabetes or heart disease, new research shows. The study of U.S. veterans living in California found the largely male cohort vulnerable,...

    • Posted November 26, 2025
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  • Family Doctor Shortages in Rural America Are Getting Worse

    The shortage of primary care physicians in rural America was already bad in 2017. Now, new data finds the situation has only gotten worse in the years since. Between 2017 and 2023, the number of family physicians...

    • Posted November 26, 2025
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  • Pesticides Endanger People’s Good Gut Microbes

    Pesticides used on commercial farms, and even your backyard flower bed, could be harming the healthy bacteria that live in your gut, new research suggests.  And it’s not only pesticides: British researchers found that other chemicals ubiquitous...

    • Posted November 26, 2025
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  • Most Preschoolers Aren’t Getting Enough Daily Exercise, Study Finds

    Most kiddos ages 2 to 4 aren’t moving nearly enough each day, even when they attend preschool, a new UK study finds. Researchers tracked the activity levels of 419 preschoolers in England and Scotland using special activity...

    • Posted November 25, 2025
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  • How to Enjoy Holiday Meals Without Feeling Stuffed All Day

    Holiday meals have a way of sneaking up on party-goers. One bite of stuffing leads to a spoonful of potatoes… then suddenly the calories consumed have hit an all time high before the good stuff, like dessert,...

    • Posted November 25, 2025
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  • Pill Form of Semaglutide Fails to Slow Alzheimer’s in Large Trial

    A pill version of semaglutide, the ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, did not slow the progress of Alzheimer’s disease, drugmaker Novo Nordisk announced Monday. In two Phase 3 trials, researchers tested an oral form of semaglutide in...

    • Posted November 25, 2025
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  • New Female Crash Dummy Aims to Make Cars Safer for Women

    For decades, car safety tests were built around the body of an average man from the 1970s. Now, federal officials are taking a step to better protect women behind the wheel. The U.S. Transportation Department has approved...

    • Posted November 25, 2025
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  • GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drug in Pill Form Shows Promise in Trial

    New clinical trial results bode well for what could be the first GLP-1 weight loss drug taken as a pill, not by injection. The daily pill, orforglipron, is currently under investigation by drugmaker Eli Lilly, which funded...

    • Posted November 25, 2025
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  • Untreated Sleep Apnea Could Greatly Raise Odds for Parkinson’s

    Add one more malady to the potential risks from untreated sleep apnea: Parkinson’s disease. A new study involving 11 million U.S. veterans finds that a person’s odds of developing Parkinson’s nearly doubled if they were diagnosed with...

    • Posted November 25, 2025
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  • Most Americans Believe Obesity Is A Disease That Deserves Insurance Coverage, Poll Finds

    A large majority of Americans now view obesity as a disease whose management, surgical or pharmaceutical, should be covered by insurance, according to a new poll. The online Harris poll was conducted in October among nearly 4,200...

    • Posted November 25, 2025
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