All posts by LadyLively

  • New Data Supports Animal Market Origins for COVID Pandemic

    The Hunan Seafood Wholesale wet market in Wuhan, China, has long been considered the most likely source of the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. That theory is now supported by a new study analyzing more than...

    • Posted September 19, 2024
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  • Breastfeeding Crucial to a Healthy Infant Microbiome, Lowering Asthma Risk

    Breastfeeding through the first year of infants’ lives can lower their risk of asthma by colonizing their bodies with a healthy mix of microbes, a new study finds. Results show that breastfeeding beyond three months supported the...

    • Posted September 19, 2024
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  • Do You Know the MIND Diet? It Might Keep You Sharp With Age

    It’s called the MIND diet and its primary aim is to help guard against thinking and memory declines as you age. But does it work? Yes, claims new research that found following the MIND diet for 10...

    • Posted September 19, 2024
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  • Dengue Cases Mount in Los Angeles

    The Los Angeles area is seeing a troubling increase in local dengue fever cases, health officials warned Wednesday. In a public notice posted on its website, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department said at least three...

    • Posted September 19, 2024
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  • U.S. Health Care System Ranks Last Among Wealthy Nations, Report Finds

    Americans have the worst health care among the world’s wealthy nations, a new report says. People in the United States die the earliest and live the sickest lives out of 10 developed countries, even though the United...

    • Posted September 19, 2024
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  • Stroke Kills 7 Million Worldwide Each Year, and Deaths Are Rising

    Climate change and worsening diets are sending global rates of stroke and stroke deaths skyward, a new study warns. Almost 12 million people worldwide had a stroke in 2021, up 70% since 1990, according to a team...

    • Posted September 19, 2024
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  • Diabetes Med Metformin Could Cut Risks for Long COVID

    One of the most common diabetes drugs, metformin, might deliver an added bonus: Lowering users’ odds for Long COVID. Long COVID can present with symptoms including chronic fatigue, brain fog and chest pain and it may last weeks...

    • Posted September 19, 2024
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  • ‘Exercise Is Medicine’ for People With Parkinson’s

    Exercise, whether moderate- or high-intensity, can help ease Parkinson’s symptoms, including fatigue, new research shows. As study lead author Dr. Philip Millar explained, Parkinson’s patients are too often overwhelmed by shame or depression, so they stop going...

    • Posted September 19, 2024
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  • Some Chocolate Products Labeled ‘Dairy-Free’ Contain Milk, FDA Finds

    Consumers should be aware that some chocolate labeled as “dairy-free” actually contains milk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. This inaccurate labeling could put people with milk allergies in danger, the FDA noted. About 13 of...

    • Posted September 19, 2024
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  • Some Diabetes Meds Could Lower Odds for Dementia, Parkinson’s

    A specific class of diabetes drug appears to lower people’s risk for dementia and Parkinson’s disease, a new study shows. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, also known as gliflozins, lower blood sugar by prompting the kidneys to filter...

    • Posted September 19, 2024
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