All posts by LadyLively

  • Urine Test Might Spot Head-and-Neck Cancers Early

    A newly developed at-home urine test could potentially help doctors catch head and neck cancers earlier, a new study suggests. The test looks for tiny DNA fragments sloughed off by tumor cells, which pass from the bloodstream...

    • Posted April 18, 2024
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  • Many Seniors Are Overmedicated, But ChatGPT Might Prevent That

    AI could help doctors cut back on the bewildering variety of medications that seniors frequently are prescribed, a new study suggests. More than 40% of seniors are prescribed five or more meds, and this increases a person’s...

    • Posted April 18, 2024
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  • Antipsychotics May Do Great Harm to People With Dementia: Report

    Antipsychotics can substantially increase dementia patients’ risk of many serious health problems, a new study warns. Dementia patients prescribed antipsychotics have increased risk of stroke, blood clots, heart attack, heart failure, bone fractures, pneumonia and kidney damage,...

    • Posted April 18, 2024
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  • Two-Drug Combo Curbs Drinking for People Battling Severe Alcoholism

    A combo of an allergy drug and a blood pressure med appears to lower daily drinking in folks battling severe alcoholism, French researchers report. The two generic drugs are the antihistamine cyproheptadine and prazosin, which treats high...

    • Posted April 18, 2024
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  • Most Homeless Americans Are Battling Mental Illness

    Two-thirds of homeless people are experiencing some form of mental health disorder, a large, new review of data on the subject. The analysis found that men who are homeless are more likely to be battling mental illness...

    • Posted April 17, 2024
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  • FDA Recalls Heart Failure Devices Linked to Injuries and Deaths

    Two implanted heart devices used by patients in end-stage heart failure are now under a strict U.S. Food and Drug Administration recall, after being tied to 273 known injuries and 14 deaths, the agency said Tuesday. The...

    • Posted April 17, 2024
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  • COVID Does Not Spur Asthma in Kids, Study Finds

    There’s no evidence that a COVID infection increases the risk of asthma in children, the first study to date on the subject finds. “We knew from a number of really nice studies over the last decade or...

    • Posted April 17, 2024
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  • Birth Control Pill Might Lower Odds for Sports Injuries

    Active women using the pill appear to receive an added bonus from their birth control, a new study says. These women are less likely to suffer sprains and strains than women not on birth control, researchers reported...

    • Posted April 17, 2024
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  • Weight-loss Drug Zepbound Eases Sleep Apnea in Company Trials

    Zepbound, one of the wildly popular weight-loss drugs that millions of Americans now take, eased sleep apnea in obese adults in two company trials, drug maker Eli Lilly announced Wednesday. First approved to treat obesity by the...

    • Posted April 17, 2024
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  • Mouse Study Shows Microplastics Migrating From Gut to Other Organs

    Microplastics could be migrating from the digestive tract into the kidneys, livers and brains of human beings, a new mouse study suggests. Lab mice exposed to microplastics in their drinking water wound up with the tiny plastic...

    • Posted April 17, 2024
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