Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Chronic disease can lead to mental-health issues, especially among seniors in isolated rural areas like Casey County
Dennis and Gay Pond (WFPL photo) —– “Rural America has some of the highest rates of chronic disease in the nation – the more remote a community, the more heart disease, cancer and...
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Study suggests kids with hypertension more likely to have heart disease as adults; Ky. teens 3rd in U.S. in top risk factor, obesity
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Just like adults, children can have high blood pressure. The only way to know is to check for it, and it’s important because children...
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Infection-control activist calls for timely outbreak notifications, comprehensive tracking, aggressive containment and vaccines
OPINION By Dr. Kevin Kavanagh I live in Kentucky, a state with the nation’s largest hepatitis A outbreak, an emerging measles outbreak and a governor who said he exposed his...
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Hepatitis outbreak is declining in Ky., but we are still finding more in a week than we once got in a year; 57 have died from it in state
The good news about hepatitis in Kentucky is that the number of hepatitis A cases is dropping. The bad news is that there are still as many cases each week...
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UK College of Public Health researchers start the Journal of Appalachian Health, free to all, free to share
Researchers in the College of Public Health at the University of Kentuckyhave started the Journal of Appalachian Health, an online, peer-reviewed journal, saying their overall objective “is to improve the health status of the...
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Addict who writes a column says addicts are best helped by recovering addicts, with help of families, communities, politicians
By Phillip Lee As a recovering addict, I know first-hand the devastation and agony families face all across the United States. I know many think it is of our own...
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Ky., 43 other states sue generic drug makers, alleging price fixing; Beshear sues 3 top insulin manufacturers, making similar claim
Kentucky is among 44 states that filed a lawsuit Friday in federal court in Connecticut, accusing 20 manufacturers of generic drugs of fixing prices and suppressing competition. Meanwhile, Attorney General...
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Ky. proposes ban on tattooing over scars, but won’t say why; public comment on proposal taken through May; hearing May 28
WFPL photo —– Kentucky health officials are proposing to ban tattooing over scars, without giving a reason for doing so, drawing criticism from doctors and tattoo artists, Lisa Gillespie reports for Louisville’s WFPL....
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State gets $9 million to address mental health in 3 school districts; survey finds teens statewide having more mental-health issues
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The school districts of Bullitt, Henderson and Warren counties will participate in a five-year, $9 million program to increase awareness of mental-health issues among...
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Boys’ suicides increased after release of show ’13 Reasons Why;’ third season coming; psychiatrist warns all families are at risk
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The rate of suicide among 10- to 17-year-olds in the U.S. increased 29% in the months after the Netflix show “13 Reasons Why” was first telecast...