All posts by LadyLively

  • Psychotherapy’s Hidden Bonus: Healthier Hearts

    Treating depression with talk therapy may provide protection against heart disease, new research suggests. As depression lifts, people may begin to engage more in healthy eating and exercise, investigators believe. In a study of nearly 637,000 people...

    • Posted April 24, 2023
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  • Digestive Organs Vary Widely Between People, Study Finds

    People are often reminded that they are their own unique person — and a new study says that’s particularly true of the digestive tract. Dissections of a few dozen deceased individuals revealed striking differences in gastrointestinal anatomy,...

    • Posted April 24, 2023
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  • AHA News: Since Her Heart Transplant, She Treats Every Day Like a Birthday

    MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Jen Lentini was a 13-year-old competitive baton twirler and lacrosse player in the Long Island town of Hicksville, New York, when the problems began. The pain started in...

    • Posted April 24, 2023
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  • This Is Your Brain on Books: Science Reveals Secrets of Reading

    Reading is fundamental, but it’s also a complex skill. Now, a new study sheds more light on how the brain makes sense of the written word. Researchers found that two key brain “networks” work in tandem to...

    • Posted April 24, 2023
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  • Is Surgery for Sciatica Really Worth It?

    Sciatica can send searing, unrelenting pain down your legs, and surgery is often recommended if other less invasive measures fail to bring relief. Unfortunately, a new study review suggests that such operations likely only provide temporary results,...

    • Posted April 24, 2023
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  • Combo Therapy May Prevent Cancer’s Return After Liver Surgery

    A two-drug combination therapy can enhance survival odds for people with early-stage liver cancer through targeted attacks on tumor cells, a new clinical trial shows. The combo — atezolizumab (Tecentriq) and bevacizumab (Avastin) — reduced risk of...

    • Posted April 24, 2023
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  • How Many CT Scans Are Safe for Kids?

    Getting a single CT scan during childhood doesn’t appear to increase a child’s risk of a future brain tumor, leukemia or lymphoma, new research finds, but getting four or more scans more than doubles the chances. CT...

    • Posted April 24, 2023
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  • Lack of Women Researchers Could Mean Fewer Female Study Participants

    When exercise studies are led by men, female participants are often in short supply. While this underrepresentation of female research subjects has been documented in everything from clinical trials to cell cultures, a new study links researchers’...

    • Posted April 24, 2023
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  • Health Highlights: April 24, 2023​

    Combo therapy may prevent cancer’s return after liver surgery. Atezolizumab and bevacizumab are already used together to treat advanced liver cancer, now a new study finds it does the same for early-stage disease. Read more This is...

    • Posted April 24, 2023
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  • How to Get Rid of Bad Breath

    About 1 in 4 people worldwide experience bad breath, according to the Cleveland Clinic — but that doesn’t mean you’re stuck with it. Discover the most common causes of bad breath (halitosis) and some tried and true...

    • Posted April 24, 2023
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