All posts by LadyLively

  • Heavy Marijuana Use More Than Triples Odds for Head & Neck Cancers

    People who use marijuana at high levels are putting themselves at more than three times the risk for head and neck cancers, new research warns. The study is perhaps the most rigorous ever conducted on the issue,...

    • Posted August 8, 2024
    • 2
  • Text Messaging Can Help Teens Kick the Vaping Habit

    An interactive text-message support program can help teenagers quit vaping, a groundbreaking new clinical trial finds. Teens who subscribed to the anonymous program, called This Is Quitting, were 35% more likely to report not vaping nicotine by...

    • Posted August 8, 2024
    • 7
  • New Strain of Mpox Spreading in Africa Has CDC Concerned

    U.S. doctors should be on the lookout for a more severe strain of mpox that is spreading widely in parts of Africa, federal health officials warned Wednesday. The alert, issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...

    • Posted August 8, 2024
    • 8
  • Many Doctors Underestimate the Pain of IUD Insertion for Women. The CDC Wants to Change That

    Plenty of women know that having an IUD inserted in their uterus can be an excruciating experience, but new government guidance issued Thursday may soon make the experience less painful for many. For the first time, updated...

    • Posted August 8, 2024
    • 6
  • More Evidence That an Artificial Sweetener Poses Heart Risk

    There’s more evidence to suggest that the common artificial sweetener erythritol might pose dangers to consumers’ hearts. The new study, involving 20 healthy adult volunteers, found that at doses commonly found in an erythritol-sweetened soda or muffin,...

    • Posted August 8, 2024
    • 5
  • Cheap, High-Tech ‘Electric Bandage’ Speeds Wound Healing

    Newly developed battery-powered electric bandages could help wounds heal more quickly, a new study reports. In animal testing, wounds treated with electric bandages healed 30% faster than wounds treated with conventional bandages, researchers reported Aug. 7 in...

    • Posted August 8, 2024
    • 15
  • Are Vape Makers Using Dubious Nicotine ‘Mimics’ to Bypass Regulations?

    That vape pen might contain something even worse than nicotine, new research warns. Tobacco companies may be trying to duck federal restrictions on vaping products by replacing nicotine with “nicotine analogs” — related chemicals that have similar...

    • Posted August 8, 2024
    • 14
  • Fish Oil Might Help Keep Cholesterol in Check

    People with a genetic predisposition for high cholesterol can lower their levels by taking fish oil supplements, a new study shows. The results indicate that lifestyle can be a powerful influence on artery-clogging cholesterol, even if a...

    • Posted August 8, 2024
    • 13
  • Hardy Bacteria Are Surviving in Your Microwave

    Bacteria can adapt to a wide range of hostile environments, surviving and even thriving in marine oil spills, ocean-borne plastic trash, industrial brownfields and even the interior of the International Space Station. Now, researchers have found bacteria...

    • Posted August 8, 2024
    • 15
  • Painkiller Misuse Common Among People Battling Chronic Pain

    Nearly 1 in every 10 chronic pain patients treated with prescription opioids winds up addicted to the painkillers at some point, a new review finds. Further, nearly 1 in 3 will show symptoms of opioid addiction, researchers...

    • Posted August 8, 2024
    • 17