All posts by LadyLively

  • Your Gut Could Be Source of Powerful New Antibiotics

    The crowded microbial space of the human gut is revealing potential routes to new antibiotics, scientists report. Molecules isolated from studying the gut’s microbiome have yielded unexpected results that could lead to new types of the drugs,...

    • Posted August 19, 2024
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  • Brain Implant Helps Tame Parkinson’s for Easier Daily Living

    A brain implant guided by AI could provide around-the-clock personalized care for people with Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggests. The implant uses AI to monitor a patient’s brain activity for changes that can cause movement problems...

    • Posted August 19, 2024
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  • Scrolling Through Online Videos Only Increases Boredom: Study

    Bored? Zipping through online videos isn’t going to help you, a new study shows. Watching short snippets of videos or fast-forwarding through them makes people more bored rather than less, according to the results of seven experiments...

    • Posted August 19, 2024
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  • Metal Wire Fragments Trigger Recall of 167,000 Lbs of Perdue Chicken Products

    Perdue Foods has recalled over 167,000 pounds of chicken nuggets and tenders after consumers complained of finding bits of metal in the products. The recall covers select lots of Perdue Breaded Chicken Tenders, Butcher Box Organic Chicken...

    • Posted August 19, 2024
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  • ‘Stealth’ Foods That Sneak Saturated Fat, Sugar Into Your Diet

    “Stealth” foods are sneaking saturated fat and added sugars into even the strictest diets, a new study shows. Most saturated fats and added sugars come from well-known sources – soft drinks, cheese, pizza, ice cream, cakes and...

    • Posted August 19, 2024
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  • Many Cases of Iron Deficiency Go Too Long Without Proper Treatment

    Iron deficiency isn’t being effectively treated in the United States, with low iron levels persisting for years in most patients, a new study finds. Almost 3 of 5 (58%) patients with iron deficiency still had low iron...

    • Posted August 19, 2024
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  • Long COVID Is Taking Big Toll on U.S. Workforce

    Millions of Americans — mostly younger adults — could be unable to work due to the lingering symptoms of Long COVID, a new study says. About 14% of working-age people with Long COVID symptoms hadn’t returned to...

    • Posted August 19, 2024
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  • In Rural America, Gun Violence Rises as Deer Hunting Season Begins

    Across rural America, the increased presence of loaded guns in homes and vehicles could lead to a spike in gun injuries and homicides at the start of every deer hunting season, a new study warns. In fact,...

    • Posted August 19, 2024
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  • Scientists Map Genetics of Lyme Disease Bacteria, Aiding Research

    All 23 known species of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease have now been genetically mapped, providing an aid to better diagnosis and research. “This comprehensive, high-quality sequencing investigation of Lyme disease and related bacteria provides the...

    • Posted August 19, 2024
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  • Insights From a Fish Might Help People Battling Spinal Cord Injury

    A fish might hold clues to healing spinal cord injuries in humans, researchers report. The damaged nerve cells of zebrafish can survive a spinal cord injury, eventually restoring full movement in the fish. That’s very unlike humans...

    • Posted August 19, 2024
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