All posts by LadyLively

  • Aerobic Exercise May Ease ‘Brain Fog’ of Breast Cancer Chemo

    Women fighting breast cancer can relieve some of their chemotherapy “brain fog” through aerobic exercise, a new clinical trial in Canada suggests. Breast cancer patients on chemo who participated in a regular aerobics class reported that they...

    • Posted October 23, 2024
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  • MRI Might Spare Rectal Cancer Patients Surgery and Colostomy

    Some rectal cancer patients might be spared surgery and the lifelong need for a colostomy bag if they undergo MRI screening, a new study finds. The scans might accurately predict which patients have a higher odds for...

    • Posted October 23, 2024
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  • Listeria Danger Spurs Nationwide Recall of Frozen Waffles

    Treehouse Foods Inc. has recalled dozens of frozen waffle products because of potential listeria contamination. The recalled products were distributed throughout the United States and Canada and packed in various formats, the company said in its recall...

    • Posted October 22, 2024
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  • Washington Becomes 6th State to Report Bird Flu in Humans

    TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDayNews) — Four farm workers who helped cull poultry on an commercial egg farm in Washington are presumed to have been infected with bird flu, making that state the sixth in the country...

    • Posted October 22, 2024
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  • Seniors Who Split: Rates of ‘Gray Divorce’ Have Tripled Since 1990

    Baby Boom seniors are divorcing at rates triple that of a few decades ago, a new study has found. “Gray divorce” among folks 65 and older increased to 15% in 2022 from 5% in 1990, according to...

    • Posted October 22, 2024
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  • Black Patients 22% More Likely to Die After Bypass Surgeries

    Heart bypass operations have gotten safer, but not everyone is benefiting equally: New data shows that Black patients face a 22% higher odds of dying in the hospital after their surgeries. “We found Black patients who have...

    • Posted October 22, 2024
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  • Cataract Surgery Could Save Your Eyesight and Maybe Your Life

    Cataract surgery could restore good vision to older people and by doing so cut their odds for potentially life-threatening falls, a new study finds. Folks who got the surgery had significantly lower odds for bone fractures and...

    • Posted October 22, 2024
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  • Could Caffeine in Pregnancy Help Prevent Cerebral Palsy in Kids?

    Experiments in sheep are hinting that doses of caffeine given to women in pregnancy, as well as their newborns after birth, could prevent cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a disabling condition often caused by asphyxia — reductions...

    • Posted October 22, 2024
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  • Fatal Opioid-Meth Overdoses Have Fallen in U.S. by More Than a Third

    Expanded access to addiction treatment and the overdose-reversal med naloxone likely prompted a 37% reduction in OD deaths linked to opioids taken with meth or other stimulant drugs, a new study suggests. OD death rates were 8.9...

    • Posted October 22, 2024
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  • At-Home Brain Stimulation Treatment Can Safely Ease Depression

    At-home brain stimulation therapy can safely and effectively treat severe to moderate depression, a new clinical trial shows. Rates of treatment response and depression remission were three times higher in people receiving the noninvasive brain stimulation, researchers...

    • Posted October 22, 2024
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