All posts by LadyLively

  • Dental X-rays Are Now Safer Than Ever

    FRIDAY, Nov. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) – That heavy lead apron you wear at the dentist’s office when getting X-rays may no longer be necessary. While intended to shield patients from radiation exposure anywhere that isn’t the...

    • Posted November 2, 2023
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  • U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Climbs for First Time in 20 Years

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023  Following nearly two decades of decline, U.S. infant death rates edged up by 3% in 2022, new provisional government numbers reveal. “This was the first year we saw statistically significant increased rates of...

    • Posted November 1, 2023
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  • While Fewer Americans Have High Cholesterol, Too Many Still Do

    Despite progress in recent decades, too many Americans still have dangerously high LDL cholesterol levels, and about a quarter don’t even know it, new research finds. That puts those people at risk for a longer span of...

    • Posted November 1, 2023
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  • Study Confirms Effectiveness of Newer Arthritis Meds

    Newer oral medications for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) do work quite well in the “real world,” despite some doubts that they would, according to a new study. The study, of 622 adults with RA, found that most were...

    • Posted November 1, 2023
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  • Second Person to Receive Pig Heart Dies Six Weeks After Transplant

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The second person to ever receive a transplanted pig heart has died. Lawrence Faucette, 58, got the transplant just six weeks earlier at the University of Maryland Medical Center in...

    • Posted November 1, 2023
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  • FDA Advisors Say New Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease is Safe

    WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023  A new gene therapy for sickle cell disease was deemed safe by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Tuesday, paving the way for full approval by early December. The FDA...

    • Posted November 1, 2023
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  • Many Antibiotics No Longer Work Against Common Childhood Infections

    Many antibiotics long used to treat common childhood infections are no longer effective because of antibiotic resistance. The authors of a new study say global guidelines on antibiotic use need to be updated to reflect this, and...

    • Posted November 1, 2023
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  • Easy-to-Wear ECG Patch Tracks Heart Health

    A new, more comfortable wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) device could be on its way. Researchers from Australia and India have created a compact, lightweight, gel-free hexagonal-shaped ECG patch that they say is ideally suited for point-of-care diagnostics. For...

    • Posted November 1, 2023
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  • Does Meat Need Warning Labels on How It Harms Climate, Health?

    Adding warning labels to meat about its impact on climate and health could lower its consumption, a new study suggests. British researchers investigated what adding cigarette-style graphic warning labels to meat in a cafeteria setting might do....

    • Posted November 1, 2023
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  • Children With Down Syndrome More Vulnerable to Leukemia

    While new treatments for leukemia have improved outcomes for many patients, children with Down syndrome have not benefited as much. These young people are at increased risk for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and have higher rates of...

    • Posted November 1, 2023
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