All posts by LadyLively

  • Your Walking Speed Influences Your Risk for Diabetes

    People can walk away their risk of developing type 2 diabetes – but only if they walk fast enough, a new report finds. Folks who walk at least 2.5 miles an hour appear to have a significantly...

    • Posted November 29, 2023
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  • Could the Neck Be to Blame for Common Headaches?

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 29, 2023 (Healthday News) — Your neck muscles could be giving you headaches, claims new German research that used special MRI scans to spot the connection. “Our imaging approach provides first objective evidence for...

    • Posted November 29, 2023
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  • New COVID Variant Takes Hold in the United States

    TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 (Healthday News) — The prevalence of a highly mutated COVID variant has tripled in the past two weeks, new government data shows. Now, nearly 1 in 10 new COVID cases are fueled by...

    • Posted November 28, 2023
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  • Early Promise for Stem Cell Therapy to Curb MS

    Stem cells injected into the brains of multiple sclerosis patients appear to protect them against further damage from the degenerative disease, a new study shows. MS occurs when the body’s own immune system attacks and damages the...

    • Posted November 28, 2023
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  • Could a ‘Brain Coach’ Help Folks at Higher Risk for Alzheimer’s?

    Personal trainers can help people increase their strength and their fitness. Could a “brain coach” be just as useful in preventing Alzheimer’s’ disease? A new study suggests that personalized health and lifestyle changes can delay or even...

    • Posted November 28, 2023
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  • COVID Vaccines Curbed Pandemic-Linked Surge in Preemie Births

    COVID vaccines saved the lives and health of countless babies by preventing their premature births, a new study shows. COVID-19 initially caused an alarming surge in premature birth rates, but those returned to pre-pandemic levels following the...

    • Posted November 28, 2023
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  • Smoking Tobacco Plus Weed Greatly Raises Odds for Emphysema

    Folks who smoke weed along with cigarettes are doing serious damage to their lungs, a new study warns. People who do both are 12 times more likely to develop emphysema than nonsmokers, due to the damage they’re...

    • Posted November 28, 2023
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  • Soccer ‘Heading’ Tied to Declines in Brain Function

    Evidence that soccer heading — where players use their heads to strike a ball — is dangerous continues to mount. Research to be presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago on...

    • Posted November 28, 2023
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  • Black Patients Wait Longer Than Whites for Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

    Medical imaging for thinking and memory issues happens much later in Black patients than in their white and Hispanic counterparts, new research shows. A study to be presented Thursday at a meeting of radiologists also revealed that...

    • Posted November 28, 2023
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  • Testosterone Therapy for Transgender Patients May Be Safer Than Thought

    Transgender people transitioning to male (transmasculine) identity typically take testosterone therapy as part of the process.   There have been worries that the treatment might spur erythrocytosis, an abnormally high concentration of red blood cells in blood...

    • Posted November 28, 2023
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