All posts by LadyLively

  • USDA Proposes New Rules to Cut Sugar, Salt in School Meals

    American schoolchildren could be getting school lunches that have less sugar and salt in the future, thanks to new nutrition standards announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday. These are the first school lunch program...

    • Posted February 3, 2023
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  • When Schools Ask Students About Suicide, Those At Risk Get Help Sooner

    Could asking teens a simple, but pointed, question about their mental health reveal whether they are at risk for suicide? It might, new research suggests. Since suicide is now the second leading cause of death among American...

    • Posted February 3, 2023
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  • AHA News: They Married at Hospital Chapel, Days Before Groom’s Triple Bypass Surgery

    FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Although weekday weddings are a growing trend, Daniel Pecoraro and Lisa Siegel hadn’t originally scheduled theirs for a Monday afternoon. And certainly not at a hospital near their...

    • Posted February 3, 2023
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  • AHA News: Genes, Neighborhoods and a Surprising Finding on Stroke Risk

    FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — A genetic score may be able to identify higher stroke risk – but only for people living in the most privileged neighborhoods, according to new research that highlights...

    • Posted February 3, 2023
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  • Working Gets Tough When Grieving a Lost Spouse

    When Elizabeth R.’s husband passed away from bone cancer in 2016, she felt grateful that her employer offered generous bereavement leave. Now 40, she worked in the development department of a large nonprofit cancer group at the...

    • Posted February 3, 2023
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  • Pregnant Women in Rural America Often Lack Health Insurance, Upping Risks

    New research suggests that pregnant women and new moms in rural U.S. areas are at greater risk of adverse outcomes, including death, because they are more likely to be uninsured. Women living in rural communities had lower...

    • Posted February 3, 2023
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  • Do You Need an Insulin-Resistance Diet?

    People with health conditions like type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes or polycystic ovarian syndrome may have been advised about the value of an insulin-resistance diet. But this way of eating can benefit most people interested in balancing...

    • Posted February 3, 2023
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  • Obamacare Helped Women in Some Southern States Get Better Breast Cancer Care

    The Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid makes it more likely that a woman will be diagnosed with breast cancer earlier rather than at an advanced, harder-to-treat stage, new research suggests. Not all U.S. states expanded Medicaid...

    • Posted February 3, 2023
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  • Deer Carry COVID Variants No Longer Seen in People

    While COVID-19 variants Alpha, Gamma and Delta are no longer circulating among humans, they continue to spread in white-tailed deer. The animals are the most abundant large mammal in North America. Scientists aren’t sure whether the deer...

    • Posted February 3, 2023
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  • Health Highlights: Feb. 3, 2023​

    Working gets tough when grieving a lost spouse. People who returned to work within three months of losing a spouse had higher stress, a new study has found. And the less these folks earned at their job,...

    • Posted February 3, 2023
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