All posts by LadyLively

  • Weight Loss Brings Americans Big Health Care Savings

    The advent of GLP-1 weight-loss medications such as Wegovy and Zepbound has spurred debate as to whether the drugs’ cost should be covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. Late last month, the Biden administration proposed that...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • CTE Rates Rise Year-by-Year in Pro Hockey Players

    Hockey players’ chances of developing concussion-related brain injury increase with every year they spend on the ice, a new study finds. The odds of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increase among hockey players 34% for each year...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • California Farm Expands Raw Milk Recall After Bird Flu Virus Found in More Samples

    A California dairy farm has expanded a recall of its raw milk and cream after state health officials discovered bird flu virus in more milk samples. In a notice posted Tuesday, Fresno-based Raw Farm LLC said it...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • Mystery Illness Kills Dozens in Congo

    Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to try to identify the cause of a mysterious, flu-like illness that has sickened 376 people and left 79 dead in that country. In a alert posted...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • ‘Game of Roulette’: Flying With Food Allergies Brings Stress, Danger

    Holiday travel is always stressful, but particularly so for people with food allergies. Airlines don’t always honor requests to protect the health of people with food allergies during flights, a new study published Dec. 5 in the...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • Dark Chocolate Could Help You Ward Off Type 2 Diabetes

    The choice may be bittersweet, but the evidence is clear: New research shows that dark chocolate can lower a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes. People who ate at least five servings of dark chocolate a week...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • America’s Rural Hospitals Are Shutting Down Maternity Wards

    Hospitals across America are shuttering their obstetric units, and the issue is most acute for women served by rural hospitals, a new study finds. By 2022, a majority (52%) of rural U.S. hospitals no longer had any...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • Most Young People With Long COVID Recover Within 2 Years

    Most children and teenagers can shake long COVID within a couple of a years, a new, reassuring study finds. About 70% of children and teens diagnosed with long COVID recover from the disorder within 24 months of...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • ‘Broken’ Sleep Could Be Hallmark of Obesity-Linked Liver Disease

    Fatty liver disease may contribute to fragmented sleep patterns, robbing already sick people of good rest, a new study finds. These folks woke up more often in the night, and then lay awake longer waiting for slumber...

    • Posted December 5, 2024
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  • Could High-Fructose Corn Syrup in Foods Help Speed Cancer?

    The sugar known as fructose could be a kind of rocket fuel for cancer cells, and lowering fructose intake could be one way to fight the disease, new research suggests. Fructose is already ubiquitous in American diets,...

    • Posted December 4, 2024
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