Author: Al Cross
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Sunlight is antidote to obsessive-compulsive disorder
Do you have obsessive-compulsive disorder? New research may direct you to retire in a sunny spot. A study at Binghamton University in New York and published in the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive...
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Study: Infants are not as susceptible as older children to food allergens, and if exposed early, less likely to develop allergies
If you’re wary of exposing an infant to food that might be allergic, think again. New medical guidelines say that infants should be exposed to potentially allergic foods because that...
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Here’s your chance to get a question about a health-related topic asked in a statewide poll
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is seeking suggestions for topics and questions in the next Kentucky Health Issues Poll. The deadline for suggestions is close of business Aug. 1....
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Parents indulge in risky behavior, using phone and texting while driving with children in the car
About half of Americans in a survey said they talk on cell phones while driving with children aged 4 to 10. Worse yet, a third said they read text messages,...
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Medicaid dental and vision cuts worry patients and health-care providers; Democrats want answers, restoration of benefits
Kentucky is in the third week without dental, vision or non-emergency transportation benefits for 460,000 Kentucky adults on Medicaid, and Democratic lawmakers, health advocates and dentists are continuing to voice...
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New oral-health plan includes expanded role for hygienists, soft-drink tax to fund loans to get more dentists in under-served areas
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s new plan for oral health calls for the state to expand the role of public-health hygienists, find other ways to expand the dental...
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Justice Department sends Ky. another prosecutor to fight fentanyl, orders charges to be brought regardless of quantity
Kentucky is one of the states that will get an extra federal prosecutor to fight the spread of fentanyl, a powerful opioid blamed for an increasing number of overdoses. As...
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All Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal has been recalled, so throw it away or get a refund; CDC says, ‘Do not eat this cereal’
All Honey Smacks cereal has been recalled after a multi-state salmonilla outbreak has been linked to the cereal, infecting 100 people in 33 states. Two have been infected in Kentucky....
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Attorney General Andy Beshear sues another drug company, accusing it of worsening Kentucky’s opioid epidemic
Attorney General Andy Beshear filed suit July 12 against Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, charging the firm with knowingly misrepresenting the addictive nature of its drugs. The lawsuit in Madison Circuit Court alleges that the company...
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‘Stay cool, stay hydrated and stay informed’ to avoid heat-related illnesses in summer, which CDC says kill over 600 a year
Summer is a time to head outdoors and enjoy the hot weather, but it’s important to remember that those warm days we love so much can also be dangerous, especially...