All posts by LadyLively

  • California Bans 6 Artificial Dyes in Foods Served at Public Schools

    A new law just passed in California makes it the first state to tell public schools they may no longer serve foods that contain six artificial dyes linked to health and behavior problems among children. Gov. Gavin...

    • Posted October 1, 2024
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  • Outbreak of Ebola-Like Marburg Virus in Rwanda Has Killed 8 People

    A rare, highly contagious Ebola-like virus has claimed eight lives in Rwanda, and U.S. health officials are closely monitoring the outbreak. Marburg virus causes a rare hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment.  No cases...

    • Posted October 1, 2024
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  • Bogus ‘Conversion Therapy’ Leads to Higher Risk of Mental Illness for LGBT People

    Besides being useless in altering a person’s sexuality or gender identity, so-called “conversion therapy” or “conversion practice” can greatly raise the odds that an LGBT person experiences mental health issues, new research finds. Questionnaires completed by over...

    • Posted October 1, 2024
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  • COVID Shot Lowers Your Odds for COVID-linked Heart Trouble

    While rare, heart-related side effects sometimes follow a COVID-19 vaccine shot, new research shows that’s more than offset by heart-healthy benefits. Folks who are fully vaccinated are significantly less likely to develop serious heart problems stemming from...

    • Posted October 1, 2024
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  • Outpatient CAR-T Cancer Therapy Can Be Safe, Effective

    Patients with  a fast-spreading blood cancer respond well to outpatient treatment with CAR-T therapy, the largest study examining its use in a community setting has found. CAR-T is shorthand for chimeric antigen receptor therapy. In this treatment,...

    • Posted October 1, 2024
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  • Black, White Cancer Patients Now Benefit Equally From Cord Blood Therapy

    Blood cancer patients of all races who receive cord blood transplants are now living longer. The finding, reported by a team led by oncologist Dr. Karen Ballen, of UVA (University of Virginia) Health, shows that a previously...

    • Posted October 1, 2024
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  • Drug Industry Taking Bigger Role in Clinical Cancer Trials

    Clinical trials sponsored by Big Pharma enrolled eight times as many patients as U.S.-government trials did between 2018 and 2022, new research shows. The study — conducted by researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle —...

    • Posted October 1, 2024
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  • Could a Cheek Swab Predict When You Might Die?

    A new test called CheekAge, based on a quick swab of cells in the mouth, might someday be used to predict how long a person has to live, developers report. The test tracks what are known as...

    • Posted October 1, 2024
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  • Falling Linked to Raised Risk of Dementia in Older People

    More than 14 million seniors a year take a tumble, and those falls can be life-changing.  “The relationship between falls and dementia appears to be a two-way street,” said Molly Jarman, senior author of a new study...

    • Posted September 30, 2024
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  • Shorter Course of Breast Cancer Radiation Won’t Affect Breast Reconstruction

    A shorter course of post-mastectomy radiation doesn’t jeopardize a patient’s chances of successful breast reconstruction, a new study finds. About 40 percent of people with breast cancer have mastectomies, followed by five to six weeks of radiation...

    • Posted September 30, 2024
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