Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Flu cases dip a bit in new year, are still much higher than last season; 21 have died from flu in Kentucky; a shot still protects
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza has killed 21 people in Kentucky this season, two under the age of 18, according to the state Department for Public Health. The latest weekly...
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Low-value tests are costly, can lead to harm; avoiding them is one of the few things you can do to limit medical costs
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service We know too well the cost of American health care keeps rising as far as the eye can see. In 1995 health care...
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Summary of research shows electronic cigarettes are not 95% safer than traditional cigarettes, as one industry ‘factoid’ claims
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent health journal article summarizes a growing body of research that refutes the oft-made claim that electronic cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful...
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State officials announce first death from ‘vaping’ in Kentucky
Kentucky health officials have reported the state’s first probable death related to use of electronic cigarettes. The commissioner of the state Department for Public Health, Dr. Angela Dearinger, said the death...
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Ky. among national leaders in flu, which keeps accelerating; 2 more deaths raise state total to 8; still plenty of time to get a shot
Two more people have died in Kentucky from influenza this season, bringing that number up to eight, according to the state Department for Public Health weekly flu report. Kentucky is among states...
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State has texting programs to help young people stop ‘vaping;’ experts say only 5 of 100 smokers are able to quit on their own
WebMD photo —– The abrupt change in the legal age to buy tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, has likely resulted in many to people 18, 19 and 20 being cut off...
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Lexington launches free app for youth to educate them about opioids; promoters hope to roll it out across state this year
Image from the FEND website —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lexington is offering a new app called FEND, for “Full Energy, No Drugs,” to aid in the education...
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FDA bans sale of most flavors in cartridge-based e-cigarettes; menthol flavor still allowed, against health advocates’ advice
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Trump administration has announced a ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes except for menthol and tobacco-flavored products for cartridge-based systems, like pods...
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New legal age of 21 to buy tobacco products surprises some; anti-smoking leaders say it won’t thwart teenagers’ use of e-cigarettes
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The minimum age to buy tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, is now 21. Legislation to raise the nationwide legal age from 18 passed Congress...
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Flu keeps accelerating in Ky.; weekly chart looks like a ski jump
Influenza kept spreading faster in Kentucky in the week ended Dec. 21, the last week for which the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state Department for Public Health have issued...