All posts by LadyLively

  • Blood Test Shows Promise in Spotting Preeclampsia Before Symptoms Surface

    An experimental blood test could help detect pregnant women at increased risk for preeclampsia, a serious high blood pressure condition that can harm both mother and child. Researchers report the test looks at genetic markers found in...

    • Posted July 16, 2024
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  • U.S. Stroke Survival Is Improving, But Race Still Plays Role

    There’s good news and bad for stroke survival in the United States: New research shows that Americans are now more likely to survive long-term, but that’s more true for whites than for Black Americans. At least for...

    • Posted July 16, 2024
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  • How Early Antibiotic Use Could Raise Kids’ Asthma Risk

    Early exposure to antibiotics might increase a kid’s risk of asthma by altering their gut bacteria, a new mouse study finds. Antibiotics could specifically lower gut production of indole propionic acid (IPA), a biochemical that’s crucial to...

    • Posted July 16, 2024
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  • How to Predict Who Will Respond to Glaucoma Treatment — and Who Won’t

    An experimental blood test might be able to predict whether glaucoma patients will continue to lose their vision following treatment, researchers report. A biochemical called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) tends to be lower in people with glaucoma...

    • Posted July 16, 2024
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  • Safe Pregnancies Possible After Stem Cell Treatment for Blood Cancer

    Women who’ve undergone stem cell treatments for blood cancers, or for illnesses such as sickle cell disease, can successfully bring a pregnancy to term, new research shows. The German findings run counter to the perceived wisdom on...

    • Posted July 16, 2024
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  • Shannen Doherty Dies of Breast Cancer at 53

    Actress Shannen Doherty, best known for her roles in 1990s television hits such as “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Charmed,” has died at 53 after a long struggle with breast cancer. In a statement, Doherty’s publicist, Leslie Sloane,...

    • Posted July 15, 2024
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  • Global Childhood Vaccination Rates Still Haven’t Recovered from Pandemic Declines

    More than four years after the pandemic began, childhood vaccination rates worldwide have yet to recover, a new report shows. The latest data, issued Monday by the World Health Organization and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency...

    • Posted July 15, 2024
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  • Five Cases of Bird Flu Reported in Colorado Poultry Workers

    Five poultry workers in Colorado have been diagnosed with bird flu, state health officials reported Sunday. “In coordination with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, the State Emergency Operations Center and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the...

    • Posted July 15, 2024
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  • Thinking of a Switch Away from Meat? Your Genes May Be Key

    Pondering a move to a vegetarian or vegan diet? Your heart might be in it, but your genes might not, a new study says. Genetics are an important part of whether a person responds well or poorly...

    • Posted July 15, 2024
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  • New Drug Tames Stress Incontinence in Clinical Trial

    An experimental drug appears to help women deal with stress incontinence, clinical trial data show. The drug, for now dubbed TAS-303, reduced the frequency of leaks related to stress incontinence by about 58%, compared with 47% reduction...

    • Posted July 15, 2024
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