All posts by LadyLively

  • Free Meals at School May Boost Attendance, Lower Obesity Rates

    A review of U.S. data from 2012 through 2024 finds that when kids get free school meals, there’s a potential for a slight increase in attendance and a lowering of child obesity rates. Even kids from higher-income...

    • Posted August 21, 2024
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  • Therapeutic App Might Ease Anxiety in Young Adults

    It’s not a replacement for actual psychotherapy, but a newly designed app could help young adults with mental health issues lower their anxiety, researchers report. The app, dubbed Maya, “can be an accessible and impactful tool for...

    • Posted August 21, 2024
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  • Even 1 Cigarette a Day While Pregnant Can Harm Baby

    Just a daily cigarette or two before or during pregnancy endangers the health of newborns, a new study warns. Infants are 16% more likely to suffer major health issues following delivery if their mothers engaged in “light...

    • Posted August 21, 2024
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  • Obese Kids May Face Higher Odds for Eczema, Psoriasis

    Obese kids are more likely to develop immune-based skin problems like eczema or psoriasis, a new study says. Analysis of more than 2.1 million Korean children between 2009 and 2020 revealed that children who became overweight had...

    • Posted August 21, 2024
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  • COVID Vaccine Won’t Trigger MS Relapse: Study

    Multiple sclerosis makes people vulnerable to more severe cases of COVID-19, but a new study finds that getting the COVID vaccine won’t trigger a relapse of MS symptoms. “People with MS have an increased risk of severe...

    • Posted August 21, 2024
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  • ‘Mindful Breathing’ Might Ease Cancer-Related Pain, Anxiety

    A meditation technique called mindful breathing can help cancer patients manage their pain and anxiety, a new study finds. Cancer patients who engaged in 20 minutes of mindful breathing experienced a greater reduction in pain than those...

    • Posted August 21, 2024
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  • PE Class: It Can Boost a Child’s Body and Mind

    A quality physical education program involves more than just getting kids to move for a set amount of time during the school day, experts say. PE classes can teach lessons not found in any other classroom, Erika...

    • Posted August 21, 2024
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  • New ‘Platelet Score’ Could Gauge Your Odds for Stroke, Heart Attack

    An experimental genetic test can gauge a person’s risk of developing potentially deadly blood clots, researchers report. People who scored high on the test had more than double the rate of heart attack, stroke and major amputation...

    • Posted August 21, 2024
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  • Naloxone Might Help Revive People After Opioid-Linked Cardiac Arrest

    The overdose-reversing drug naloxone can help save the lives of people whose hearts have stopped due to an opioid OD, a new study shows. Naloxone rapidly reverses opioid ODs by blocking the ability of opioids to bind...

    • Posted August 20, 2024
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  • Mounjaro, Zepbound Cut Odds for Diabetes by 94% in At-Risk People, Study Finds

    Tirzepatide, the blockbuster GLP-1 medicine known as Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for weight loss, cut the odds that an obese, prediabetic person will develop diabetes by 94%, a new trial shows. The three-year-long trial, funded by...

    • Posted August 20, 2024
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