All posts by LadyLively

  • Vaginal Dryness: What It Is, Symptoms, Treatment & More

    WEDNESDAY, Feb, 22, 2023Vaginal dryness. It happens to most postmenopausal women, but few talk about it and even fewer get treated for it. Vaginal dryness is a painful condition that occurs when the lining of the vagina...

    • Posted February 22, 2023
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  • Could Your Smartwatch Interfere With Your Pacemaker?

    If you’re one of the millions of people with a pacemaker or an implantable defibrillator to help control abnormal heart rhythms, certain health-tracking devices may do more harm than good. Smartwatches, rings or scales that emit electrical...

    • Posted February 22, 2023
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  • FDA Widens Warning for Contaminated Eye Products

    Stop buying or using Delsam Pharma’s Artificial Eye Ointment, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday. The over-the-counter product is made by the same company that makes eye drops that were recalled earlier this year amid...

    • Posted February 22, 2023
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  • Kids Born After Elective Induced Labor Performed Worse in School: Study

    You’re 38 weeks pregnant and so uncomfortable you can barely move, so you ask your doctor if labor can be induced early. That’s not necessarily a good idea, according to new research that found children born after...

    • Posted February 22, 2023
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  • AHA News: Give Me a Beet: Why This Root Vegetable Should Be on Your Plate

    WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Meet the beet. Fans of “The Office” may know it as the mainstay of Schrute Farms. Others may have casually tossed them into conversation, remarking that someone has...

    • Posted February 22, 2023
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  • Types of Psychotherapy: Finding the Right Fit for Your Needs

    For anyone struggling with a mental health issue who is looking for support coping with stress or managing complicated feelings, help is available. It’s called psychotherapy, and it might be the answer you’re looking for. According to...

    • Posted February 22, 2023
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  • US to Allow Medicaid to Pay for Drug Treatment in Prisons

    WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Soon, the federal government will allow states to use Medicaid funds to treat prisoners for drug addiction and mental health services. In an announcement made during a visit to the...

    • Posted February 22, 2023
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  • Mpox Can Be Fatal for People With Advanced HIV

    WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The mpox virus — formerly known as monkeypox — often causes severe illness and death in those with advanced HIV infection that is not under control, researchers report. What does...

    • Posted February 22, 2023
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  • Rectal Pill May Give Days-Long Protection Against HIV: Study

    Could a quick-dissolving pill placed in the rectum prove to be an effective and safe “on-demand” way to prevent HIV infection among sexually active men and women? It might, new research indicates. The experimental form of PrEP...

    • Posted February 22, 2023
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  • Alcohol Might Speed Alzheimer’s Progress in Brain, Animal Study Suggests

    Even modest drinking can speed up the loss of brain cells and formation of the plaques that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, research in mice shows. These plaques are an accumulation of toxic proteins. “These findings...

    • Posted February 22, 2023
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