All posts by LadyLively

  • COVID Pandemic May Have Heightened Women’s Fears Around Pregnancy

    Many American women fear childbirth, and the COVID-19 pandemic did not calm those feelings, new research shows. “Our results showed really high rates of childbirth fear in our sample,” said Zaneta Thayer, co-author of a new study...

    • Posted May 17, 2023
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  • Americans’ Anxiety Levels Still High: Poll

    Americans are less anxious than they were in early 2020, at the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, but many still have anxiety about keeping themselves or their families safe. In a new poll by the American Psychiatric...

    • Posted May 17, 2023
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  • Degreasing Chemical Tied to Higher Odds for Parkinson’s Disease

    A chemical used to degrease industrial parts that was also used as a surgical anesthetic until the 1970s may increase the risk for Parkinson’s disease, researchers report. Their new study found that two years of heavy exposure...

    • Posted May 17, 2023
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  • How Healthy Is a Vegan Mom’s Breast Milk?

    Vegan moms can breastfeed their children and not worry that their breast milk is missing essential nutrients, a new study finds. Researchers from Amsterdam University Medical Center in the Netherlands tested the milk of vegan mothers, finding...

    • Posted May 17, 2023
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  • Talking to Your Toddler Could Bring Real Benefits to Their Brain

    When parents talk to their toddlers, they are not only teaching them words, but may be shaping their developing brains, too, a new study suggests. Researchers found that toddlers whose parents spent a lot of time talking...

    • Posted May 16, 2023
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  • Cost of Being Black in America: 1.6 Million Extra Deaths Over Two Decades

    Over the past two decades, premature deaths have cost Black Americans over 80 million more lost years of life, compared with white Americans, a new study finds. The study is the latest to highlight the nation’s longstanding...

    • Posted May 16, 2023
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  • Inflation Is Really Stressing Americans Out

    The high cost of — everything: Rising inflation rates are ramping up anxieties among some groups of Americans much more than others, a new study reports. Women, middle-age adults and people with less education or lower pay...

    • Posted May 16, 2023
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  • CDC Warns That Mpox Could Make a Summer Return

    Public health officials are urging people at risk of contracting mpox, the virus previously called monkeypox, to get vaccinated. They are concerned that a slowdown in infections since last summer may not continue. “There’s a very real...

    • Posted May 16, 2023
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  • Bipolar Disorder: What It Is, Symptoms & Treatments

    More than 10 million people in the United States are living with bipolar disorder, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). It’s characterized by severe, dramatic shifts in mood that can catch people off guard....

    • Posted May 16, 2023
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  • Appeals Court Ruling Keeps Obamacare Preventive Health Care Coverage in Place for Now

    Americans will continue to be able to get free preventive health care services — at least for now. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans temporarily blocked a lower court decision on...

    • Posted May 16, 2023
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