All posts by LadyLively

  • Stop Worrying So Much About Holiday Weight Gain, Experts Say

    Florida resident Joshua Walker isn’t concerned his health will take a hit from all the cakes, pies, cookies and candy that will tempt him during holiday gatherings. That’s because he’s armed with a solid diet and exercise...

    • Posted November 15, 2024
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  • Trump Picks Vaccine Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Lead Health & Human Services

    In a move guaranteed to alarm many, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal opponent of vaccines and other tenets of mainstream health care, to head the massive U.S. Department of Health and...

    • Posted November 14, 2024
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  • Malaria Developing Resistance to Drug That Saves Children’s Lives

    Over 600,000 people worldwide die from mosquito-borne malaria each year, with the majority of these deaths happening among children under 5. Now, there’s troubling news that the malaria parasite may be gaining resistance against artemisinin, the drug...

    • Posted November 14, 2024
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  • ICYMI, Txt Abbreviations Cn Make U Seem Insincere, Study Finds

    Using abbreviations while texting might save some typing time, but it won’t make a good impression, a new study finds. People who use texting abbreviations like IDK or GOAT are perceived as more insincere and are less...

    • Posted November 14, 2024
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  • E. Coli Illnesses Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders Climb to 104

    The number of Americans sickened in an E. coli outbreak tied to slivered onions used on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has now risen to 104, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday. In an update posted on its website, the...

    • Posted November 14, 2024
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  • New U.S. Overdose Death Numbers Show ‘Sustained’ Decline

    After decades of battling the opioid epidemic, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday that overdose deaths have now declined for the second year in a row. By how much did these deaths of despair drop? There were about...

    • Posted November 14, 2024
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  • 1 in 3 Surgery Patients Suffer Complications

    More than a third of surgical patients develop complications as a result of their procedure, a new study shows. About 38% of adult patients suffer an adverse event during or following their surgery, researchers reported Nov. 13...

    • Posted November 14, 2024
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  • More Than 800 Million People Worldwide Now Have Diabetes

    Fourteen percent of the world’s people — more than 800 million — now have diabetes, a doubling of the global rate for the blood sugar disease since 1990, new statistics show. Type 2 diabetes, which makes up...

    • Posted November 14, 2024
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  • These Are the 3 Big Factors Driving Strokes

    A trio of risk factors not only increase your risk of stroke, but they also raise the odds that such a stroke will be debilitating, a new study warns. What are these three big dangers? Smoking, having...

    • Posted November 14, 2024
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  • New Therapeutic Vaccine Gives Hope Against an Aggressive Breast Cancer

    An experimental vaccine could offer fresh hope to women diagnosed with an aggressive and hard-to-treat form of breast cancer, new research suggests. The vaccine appears to be safe and effective against triple-negative breast cancer — a type...

    • Posted November 14, 2024
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