February 14, 2022 – Kentucky Health News

Proposed new CDC guidelines for treating pain would encourage use of non-opioid therapies first, avoid one-size-fits-all approach

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows opioid-prescribing rates in counties that ranked highest and those surrounded or nearly surrounded by them. —– By Melissa...

By Al Cross Published February 14, 2022 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

A healthier diet could add years to your life, study says: more than a decade in your 20s, and eight or nine years even at age 60

Graph by University of Bergen researchers, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– A young adult in the U.S. can add more than a decade to...

By Al Cross Published February 14, 2022 FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

If you have heart disease or have had a stroke, you are at higher risk of having complications from the flu, so get a shot, CDC says

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as influenza cases in Kentucky continue to decline, federal health officials remind people with heart disease that they need to get a flu...

By Al Cross Published February 14, 2022 FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

Getting annual flu shots or nasal sprays gives children broad protection against many variants of influenza, study finds

Photo from Washington University in St. Louis —– Children who receive year after year of season-specific influenza vaccines develop antibodies that also provide broader protection against new strains of flu, including...

By Al Cross Published February 14, 2022 FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

Pandemic numbers keep falling, except daily Covid-19 deaths

Ky. Health News graph; case numbers based on initial, unadjusted reports; click image to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic kept declining in Kentucky Friday, but...

By Al Cross Published February 14, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

Day: February 14, 2022

Proposed new CDC guidelines for treating pain would encourage use of non-opioid therapies first, avoid one-size-fits-all approach

A healthier diet could add years to your life, study says: more than a decade in your 20s, and eight or nine years even at age 60

If you have heart disease or have had a stroke, you are at higher risk of having complications from the flu, so get a shot, CDC says

Getting annual flu shots or nasal sprays gives children broad protection against many variants of influenza, study finds

Pandemic numbers keep falling, except daily Covid-19 deaths