All posts by LadyLively

  • Colon Cancer Rates Are Up Among the Young Worldwide

    More young people around the world are falling prey to colon cancer, a new study shows. Colon cancer rates in young adults have risen in 27 out of 50 countries around the world, including the United States,...

    • Posted December 16, 2024
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  • Friendships Are Especially Powerful Late in Life, Poll Says

    Close friendships are incredibly important to the mental health of middle-aged folks and seniors, a new study finds. Older adults with worse mental or physical health were twice as likely to say they don’t have any close...

    • Posted December 16, 2024
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  • AI Guided Breath Test Could Speed COPD Diagnosis

    Folks with difficulty breathing can learn if they have COPD from a new AI-guided lung test, a new study suggests. The newly developed AI can accurately diagnose COPD using data from a single chest CT scan performed...

    • Posted December 16, 2024
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  • Study Supports Tamoxifen for DCIS Early Breast Cancers

    The established hormone therapy drug tamoxifen can significantly decrease the risk of cancer recurring in women with an early, low-risk form of breast cancer, a new study says. Women who took tamoxifen after undergoing a lumpectomy to...

    • Posted December 16, 2024
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  • Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution May Hurt Baby’s Brain

    Air pollution could be harming the brain development of children before they are even born, a new study warns. A 10 parts-per-billion increase in ozone exposure during the second trimester of pregnancy was associated with a 55%...

    • Posted December 16, 2024
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  • Wintertime Is Prime Time for Head Lice: What Parents Need to Know

    Head lice can be a wintertime headache for families and schools, but simple precautions can stop the spread of these pesky parasites. Every year, 6 million to 12 million children in the United States, ages 3 to...

    • Posted December 14, 2024
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  • U.S. Adult Obesity Rate Fell in 2023, as Use of GLP-1 Meds Rose

    The U.S. obesity rate declined for the first time in a decade last year, coinciding with the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss meds, a new study finds. Data on almost 17 million adults nationwide showed the obesity rate...

    • Posted December 13, 2024
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  • Eat Less Meat, More Beans & Lentils for Protein, New USDA Guidelines Say

    Beans, peas and lentils take center stage in newly proposed changes to dietary guidelines for Americans. In a report released this week by an advisory committee to the Agriculture Department, experts suggest that the protein-packed legumes are...

    • Posted December 13, 2024
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  • Newer Drug Could Be Advance Against Tough-to-Treat Breast Cancers

    An experimental hormone therapy pill has shown promise in extending the lives of women with tough-to-treat advanced breast cancer, a new clinical trial shows. The drug, imlunestrant, improved progression-free survival in patients whose breast cancer was driven...

    • Posted December 13, 2024
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  • ‘Watch and Wait’ May Equal Active Treatment for Early DCIS Breast Cancers, Studies Find

    A “watch-and-wait” strategy might be the best option for some women with early-stage, low-risk breast cancer. According to two new studies presented Thursday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, active monitoring of ductal carcinoma in situ...

    • Posted December 13, 2024
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