Cavities can be contagious, researchers have found
A new study has found that cavities are contagious. “Just as a cold virus can be passed from one person to the next,” so can cavity-causing bacteria that cling to...
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A new study has found that cavities are contagious. “Just as a cold virus can be passed from one person to the next,” so can cavity-causing bacteria that cling to...
By Sarah Vos and Al Cross Kentucky Health News When it comes to dental health, Kentucky is down in the mouth. It ranks among the worst in the nation, with...
Though it’s expensive and can be hard to find, a vaccine against shingles is now available to people 60 and up, and in some cases to those 50 and up. Until...
The CEO of cigarette giant Philip Morris International said kicking the smoking habit isn’t that tough, though he acknowledged that cigarettes are bad for one’s health and are addictive. Louis...
The growing prescription-drug abuse problem in Kentucky and other states was under the microscope Thursday during National Public Radio‘s “On Point,” hosted by Tom Ashbrook. The Courier-Journal‘s Laura Ungar, who...
The construction and expansion at UK HealthCare, which comprises the University of Kentucky‘s College of Medicine and Albert B. Chandler Hospital, is giving Lexington a fiscal boost in an otherwise...
Kentucky’s public health commissioner said communities are moving in the right direction by enacting smoke-free ordinances and hopes Kentucky can become a smoke-free state. “We have communities in Letcher County,...
Doctors at Fort Campbell are using a mock battlefield to assess whether or not soldiers who have suffered a traumatic brain injury are ready to return to combat. The clinic...