All posts by LadyLively

  • FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure, marking a major step forward in cross-species transplantation. Two biotechnology companies, United Therapeutics Corporation and...

    • Posted February 4, 2025
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  • Parents Call for Water Bead Ban After Child’s Brain Injury

    They’re small, colorful and marketed as safe sensory toys but water beads have sent thousands of kids to the emergency room — and now, experts and parents want their sale to be banned. Water beads can expand...

    • Posted February 4, 2025
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  • Scientists Find More Microplastics in Human Brains

    Tiny microplastics are making their way into the human brain, and new research suggests the problem is getting worse. The new study, published Feb. 3 in the journal Nature, found that brain samples collected in 2024 contained...

    • Posted February 4, 2025
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  • Firearms Injuries Shot Up Following Pandemic, Study Says

    Hospitalizations for firearm injuries sharply increased in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic after years of steady decline, a new study says. Overall, 34% more people landed in the hospital for a gunshot injury in 2020 and...

    • Posted February 4, 2025
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  • Many Americans Misguided On Daily Aspirin, Survey Finds

    Many Americans don’t see anything wrong with taking daily low-dose aspirin, even though experts have concluded its risks outweigh its benefits, a new survey has found. Nearly half (48%) of people incorrectly think that the benefits of...

    • Posted February 4, 2025
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  • Heart Health At Risk For New Moms Of Twins

    New moms who’ve just had twins run a high risk of heart disease in the coming weeks and months, a new study suggests. Women have a doubled risk of hospitalization for heart problems within a year of...

    • Posted February 4, 2025
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  • Ultra-Processed Foods Make Up Nearly Half of Calories for Canadian Kids

    Canadian youngsters are munching loads of ultra-processed foods, increasing their lifelong risk of obesity, a new study says. “We saw that ultra-processed foods contributed to almost half of a child’s total daily energy intake,” senior researcher Kozeta...

    • Posted February 4, 2025
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  • Heart Patients Aren’t Taking Lifesaving Meds

    Drugs like blood thinners, cholesterol-lowering statins and blood pressure meds can protect the health and extend the lives of people with heart disease. But only if patients take the drugs — and many around the world aren’t,...

    • Posted February 4, 2025
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  • Key CDC Health Websites Vanish Following Trump Orders

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has taken down multiple health-related websites and datasets, including those on HIV, LGBTQ health and more, following executive orders from the Trump administration. The orders require federal agencies...

    • Posted February 3, 2025
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  • Severe Infections Double Risk of Heart Failure

    Landing in the hospital with COVID or the flu can put your heart health at dire risk, a new study suggests. Adults hospitalized for a severe infection are more than twice as likely to develop heart failure...

    • Posted February 3, 2025
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