All posts by LadyLively

  • Study Spots Key Factor in Kids’ Friendships

    While kids in a classroom are likely to be familiar with all their classmates after a short time, the children they are assigned to sit near are likely to become their closer friends, a new study suggests....

    • Posted June 30, 2022
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  • Pool Neck Floats a Danger to Babies, FDA Warns

    Neck floats marketed for babies to use in water can lead to serious injury or death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned this week. The inflatable plastic rings are especially dangerous for infants who have developmental...

    • Posted June 29, 2022
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  • Staffing Shortages Have U.S. Nursing Homes in Crisis

    There’s a shortage of nursing home beds for the elderly in America due to a severe staffing crisis that has caused long-term care facilities to cut back on new admissions, new research shows. Three out of five...

    • Posted June 29, 2022
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  • Demand for Abortion Pills, Info Has Been Surging for Weeks

    Shortly after news broke in May that Roe v. Wade was in danger of being overturned by the Supreme Court, internet searches for abortion pills surged, a new study shows. On May 2, a leaked draft ruling...

    • Posted June 29, 2022
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  • AHA News: Sleep Joins Revamped List of Heart Health Essentials

    WEDNESDAY, June 29, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Proper sleep is essential, and a widely used scoring system for heart and brain health is being redefined to reflect that. Since 2010, the American Heart Association has...

    • Posted June 29, 2022
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  • First Major League Soccer Player Is Diagnosed With CTE

    When former professional Major League Soccer (MLS) player Scott Vermillion died at age 44, he had stage 2 CTE, his family announced Tuesday. He is the first former MLS player diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Vermillion...

    • Posted June 29, 2022
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  • Kids Happier, Healthier Away From All Those Screens: Study

    New research confirms the dangers of too much screen time for kids and teens: Those who play sports, take music lessons, or socialize with friends after school are happier and healthier than children who are glued to...

    • Posted June 29, 2022
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  • Could Getting Your Flu Shot Help Prevent Alzheimer’s?

    A yearly flu shot may do more than protect you from a nasty bout of influenza: New research suggests it may help guard against Alzheimer’s disease as well. People who were vaccinated at least once over four...

    • Posted June 29, 2022
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  • Health Highlights: June 29, 2022​

    Kids happier, healthier away from screens. In a new study, those who played sports, took music lessons or socialized with friends after school were better off than kids glued to TVs and laptops. Read more Could getting...

    • Posted June 29, 2022
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  • Could Llamas Hold the Key to Fighting COVID-19?

    Llamas are more than beautiful creatures — they could also help protect humans from COVID-19 and a large array of similar viruses. Contained in their blood samples are tiny, robust immune particles that could protect against every...

    • Posted June 29, 2022
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