All posts by LadyLively

  • Breast Cancer Gene Test May Lead to Worse Care for Black Patients

    A common genetic test to determine treatment options for breast cancer could be leading some Black patients to forego chemotherapy that might have helped them, a new study says. The test appears to underestimate the benefit of...

    • Posted January 31, 2024
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  • New Clues to How Fasting Might Keep You Healthy

    Many swear that trendy fasting diets are keeping them slimmer and healthier. They may now have some science to back that up. British researchers at the University of Cambridge believe they’ve uncovered the processes that cause fasting...

    • Posted January 31, 2024
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  • Could Eating Kimchi Each Day Help Folks Stay Slim?

    It’s been a staple at Korean dinner tables for centuries, and the fermented veggie concoction known as kimchi is increasingly familiar to Americans. Now, Korean researchers say a few servings of the spicy food each day might...

    • Posted January 31, 2024
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  • Baby’s Diet Could Cut Lifetime Odds for Crohn’s, Colitis

    Toddlers are famously picky eaters, but parents may be doing their young child’s future gut a huge favor if they insist on a healthy diet. New research shows that toddlers who eat plenty of fish and vegetables,...

    • Posted January 31, 2024
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  • Long-Acting Injected Antipsychotics Help People With Schizophrenia Stay Out of Hospital

    For people with schizophrenia hospitalized after a psychotic episode, getting a long-acting antipsychotic injection works far better than pills to keep them from returning to hospital care. That’s the finding of a new study from researchers at...

    • Posted January 31, 2024
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  • What Works Best to Help Pregnant Women Ease Off Opioids?

    There’s one treatment for pregnant women addicted to opioids that’s safer for their unborn child, a new study reports. Buprenorphine is associated with a slightly lower risk of birth defects overall compared to methadone, according to findings...

    • Posted January 31, 2024
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  • Folks Often Hide Infectious Illness at Work, Socializing

    A disturbing number of people sick with an infectious disease conceal their illness to avoid missing work, travel or social events, new research reveals. About three in four people (75%) had either hidden an infectious illness from...

    • Posted January 31, 2024
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  • Six Million U.S. Women Became Pregnant Due to Rape, Coercion in Their Lifetimes: Study

    Becoming pregnant as a result of sexual violence is disturbingly common in the United States, a new study reveals. Nearly 6 million U.S. women have become pregnant as a result of rape or sexual coercion, researchers reported...

    • Posted January 31, 2024
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  • Tomato Juice May Help Kill Off the Typhoid Bacteria

    The bacteria behind typhoid, a major killer of children in the developing world, could be vulnerable to something as simple as tomato juice, new research suggests. Typhoid is caused by the Salmonella Typhi bacterium, and is usually...

    • Posted January 31, 2024
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  • U.S. Syphilis Cases Continue to Climb

    U.S. cases of syphilis have soared past numbers seen just a decade ago, new government statistics show. The grim numbers are for 2022, the latest year for which an accurate tally is available. More than 202,000 cases...

    • Posted January 30, 2024
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