Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Report offers Appalachian residents ways to decrease smoking rates; they are more likely to die from smoking-related diseases
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It’s well documented that people in Appalachia die sooner than other Americans, and are more likely to die from smoking-related diseases. It doesn’t have...
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Kentucky has 16 confirmed cases of salmonella from pre-cut melons; health officials say you should throw it all out
Health officials are advising Kentuckians to throw away all of their pre-cut cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew, since 16 cases of salmonella have been linked to these products. The Kentucky Department of...
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CDC says ground beef likely source of E. coli outbreak, but hasn’t been able to identify the source; Kentucky has most cases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– Investigation of people stricken by the recent outbreak of E. coli “suggests that ground beef is the source of this outbreak,” the Centers for Disease...
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Kentucky leads the nation in child abuse, which in most cases is neglect that equals abuse; April is Child Abuse Awareness Month
From an editorial by The Winchester Sun Kentucky ranks first in the nation in a terrible way, according to a recent report. The most recent Child Maltreatment Report, issued in...
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Ky. has half the cases in odd, 5-state outbreak of E. coli infection
Video from The Washington Post —–Kentucky has about half of the cases in an outbreak of infections from a strain of E. coli bacteria that has also sickened people in Ohio, Virginia,...
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Health advocates offer tips for getting reluctant local governments to approve syringe exchanges, or ‘harm reduction programs’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky leads the nation in syringe exchanges for drug users, as a way to prevent the spread of disease, but local officials in some...
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Northern Kentucky judge rules in favor of health department, denies unvaccinated student’s request to return to school
A judge has ruled against a Catholic high school student in his lawsuit against the Northern Kentucky Health Department, which barred him from school and all extracurricular activities during a chickenpox...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is updating its directory of health coalitions; deadline to submit information is April 15
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is updating its directory of local health coalitions and is asking groups that work to improve health in their communities to provide their contact information online...
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Resolution to require study of response to hepatitis A outbreak, and recommendations to avoid a repeat, failed in the legislature
The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services won’t have to conduct a study of its response to the hepatitis A outbreak that has killed at least 52 in the state and...
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Drug makers’ payments to doctors may influence their choice of what drugs to prescribe, and that can cost patients real money
By Trudy LiebermanRural Health News Service Peggy, an Indiana woman and reader of this column, recently sent me a lengthy email about her 94-year-old mother who is rapidly...