All posts by LadyLively

  • Long COVID Can Make It Tougher to Exercise, and Research Is Revealing Why

    Lack of energy for exercise is a common problem for folks with so-called long COVID. New research pinpoints the most likely reason why: diminished capacity to get the heart pumping fast enough to support the effort. The...

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  • Ketamine Nasal Spray Could Be New Treatment for Migraines

    A nasal spray containing ketamine might help relieve migraine headaches when other treatments fail, a new study suggests. Ketamine is a synthetic anesthetic with hallucinogenic effects that is sometimes used intravenously for migraine headaches. It’s being tried...

    • Posted May 31, 2023
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  • FDA Issues Warning About Compounded Versions of Wegovy, Ozempic

    (HealthDay News) – Patients taking semaglutide for type 2 diabetes or weight loss should be careful about where they’re getting the medication, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday. Shortages of the drug, commonly sold as...

    • Posted May 31, 2023
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  • Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Diagnosed With Dementia

    (HealthDay News) – Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia but continues to live at home, the Carter Center announced Tuesday. Carter spends her days there with her husband, former president Jimmy Carter, who himself is receiving...

    • Posted May 31, 2023
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  • Sick Restaurant Workers Fuel Many Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

    (HealthDay News) – Providing sick leave to restaurant workers could help prevent the spread of foodborne illness because ill workers are key drivers of outbreaks at restaurants, a new government report shows. The U.S. Centers for Disease...

    • Posted May 31, 2023
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  • The Arch of the Human Foot Was Key to Upright Walking, Scientists Say

    That happy, confident spring in your step is likely a benefit imparted by human evolution, a new study argues. Humans may have evolved a spring-like arch in our feet to help us better walk and run upright,...

    • Posted May 31, 2023
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  • Viruses in the Gut Might Help People Live to Be 100

    A key to living to 100 may be the viruses living in a centenarian’s guts. “This snapshot of how the virome interacts with gut microbiomes could tell us about how microbial and viral ecology evolves over the...

    • Posted May 31, 2023
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  • Worried About Cataracts? Here’s What You Need to Know

    Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness around the world, but surgery can restore vision. “Unlike many of the other major eye diseases, such as glaucoma or diabetes-related eye disease, cataracts can be easily and painlessly treated...

    • Posted May 31, 2023
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  • What Is Avascular Necrosis and How Does It Affect Bones?

    What happens when the blood supply to your bones is somehow damaged? The condition has a name, avascular necrosis, and it can trigger the death of bone cells. Other common names are osteonecrosis or bone infarction. Bone...

    • Posted May 31, 2023
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  • 4,000-Year-Old DNA Identifies Britain’s Oldest Known Case of Plague

    Researchers have identified the oldest cases of plague in Britain to date, with DNA that is 4,000 years old. The team from the Francis Crick Institute in London has found three ancient British cases of Yersinia pestis...

    • Posted May 31, 2023
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