All posts by LadyLively

  • Mediterranean Diet Might Protect Dental Health

    The Mediterranean diet might help you at the dentist, a new study says. People who follow a Mediterranean diet appear more likely to have better gum health, researchers reported Sept. 15 in the Journal of Periodontology. On...

    • Posted September 22, 2025
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  • Helping Your Child with Constipation: A Pediatrician’s Advice

    When a child struggles with constipation, it can be a source of frustration and discomfort for the whole family. But a leading pediatric expert offers a clear guide to understanding and treating this common issue. According to...

    • Posted September 21, 2025
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  • Why Mosquitos Might Be Attracted To You

    Researchers in the Netherlands turned a major music festival into an unexpected laboratory to investigate a question that has long puzzled scientists and bug-bitten individuals alike: What makes some people more irresistible to mosquitoes than others? For...

    • Posted September 20, 2025
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  • Wildfire Smoke Now Kills 41,000 Americans a Year, Study Finds

    Every summer, hazy skies and the smell of burning wood remind Americans that wildfires affect far more than just the communities where they ignite. Their smoke drifts for hundreds, even thousands of miles, darkening the air in...

    • Posted September 19, 2025
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  • Organ Donation Agency Could Be First Ever Shut Down by U.S. Government

    Federal health officials have moved to close down a Miami-based organ donation agency, citing unsafe practices, missed donations and critical paperwork errors. The Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency, part of the University of Miami Health System, is...

    • Posted September 19, 2025
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  • CDC Advisers Limit MMRV Combo Vaccine, Delay Hepatitis B Vote

    Top vaccine advisers hand-selected by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to limit the use of a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox. By an 8 to 3 vote, with one...

    • Posted September 19, 2025
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  • West Coast States Issue Their Own COVID, Flu, RSV Vaccine Rules

    Four Western states are taking a different approach from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccines for COVID-19, flu and RSV. California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington — now working together as the West...

    • Posted September 19, 2025
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  • Mouth Microbes Might Contribute To Pancreatic Cancer

    A person’s risk of pancreatic cancer might be tied to the microbes living in their mouths, a new study says. People have a more than tripled risk of pancreatic cancer if their mouths contain 27 types of...

    • Posted September 19, 2025
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  • Sepsis Risk Doubled With Type 2 Diabetes

    Type 2 diabetes appears to double a person’s risk for life-threatening sepsis, a new study says. Men and people under 60 with diabetes are particularly at risk for sepsis, a condition in which the immune system overreacts...

    • Posted September 19, 2025
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  • Weight-Loss Surgery Outperforms GLP-1 Drugs, Study Argues

    Cutting-edge drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound are all the rage for dropping excess pounds, but weight-loss surgery might have a better impact on people’s health, a new study says. People who had weight-loss surgery lost more weight,...

    • Posted September 19, 2025
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