All posts by LadyLively

  • Common Medical Billing Errors Keep Many Americans From Care: Report

    Insured working-age adults are frequently being hit with medical bills for services that should have been covered, a new Commonwealth Fund survey has found. Close to half (45%) of insured workers have received a bill or copay...

    • Posted August 1, 2024
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  • Are Celebrity Suicides ‘Contagious’ Among Regular Folk?

    Celebrity suicides seem to be contagious, prompting everyday folks to consider the same, a new study suggests. The 2014 suicide death of comedian Robin Williams caused a thousand-fold increase in the risk of suicidal thoughts, reflected in...

    • Posted August 1, 2024
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  • Wildfire Smoke Exposure Linked With Higher Dementia Risk

    The wildfires thats are increasing with climate change could harm the future brain health of humanity, a new study suggests. Wildfire smoke appears to increase people’s risk of a dementia diagnosis even more than other types of...

    • Posted August 1, 2024
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  • Most Americans Don’t Know About Lung Cancer Screening: Survey

    People who’ve had a history of smoking can get a lung cancer spotted early — when it’s most treatable — through annual CT screening. Unfortunately, most Americans polled in a new survey didn’t know this potentially lifesaving...

    • Posted August 1, 2024
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  • Eating Less Processed Red Meat Could Cut Your Odds for Dementia

    Skip the bacon and those holiday hot dogs: A new study finds eating processed red meats raises your odds for dementia. Overall, just two servings per week of processed red meat was linked to a 14% rise...

    • Posted July 31, 2024
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  • Some Americans Lost Trust in Medical Profession During Pandemic

    The number of people who trust doctors dropped steeply during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study says. Worse, those who lost their faith in medicine are less likely to get vaccinated against COVID or the flu, researchers...

    • Posted July 31, 2024
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  • Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Adolescents Are Getting Mental Health Treatment

    In findings that suggest more young Americans struggling with mental health issues are getting the help they need, a new poll shows that nearly a third of American adolescents and teens received some sort of mental health...

    • Posted July 31, 2024
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  • AI Is Helping Doctors Interpret a Crucial Brain Test

    Artificial intelligence is adding new luster to the old-fashioned EEG brain scan, increasing the potential usefulness of the century-old medical test, a new report says. The EEG, or electroencephalogram, tracks brain activity through a dozen or more...

    • Posted July 31, 2024
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  • Boar’s Head Recall Tied to Listeria Expands to 7 Million More Pounds of Deli Meat

    A recall of Boars Head deli meats has been broadened to include an additional 7 million pounds of products because they may also be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, U.S. officials announced Tuesday. The expanded recall is...

    • Posted July 31, 2024
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  • Are There Heavy Metals in Your Chocolate?

    Toxic heavy metals are found naturally worldwide in soils that produce the cocoa bean tree — and those metals are showing up in chocolate, a new report warns. “We all love chocolate but it’s important to indulge...

    • Posted July 31, 2024
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