All posts by LadyLively

  • New Hope Against Breast Cancers That Spread to the Brain

    A recently approved targeted chemotherapy drug can significantly extend the lives of advanced breast cancer patients who have developed tumors in their brains, new clinical trial results show. On average, patients receiving the drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan)...

    • Posted October 8, 2024
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  • AI May Not Be Ready to Run Emergency Rooms

    AI isn’t ready to run a hospital’s emergency room just yet, a new study concludes. ChatGPT likely would ask for unnecessary x-rays and antibiotics for some patients, and admit others who don’t really need hospital treatment, researchers...

    • Posted October 8, 2024
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  • Epinephrine: Tips to the ‘EpiPen’ Ingredient and How It Treats Anaphylaxis

    The recent approval of a new epinephrine nasal spray gives patients a powerful new way to keep life-threatening allergic reactions at bay. But that doesn’t mean folks no longer have to worry about anaphylaxis. According to the...

    • Posted October 8, 2024
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  • Marijuana Use Tied to Worse School Outcomes for Teens

    Generations of parental warnings may not be wrong: A massive study of available data finds teens who use marijuana have significantly worse outcomes at school. Data from 63 studies involving almost 440,000 youths found “cannabis use during...

    • Posted October 7, 2024
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  • Are People Holding Their Arms Incorrectly for Blood Pressure Tests?

    Checking your blood pressure at home? Pay attention to arm position. A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers confirms that it makes a “huge difference” when it comes to getting an accurate measurement. And, the authors add,...

    • Posted October 7, 2024
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  • Increases in Life Span Are Beginning to Slow

    So much for the idea that most people born today will live 100 years or more. New research shows that the dramatic increases in life expectancy seen during the 19th and 20th centuries have slowed considerably.  In...

    • Posted October 7, 2024
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  • U.S. Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine for Discovery of mRNA

    A pair of American scientists have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in medicine for their discovery of microRNA, tiny genetic molecules that play a crucial role in how genes shape the body. The research of Victor Ambros...

    • Posted October 7, 2024
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  • U.S. Overdose Deaths Drop 10% in Early Data

    In findings that suggest inroads are being made in the battle against America’s opioid epidemic, new government data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths. The statistics, compiled by states and posted by the U.S. Centers for Disease...

    • Posted October 7, 2024
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  • Yellowjackets and Bees Swarm in NC in Helene’s Aftermath

    Even as folks in North Carolina continue to clean up following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, a new health danger has emerged: The massive flooding that swept away roads and towns also uprooted the underground nests of...

    • Posted October 7, 2024
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  • Minority Patients More Likely to Be Denied the Free Preventive Care Mandated by Obamacare

    Two new studies show insurers continue to deny claims for preventive care that is supposed to be free under Obamacare. And insurers are more apt to reject claims from patients who are Asian, Black or Hispanic as...

    • Posted October 7, 2024
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