All posts by LadyLively

  • FDA to Investigate Safety of Toxic Metals in Tampons

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will launch an independent review into any possible effects of toxic metals found in tampons. The announcement follows the release of a study in July that found...

    • Posted September 11, 2024
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  • Weight-Loss Pill Saxenda Helps Kids as Young as 6

    The weight-loss drug liraglutide helped obese children lower their BMI and reach a healthier weight, researchers report. The findings, published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented simultaneously at the European Association for the...

    • Posted September 11, 2024
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  • Daily Pill Helps People Lose Weight, Combines GLP-1 With Other Drug

    An experimental weight-loss pill appears to help people quickly shed pounds, a new study says. People who took the drug amycretin lost up to 13% of their body weight over three months, according to early clinical trial...

    • Posted September 11, 2024
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  • Good Maternity Care Increasingly Tough to Find in U.S.

    In the two years since the March of Dimes’ last report on the state of U.S. maternity care, more than 100 hospitals nationwide have shuttered their obstetric units, leaving more new moms with literally “Nowhere to Go”...

    • Posted September 11, 2024
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  • Weekly Insulin Injections As Effective for Diabetes as Daily Shots, Studies Show

    Weekly insulin shots can help control both type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as daily injections do, a pair of clinical trials have found. A new class of insulin called efsitora alfa has been designed...

    • Posted September 11, 2024
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  • CAR-T Therapy Won’t Raise Odds for a Second Cancer, Study Finds

    Contrary to a warning placed on labels for CART-T cancer therapies, use of these treatments does not appear to boost the odds for a secondary cancer later, a new study shows. Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer...

    • Posted September 11, 2024
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  • Diabetes Can Sometimes Lead to Gum Disease

    People with diabetes are more prone to gum disease, due to the damage the chronic illness does to small blood vessels, a new study warns. Diabetics who suffer from other diseases caused by small blood vessel damage...

    • Posted September 11, 2024
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  • It’s High Number of Guns, Not Mental Health Crises, That Drives U.S. Gun Deaths: Study

    Widespread and easy access to guns is the reason behind the shockingly high rate of firearm deaths in the United States, and not any rise in mental health problems suffered by perpetrators, a new study shows. The...

    • Posted September 11, 2024
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  • Blood Test Could Gauge Your Odds for Lung Trouble Like COPD

    An experimental blood test could one day help identify people most likely to develop severe lung problems like COPD. The test reviews a panel of 32 proteins in blood that best predict people most likely to suffer...

    • Posted September 11, 2024
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  • Helicopter Parenting: Spotting It, and Expert Tips to Curb It

    It’s natural for a parent to want to protect their children and keep them from harm. But sometimes this understandable desire crosses over into “helicopter parenting,” an overbearing need to be part of a child’s every decision...

    • Posted September 11, 2024
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