All posts by LadyLively

  • AHA News: New Report Details What to Know About Cardiovascular Disease Symptoms

    THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Symptoms of cardiovascular problems run the gamut. Some – like chest pain during a heart attack or a droopy face during a stroke – are sudden and severe,...

    • Posted August 18, 2022
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  • CDC Investigating E. Coli Outbreak in Michigan, Ohio

    U.S. health officials said Wednesday that they are investigating an outbreak of E. coli that has infected 29 people in Michigan and Ohio. The outbreak has led to nine hospitalizations but no deaths, and investigators have not...

    • Posted August 18, 2022
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  • Change to Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Helped Women

    Using a lower threshold to diagnose pregnancy-related diabetes does not seem to reduce the risk of having a big baby, on average — but some women do benefit, a new clinical trial suggests. Gestational diabetes is diagnosed...

    • Posted August 18, 2022
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  • Ivermectin, Luvox Fail as COVID-19 Treatment

    Two drugs touted as potential COVID-19 treatments, ivermectin and fluvoxamine, don’t do a thing to improve patients’ oxygen levels and keep them out of the hospital or the morgue, a new clinical trial has shown. Neither of...

    • Posted August 18, 2022
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  • 3 Big Pharmacy Chains Must Pay $650 Million to Ohio Counties for Role in Opioid Crisis

    Three of the country’s largest pharmacy chains will have to pay $650.5 million over the next 15 years to two Ohio counties for their role in the opioid epidemic, a U.S. federal judge has ordered. The decision...

    • Posted August 18, 2022
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  • Kids Born Premature Lag in Elementary School, But Most Catch Up Later

    While babies born prematurely may lag behind their elementary school peers, they eventually catch up, British researchers report. By the end of high school, only the kids born before 32 weeks of gestation were continuing to struggle,...

    • Posted August 18, 2022
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  • Countries With Universal Health Care Had Better Child Vaccination Rates During Pandemic

    Countries that are closer to achieving universal health coverage saw smaller declines in routine childhood vaccinations during the pandemic, a new study reveals. The World Health Organization describes universal health coverage as “all individuals and communities receive...

    • Posted August 18, 2022
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  • Health Highlights: Aug. 18, 2022​

    Change to diagnosis of gestational diabetes helped some women. Using a lower threshold to diagnose the pregnancy-related condition hasn’t reduced the risk of having a big baby, on average — but some women do benefit, new research...

    • Posted August 18, 2022
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  • Pregnancy Can Be Anxious Time for Women With Epilepsy

    Pregnant women with epilepsy battle anxiety and depression more often than their peers who aren’t pregnant or don’t have epilepsy, a new study reveals. “The good news is we did not find that pregnant women with epilepsy...

    • Posted August 18, 2022
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  • Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney

    Children who need kidney transplants have better long-term outcomes when the donor is a living person and not someone who has died and donated organs, a new study finds. “The findings of our study should lay to...

    • Posted August 17, 2022
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