All posts by LadyLively

  • Nutrition Labels Only Slightly Effective in Cutting Calories

    It’s easy these days to see how many calories a cheeseburger will set you back, or how many added sugars are in a jar of pasta sauce. But nutrition labels haven’t been as helpful at helping people...

    • Posted January 23, 2025
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  • Higher Stroke Risk Among Children of Divorce

    A broken home seems to set a ticking time bomb in the brains of some children of divorce. Seniors have a 61% higher risk of stroke if their parents divorced when they were children or teenagers, researchers...

    • Posted January 23, 2025
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  • Federal Judge Revives Legal Effort To Limit Access to Abortion Pill

    Efforts to limit access to the abortion drug mifepristone have received a boost from a federal judge who took the bench during President Donald Trump’s first term. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that Missouri, Kansas and...

    • Posted January 22, 2025
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  • FDA Approves Spravato Nasal Spray for Treatment-Resistant Depression

    Drug is the first and only approved monotherapy for refractory major depressive disorder

    • Posted January 22, 2025
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  • High-Fiber Diets Linked to Gut Health & Fewer Harmful Bacteria

    Could eating more fiber be the key to a healthier gut? Research suggests the answer is yes. The findings, published recently in the journal Nature Microbiology, analyzed gut microbiomes from more than 12,000 people in 45 countries....

    • Posted January 22, 2025
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  • Trump-Era HHS Website Makes Term ‘Abortion’ Harder To Find

    Abortion information is disappearing from federal government websites, signaling potential changes in abortion under the second Trump administration.  ReproductiveRights.gov, a site launched under the Biden administration to provide resources on abortion and contraception, now redirects to an...

    • Posted January 22, 2025
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  • Trump Ends Push To Slash Prescription Drug Costs

    With a sweep of the pen, President Donald Trump has ended a Biden administration effort to lower the cost of prescription drugs for people on Medicare and Medicaid. Trump’s order, signed shortly after his inauguration on Monday,...

    • Posted January 22, 2025
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  • Medicare to Negotiate Prices for 15 More Drugs, Including Ozempic

    Medicare will soon negotiate prices for 15 more drugs as part of an effort to reduce costs for seniors and people with disabilities, federal health officials announced in a news release. The negotiations, made possible by the...

    • Posted January 22, 2025
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  • “Chameleon” Immune Cells Linked To Severe Asthma

    A set of chameleon-like immune cells could be contributing to severe asthma in some patients. Intermediate group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) appear to be able to get around cutting-edge asthma treatments by transforming into another type...

    • Posted January 22, 2025
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  • Overactive Bladder Diagnoses Tripled, but Treatment Is Still Rare

    A sudden need to urinate is more common than previously known, but treatment is less common. Diagnoses for overactive bladder more than tripled between 2013 and 2017, after the American Urological Association (AUA) released guidelines for the...

    • Posted January 22, 2025
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