All posts by LadyLively

  • Group of Nobel Laureates Press Senate to Reject Kennedy’s Nomination

    Robert Kennedy Jr. should not be confirmed to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, over 75 Nobel laureates urged Monday. In a letter published by the New York Times, the esteemed scientists took issue...

    • Posted December 10, 2024
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  • GLP-1 Meds May Lower Clot Risk in People With Diabetes

    People with diabetes who are taking GLP-1 meds such as Ozempic or Mounjaro may be getting an added bonus: Reductions in their odds for a dangerous blood clot, new research finds. The study found that folks with...

    • Posted December 10, 2024
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  • 1 in 6 U.S. Adults With Asthma Can’t Afford Meds

    Over 3 million Americans with asthma can’t afford to take their medications as prescribed, a new poll estimates. In total, about 1 in 6 folks with asthma are struggling to cover the costs of inhalers and other...

    • Posted December 10, 2024
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  • Teens, Booze and E-Scooters: A Rising Threat as Injuries Crowd ERs

    Inebriated e-scooter and e-bike users, many of them teens, are increasingly showing up in the nation’s emergency rooms, new research shows. Overall, rates of injuries from these “micromobility” devices have tripled in recent years — from close...

    • Posted December 10, 2024
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  • Gene Therapy Reverses Heart Failure in Pig Trials

    Failing hearts nearly returned to full function in laboratory pigs after they received an experimental gene therapy. New research shows the gene therapy didn’t just prevent heart failure from worsening in four lab pigs, but actually prompted...

    • Posted December 10, 2024
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  • Bed Sores Can Slow Neurological Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury

    Bed sores can be more than debilitating and painful. Now a new study shows they can also dramatically impact a person’s recovery from a spinal cord injury. “Our study found that patients with pressure ulcers ...

    • Posted December 10, 2024
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  • 1 in 3 Older Americans Say They Feel Lonely, Poll Finds

    If you are middle-aged or older, you may often feel lonely and isolated as you deal with the strains of daily life. Now, a new survey suggests you are far from alone: More than one-third of middle-aged...

    • Posted December 9, 2024
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  • Trump Says RFK Jr. Free to Revisit Discredited Autism/Vaccine Link

    If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is approved to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, he will be free to revisit a long-debunked link between autism and childhood vaccines, President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday. The...

    • Posted December 9, 2024
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  • EPA Bans Two Solvents Linked to Cancer

    Two commonly used solvents that have been linked to cancer were banned Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The solvents, known as trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (Perc), are used in in cleaners, spot removers, lubricants, glue and...

    • Posted December 9, 2024
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  • Global Warming’s Heat Is Killing the World’s Young

    Heat waves caused by climate change have been thought to pose the greatest risk to the world’s elderly, but a new study from Mexico suggests that’s not the case at all. Instead, three-quarters (75%) of heat-related deaths...

    • Posted December 9, 2024
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