Day: June 26, 2015
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Study finds that one dose of HPV vaccine that targets only cervical cancer is as effective as three doses, now recommended
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study has found that one dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix appears to be as effective in preventing HPV infections that lead...
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Study outlines historical barriers to tobacco prevention in Kentucky and other tobacco-growing states
A University of Kentucky College of Nursing study published in The Milbank Quarterly has shown that five major tobacco-growing states—Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee—fall behind the rest...
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Half again as many Kentucky newborns were hospitalized for drug dependency last year as the year before
Mother Samantha Adams and her newborn Leopoldo Bautista,10 days old, spend quality time inside the Louisville NortonHealthcare child care center for children experiencing drugwithdrawal. (Photo by Alton Strupp, The Courier-Journal) Increasing...