All posts by LadyLively

  • Health Highlights: Oct. 4, 2022​

    Disabled patients face discrimination from doctors. More than three decades after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), some doctors still harbor biases toward people with disabilities, and even actively avoid accepting them as patients,...

    • Posted October 4, 2022
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  • New Window Blinds? Go Cordless to Save a Child’s Life

    How can you make your home safer for your young children? You might want to start by removing window coverings with cords that could strangle a toddler. “Young children can quickly and silently become strangled on pull...

    • Posted October 4, 2022
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  • Minority Patients Less Likely to Get Newer Alzheimer’s Meds

    While certain minority groups are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia than their white counterparts, they may also be less likely to be eligible for new disease-slowing treatments, a new study finds. Cognitive, or mental, impairment...

    • Posted October 4, 2022
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  • Dangerous Virus Found in Monkeys Could Jump to Humans

    The global public health community should be on the alert for a family of viruses in African monkeys that have the potential to spill over to humans, researchers warn. In their new study, the scientists noted that...

    • Posted October 4, 2022
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  • Brain Secrets of the Super-Sharp ‘Super-Agers’

    Researchers have discovered another clue as to how some older people stay sharp as a tack into their 80s and beyond: Their brain cells are really big. The study focused on what scientists have dubbed “super-agers” —...

    • Posted October 3, 2022
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  • Evolution Research Garners Swedish Scientist Nobel Prize in Medicine

    Swedish scientist Svante Paabo received the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday. The 67-year-old researcher made important discoveries about human evolution and the immune system while comparing modern humans and early hominins. After developing new techniques, Paabo...

    • Posted October 3, 2022
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  • Not All Kids With Autism Will Benefit From Therapy Dogs

    For many kids with autism, Rhett, a black Labrador retriever, has been a calming and comforting influence in his seven years as a therapy dog. But parents shouldn’t assume that a service pooch is the solution for...

    • Posted October 3, 2022
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  • Thousands of U.S. Cancer Patients Died From COVID Complications, Study Finds

    New research confirms that COVID-19 can be life-threatening for certain cancer patients: More than 16,500 Americans with cancer died from complications related to coronavirus infection during the first 10 months of the pandemic. “People with cancer, especially...

    • Posted October 3, 2022
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  • AHA News: At 21, Her College Graduation and a Stroke Happened on the Same Day

    MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Marissa Fattore’s graduation from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania took place on a warm spring day. For the occasion, Marissa had her nails done and wore a new dress...

    • Posted October 3, 2022
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  • Alzheimer’s Meds Are Mostly Tested in Whites. That Worries Black Patients, Caregivers

    MONDAY, Oct.3 2022Larry Griner resigned from his job in California and moved back to his childhood home in Baltimore nearly five years ago so he could care for his mother, Norma. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s...

    • Posted October 3, 2022
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