All posts by LadyLively

  • Take These 7 Healthy Steps to Lower Your Odds for Dementia

    If it’s good for your heart, it’s good for your brain, too. This is the main message from a new study showing that seven heart-healthy habits can lower your chances of developing dementia down the road. This...

    • Posted February 28, 2023
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  • Texas Judge Set to Rule on Abortion Pill

    TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Whether women will continue to be able to get a medication abortion using the drug mifepristone in the United States hinges on the impending ruling of a federal judge in...

    • Posted February 28, 2023
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  • Breast Cancer Genes Raise Risks for Older Women, Too

    Though BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations are associated with breast and ovarian cancer in younger women, those over 50 continue to have a high risk of breast cancer. That’s true even if they didn’t have breast cancer...

    • Posted February 28, 2023
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  • Black Patients With Dementia Are Less Likely to Get Appropriate Meds: Study

    When Black patients struggle with dementia, they are less likely to receive helpful medications than their white peers, a new study warns. Researchers looked at how often patients received one or more of five classes of medications...

    • Posted February 28, 2023
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  • U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Keep Rising

    Pedestrian deaths have surged on U.S. roads in recent years, and they are climbing again. Pedestrian deaths hit a 40-year high in 2021, and numbers for the first half of 2022 were up about 5% over the...

    • Posted February 28, 2023
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  • Preeclampsia Could Slow Fetal Development, Study Finds

    Common pregnancy complications like gestational diabetes and preeclampsia may slow infant development in the womb, according to a new study. This leads to newborns being biologically younger than their gestational age, according to researchers from universities across...

    • Posted February 28, 2023
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  • Health Highlights: Feb. 27, 2023​

    Black patients with dementia are less likely to get best meds. Researchers say it’s unclear whether the drugs weren’t prescribed or whether some patients could not afford to fill prescriptions. Read more Take these 7 healthy steps...

    • Posted February 28, 2023
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  • How to Recover From Burnout

    Work isn’t always easy, but sometimes it becomes almost unbearable. You might experience a constellation of symptoms, including emotional exhaustion, a reduced sense of personal accomplishment and cynicism, which affects how you interact with others in the...

    • Posted February 27, 2023
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  • Anxious, Depressed? These Tips to Self-Care May Help

    A lot of people are dealing with anxiety, depression or just general unhappiness. Worry, sadness, restlessness, irritability and trouble sleeping are just a few symptoms of depression and anxiety, according to the U.S. National Institute of Mental...

    • Posted February 27, 2023
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  • Could a Common Sweetener Raise Heart Risks?

    An artificial sweetener commonly used in processed foods could be increasing people’s risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study argues. Erythritol is a natural sugar alcohol found in many vegetables and fruit. Even the human...

    • Posted February 27, 2023
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