All posts by LadyLively

  • Cardiac Arrest? Drones Might Someday Come to the Rescue

    Drones might prove a feasible way to deliver lifesaving defibrillators to cardiac arrests in remote areas, a new research simulation suggests. Delivering automated external defibrillators (AEDs) by drone could dramatically improve emergency response times in both urban...

    • Posted November 6, 2023
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  • Experimental Pacemaker Can Recharge Its Own Battery

    It’s a pacemaker that’s a bit like the Energizer bunny – it will keep ticking and ticking and ticking. An experimental pacemaker is able to partially recharge its own battery by using heartbeats to generate fresh electrical...

    • Posted November 6, 2023
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  • Is Your 18-Year-Old Really ‘Mature’? New Brain Study Has Answers

    An adolescent starts thinking like an adult right around the age of 18, according to new research. That provides some of the first definitive evidence that executive function matures by that time. Executive function is a set...

    • Posted November 6, 2023
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  • GED Recipients Have Worse Health Than High School Graduates: Study

    Adults who received a high school equivalency diploma have significantly poorer health outcomes than traditional graduates, according to a new study. Older Americans with a General Education Development (GED) certificate had a higher risk for mental, hearing...

    • Posted November 6, 2023
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  • Managing Your Heart Health Through Menopause

    Women can help protect their heart health as they go through menopause. The American Heart Association (AHA) offers some tips for protecting that most critical organ while hormone levels and body composition change. “More women in the...

    • Posted November 4, 2023
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  • False-Positive Mammogram Result Raises Odds for Breast Cancer Later

    Women who have a false-positive result on a screening mammogram may have an increased risk of breast cancer for up to 20 years, a large new study finds. False-positives occur when a screening mammogram seems to show...

    • Posted November 3, 2023
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  • Critics Slam Updated Infection Control Recommendations for Hospitals

    Advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to approve new draft guidelines for hospital infection control this week, the first update since 2007. But healthcare workers worry whether the guidelines, which suggest...

    • Posted November 3, 2023
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  • One in 7 Americans Has Had Long COVID

    As many as 1 in 3 people who fall ill with COVID-19 will develop long COVID, with symptoms that can persist for months or years, a new study estimates. Nearly half of participants (47%) in a large-scale...

    • Posted November 3, 2023
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  • Clocks ‘Fall Back’ on Sunday. U.S. Sleep Experts Want No ‘Spring Forward’

    It’s time to turn your clocks back this Sunday, and a leading group of sleep experts want that return to standard time to be permanent. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has issued a new position...

    • Posted November 3, 2023
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  • Too Much Salt Could Raise Your Odds for Diabetes

    Put down the saltshaker — especially if you’re at risk of type 2 diabetes. While the condition brings to mind the need to avoid sugar, a new study links it to frequent salt consumption. “We already know...

    • Posted November 3, 2023
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