All posts by LadyLively

  • Could ‘Brain Training’ Exercises Help Slow Alzheimer’s Symptoms?

    Brain training aimed at improving memory can ward off symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease for years, a new study claims. Seniors experienced a slower decline in their memory and thinking abilities after undergoing brain training, compared to others...

    • Posted September 17, 2024
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  • Most Parents Are Moving Kids Out of Car Booster Seats Too Soon

    Most parents are placing their kids in harms’ way by moving them out of their car booster seat too soon, a new study warns. Four out of five parents moved their kid out of a booster seat...

    • Posted September 17, 2024
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  • Combo Treatment Doubles Survival for Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer

    A small clinical trial suggests that a duo of drugs can extend survival for people battling advanced kidney cancer. Researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y., developed the new regimen, a combination of pazopanib (Votrient)...

    • Posted September 17, 2024
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  • Pregnancy Changes the Brain, Study Finds

    With implications for research around postpartum depression and other health issues, scientists have tracked the changes pregnancy brings to the female brain. These changes weren’t subtle: Big shifts in what’s known as the brain’s “white matter” versus...

    • Posted September 16, 2024
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  • Breathing Could Bring Microplastics Into the Human Brain, Study Shows

    For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged in the human brain. Researchers in Germany and Brazil say that 8 out of 15 autopsied adults had microplastics detected within their brain’s smell centers, the olfactory...

    • Posted September 16, 2024
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  • Ozempic Could Curb Progression of Diabetes-Linked Liver Disease

    Fatty liver disease linked to diabetes and obesity can easily progress to liver cirrhosis, but new research suggests that GLP-1 medicines like Ozempic can help stop that. In a new decades-long study, veterans with diabetes and what’s...

    • Posted September 16, 2024
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  • Genetics Suggest Link Between ALS, Parkinson’s Disease

    People with rare genetic variants linked to degenerative brain disorders like Parkinson’s disease are at increased risk of developing ALS, a new study finds. Further, having these genetic variants increases the risk of a person having faster-progressing...

    • Posted September 16, 2024
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  • Missouri Bird Flu Case Raises Possibility of Human Transmission

    MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2024 (Healthday News) — In a disclosure that can’t eliminate the possibility that bird flu may have spread from one human to another for the first time, U.S. health officials have reported that a...

    • Posted September 16, 2024
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  • Vaping Is Harming College Students’ Brains, Study Shows

    Vaping may look cool when you’re young, but it appears to be dulling the brains of college students, a new study warns. College students who vape have lower cognitive function scores than those who don’t, researchers reported...

    • Posted September 16, 2024
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  • Poll Finds Many Parents Worry About Kids Finding Friends

    Many parents worry that their kids aren’t popular enough, or that they aren’t making the right friends, a new survey finds. About 1 in 5 parents say their child aged 6 to 12 has no friends or...

    • Posted September 16, 2024
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