All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Highlights: Dec. 13, 2022​

    What’s driving the ongoing Adderall shortage? Shortages of the ADHD drug are expected to continue for months, forcing families to scramble for ways to deal with their children’s condition. Read more Most people with COPD enjoy good...

    • Posted December 13, 2022
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  • Smoking, Vaping Both Bad for Your Teeth & Gums: Study

    For those who care about their teeth, a new study sounds a pretty clear alarm: using tobacco in any form — including the increasingly popular practice of vaping — is a recipe for a dental nightmare. The...

    • Posted December 12, 2022
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  • Herbals, Yoga, Ginkgo: What Alternative Treatments Help Fight Heart Failure?

    It’s tempting to follow the latest trend when it comes to health care, but for patients who live with heart failure, some alternative treatments could have serious consequences. To address the issue, the American Heart Association (AHA)...

    • Posted December 12, 2022
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  • Air Purifiers May Help the Hearts of People With COPD

    Having COPD can make it hard to breathe as it taxes both the lungs and the heart, but a new study offers a possible solution: Using an air purifier helped patients’ hearts work better. Researchers found that...

    • Posted December 12, 2022
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  • Antibody Treatment Makes Inroads Against Multiple Myeloma

    An experimental immunotherapy appears highly effective in attacking bone marrow cancer, with nearly three in four patients responding to the treatment, new clinical trial results show. The drug, talquetamab, works by binding to the body’s immune cells...

    • Posted December 12, 2022
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  • Long COVID a Factor in More Than 3,500 American Deaths

    Long COVID is a collection of symptoms — brain fog, chronic fatigue, shortness of breath, stomach pain — that can torment people for months and even years on end. Worse, long COVID can also be is a...

    • Posted December 12, 2022
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  • Patients’ Genes Raise Odds for Rare Brain Infection When Using Certain Meds

    For some people, dozens of U.S.-approved drugs can lead to a rare but often fatal brain infection. Researchers have now confirmed a strong link between four genetic mutations and this illness, called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). A...

    • Posted December 12, 2022
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  • Gig Economy Could Be Harming Workers’ Health

    Capitalism is thought to bring out the best in workers, but there’s a dark side to tying a person’s everyday efforts to their weekly paycheck. Folks relying on short-term, freelanced office jobs, or jobs where pay is...

    • Posted December 12, 2022
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  • Health Highlights: Dec. 12, 2022​

    Gig economy could be harming workers’ health. People whose work is piecemeal and sometimes depends on tips and commissions tend to be in poorer health than workers with more stable incomes, new research confirms. Read more How...

    • Posted December 12, 2022
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  • Climate Change’s Extreme Temperatures Could Mean More Heart Deaths

    Both extremely hot and very cold days take their toll on people who have heart disease, particularly those with heart failure. A new multinational analysis of 32 million heart-related deaths over the past 40 years found more...

    • Posted December 12, 2022
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