All posts by LadyLively

  • Close Bond With Your Teen Can Keep Them Physically Healthy, Too: Study

    Ask your teen about their day and try to spend more quality time together. It matters, a new study found. Teens who report better relationships with their moms and dads are healthier both mentally and physically and...

    • Posted March 23, 2023
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  • 1 in Every 36 U.S. 8-Year-Olds Has Autism

    More American children have autism than previously thought, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. It also finds that the COVID-19 pandemic delayed diagnosis for many, which could have lasting impact. Data from 11 communities...

    • Posted March 23, 2023
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  • U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Rose in 2022: CDC

    Tuberculosis cases climbed again in 2022, U.S. health officials announced Thursday. Still, the 5% increase, which amounted to 8,300 cases, didn’t reach higher pre-pandemic numbers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The message...

    • Posted March 23, 2023
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  • Weaker Bones, Weakening Brain? Study Makes the Connection

    For some older adults, thinning bones may be a harbinger of waning memory, a new study suggests. The study, of more than 3,600 older adults, found that those with relatively low bone density were at greater risk...

    • Posted March 23, 2023
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  • Drug Shortages Rose by 30% in 2022, U.S. Senate Report Shows

    Americans are facing shortages of drugs critical for cancer treatment, breathing problems and more — shortages that increased nearly 30% between 2021 and 2022, a new report shows. The report, commissioned by the U.S. Senate and discussed...

    • Posted March 23, 2023
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  • Warming Climate Could Bring Flesh-Eating Bacteria to More U.S. Waters

    Global warming is fostering the spread of a deadly flesh-eating bacteria along the northeastern coast of the United States, researchers report. Vibrio vulnificus bacteria grow in warm shallow coastal waters and can infect a person via a...

    • Posted March 23, 2023
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  • AHA News: Back From Deployment, Air Force Member Diagnosed With Congestive Heart Failure

    THURSDAY, March 23, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — As a logistics planner with the U.S. Air Force, Kassandra Benson deployed to Pakistan, where she worked long days and nights coordinating and troubleshooting special operations troops’ equipment...

    • Posted March 23, 2023
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  • Global Review Finds Vaccination Cuts Odds of Long COVID in Half

    A review of studies from around the world finds that getting vaccinated halves the risk of long COVID-19. For the review, a team led by researchers from the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom looked...

    • Posted March 23, 2023
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  • Drink Up: Coffee Won’t Affect Your Heart Rhythms

    A new study has some heartening news for coffee lovers: That morning cup is unlikely to make your heart skip a beat. The study, published March 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that drinking...

    • Posted March 23, 2023
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  • Feds Propose Overhaul of U.S. Organ Transplant System

    A single nonprofit has what amounts to a monopoly over all organ transplants performed in the United States, but the federal government said Wednesday that it plans to change that. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),...

    • Posted March 23, 2023
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