All posts by LadyLively

  • Childbirth Now Costs Nearly $3,000 for Insured Americans

    Better have some savings stored up before you rush to the delivery room: A new analysis shows the average out-of-pocket expense for delivering a child in the United States is nearly $3,000, even if you’re insured. Other...

    • Posted July 21, 2022
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  • AHA News: How to Take Care of Kids When a Natural Disaster Strikes

    THURSDAY, July 21, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — The day Reina Pomeroy unintentionally became an expert on how natural disasters affect children began pleasantly enough. On that sunny December morning, she and her husband, David, had...

    • Posted July 21, 2022
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  • Exercise, Puzzles, Games: They Help Men’s, Women’s Brains Differently

    Exercising your body and mind can help stave off memory problems as you age, and some of these benefits may be even greater for women, a new study suggests. The study looked at cognitive reserve, or the...

    • Posted July 21, 2022
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  • FDA to Take a Hard Look at Its Food, Tobacco Programs

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will begin a comprehensive review of its food and tobacco programs amid a high-profile infant formula shortage and recent rulings on e-cigarettes. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf first announced the review on...

    • Posted July 21, 2022
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  • Post-Workout Sauna Might Boost Your Health Even More

    Next time you work out, maybe take a 15-minute sauna when you’re done for extra heart health benefits. That’s the main finding of research out of Finland. It found taking a sauna confers additional cardiovascular benefits over...

    • Posted July 21, 2022
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  • Raw Meat Diet May Have a Downside for Dogs

    Feeding raw meat to your dog may spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to researchers who studied the poop of dogs fed these diets. What did the British scientists find? Dogs who were fed raw meat were more likely...

    • Posted July 21, 2022
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  • Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk

    Harried, overworked anesthesiologists could be raising hospital patients’ risk of death and complications, a new study reports. It’s not uncommon to have one anesthesiologist directing the anesthesia care for multiple surgeries at the same time, overseeing the...

    • Posted July 21, 2022
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  • COVID in Late Pregnancy Ups Odds for Preterm Birth

    A COVID-19 infection might put pregnant women at risk of premature birth, but only if they’re in their last trimester, Israeli researchers report. “The results are encouraging and reassuring that COVID-19 infection during pregnancy is not associated...

    • Posted July 21, 2022
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  • Dogs’ Keen Sense of Smell May Help Them ‘See’

    While humans typically use their sight to orient themselves, dogs navigate the world by combining their sense of smell with their vision. So claims a new study that found dogs’ sense of smell is integrated with their...

    • Posted July 21, 2022
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  • Health Highlights: July 21, 2022​

    Exercising body & mind may help aging women more. ln a new study, women, but not men, had greater cognitive reserves if they exercised regularly and took classes, read or played games. Read more Post-workout sauna might...

    • Posted July 21, 2022
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