Month: June 2015
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KentuckyOne Health turns down ethics panel’s request to remove or change cancer treatment banner advertisement
A Louisville cancer center features a giant banner that says: “FIGHT CANCER WITH 5 or FEWER TREATMENTS.” The treatment, called CyberKnife and performed at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center,...
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Grants of up to $10,000 available for Kentucky communities to fight colon cancer; applications are due July 15
The Colon Cancer Prevention Project has a new “Project Innovation” grant program to help fund local innovative ideas to get more people screened for colon cancer in Kentucky and Southern...
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A leading authority on bullying in schools offers ideas for recognizing, preventing and dealing with it
By Melissa Landon Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues How do we recognize, deal with and prevent bullying, particularly in schools? A leading authority on bullying offered some ideas June...
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Retired UK professor Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven elected first female chair of World Medical Association
Retired University of Kentucky professor Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, who was the president of the American Medical Association in 2013-14, was elected the first female chair of the World Medical...
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Free screenings of new Kentucky colon-cancer documentary, plus Q and A, are scheduled in Louisville, Lexington and Hazard
The Colon Cancer Prevention Project is premiering its new documentary, “Catching a Killer: Colon Cancer in the Bluegrass,” in three select cities, before it starts airing on KET this summer....
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UK research project will create strategies to improve respiratory health for those living in Appalachian Kentucky
Public health researchers at the University of Kentucky will undertake a five-year long research project called “Community-Engaged Research and Action to Reduce Respiratory Disease in Appalachia,” Sarah Noble writes in a...
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Combination of tobacco smoke and high radon levels increase Kentuckians’ risk of getting lung cancer by a factor of 10
Red counties are expected to have an indoor radon level high enough to require a radon mitigation system. (USEPA map) Combined exposure to tobacco smoke and radon, an odorless gas...
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14-year-old from Paducah discusses her depression and thoughts of suicide to help others in a similar situation
Sophie Henney of Paducah chose two days after her 14th birthday to tell her story of depression and thoughts of suicide. She wanted to share her story—and her name—to help...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky accepting nominations for its board of directors and Community Advisory Committee
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is accepting nominations for its board of directors and Community Advisory Committee. The 15-member board is responsible for preserving the foundation’s $45 million endowment...
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Seniors get a lot of anti-anxiety drugs, sometimes in dangerous combination with narcotics; Ky. ranks third in the nation in that
When Medicare’s drug program, called Part D, was put into place more than a decade ago, Congress decided to not pay for anti-anxiety medications. In 2013, when Medicare started paying...