All posts by LadyLively

  • Addiction Treatment for Teens in Crisis Is Often Hard to Find

    A ‘secret shopper’ study finds that for many American families, accessing inpatient treatment for a teen battling addiction can be next to impossible. “If you are a family in crisis and you have a kid for whom...

    • Posted January 9, 2024
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  • Court Ruling Could Bring Higher Patient Costs for PrEP, and More HIV Infections

    HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a lifeline for Americans, many of them gay men, who are at high risk of contracting the virus that causes AIDS. But a case that is winding its way through the court...

    • Posted January 9, 2024
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  • Teen Sports Pay Dividends for Bone Health Decades Later

    Teens who are active are doing their bones a lasting favor, Japanese researchers report. “Physical exercise in adolescence affects BMD more than 50 years later in older adults,” said lead researcher Dr. Yoshifumi Tamura,...

    • Posted January 9, 2024
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  • Latest Data Show 22 U.S. Teens Die of Overdoses Each Week

    An average of 22 U.S. teens die each week from drug overdoses, a death toll driven by the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, a new study reports. Researchers also have identified 19 “hotspot” counties where fatal ODs are...

    • Posted January 9, 2024
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  • Therapeutic Vaccine Could Fight Pancreatic Cancer

    TUESDAY, Jan.9, 2024Patients with the most common form of pancreatic cancer could benefit from an experimental therapeutic vaccine, a small new clinical trial shows. The vaccine, called ELI-002 for now, is targeted to what are known as...

    • Posted January 9, 2024
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  • Black Teens Gain Mental Health Boost From ‘Connectedness’ at School

    “School spirit” appears to provide long-lasting mental health benefits for Black teens, new research finds. School connectedness – the degree to which students feel like part of to their school community – is a protective factor against...

    • Posted January 9, 2024
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  • Getting Hospital-Level Care at Home Is Safe, Effective: Study

    It’s an approach that’s becoming more widespread: Receiving hospital-level care in the home. A new study finds that folks “hospitalized” at home tend to do at least as well as if they’d been checked into a hospital...

    • Posted January 9, 2024
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  • One Liter of Bottled Water Contains 240,000 Tiny Bits of Plastic

    Folks quenching their thirst with bottled water can expect to chug down hundreds of thousands of minute plastic particles with their refreshing H2O, a new study reports. On average, a liter of bottled water contains some 240,000...

    • Posted January 8, 2024
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  • More Insight Into How a Virus Might Cause MS

    There’s information emerging on how the common Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) might be crucial to triggering multiple sclerosis (MS). The virus, which also causes “mono” (mononucleosis) and other illnesses, has gained prominence in recent years as a potential...

    • Posted January 8, 2024
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  • Red Cross Declares Emergency Blood Shortage as Donations Plummet

    With donations falling to the lowest levels in 20 years, the American Red Cross declared a national blood shortage on Sunday.  “One of the most distressing situations for a doctor is to have a hospital full of...

    • Posted January 8, 2024
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