Day: October 25, 2021
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Kentucky’s 10- to 17-year-old youth rank No. 1 for obesity; high-school students rank fifth, 2-to-4-year-olds in WIC program sixth
Map from foundation report, adapted by Kentucky Health News to show rates in bordering states and the Southeast —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In 2019-20, Kentucky had the...
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Cardiovascular endurance exercises are better than weightlifting and other resistance exercise for improving health, study finds
Endurance exercises such as running or biking may be more beneficial to human health than resistance exercises such as weightlifting, says a Swedish study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Researchers from...
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Since start of pandemic, Kentucky’s case rate is 17% above U.S. average, but state’s Covid-19 death rate appears near average
New York Times map adapted by Ky. Health News; click here for interactive version with county rates. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky has had a higher rate of coronavirus cases,...
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Study: E-cigarettes don’t help smokers stay off combustible cigs
truthinitiative.org photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Switching to electronic cigarettes don’t help smokers stay off traditional cigarettes, according to a recent study. “Our findings suggest that individuals...
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Daily vaccinations and new coronavirus cases in Ky. are falling at about the same rate, but jabs outnumber cases by almost 7 to 1
Chart by The Washington Post; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As booster shots of all coronavirus vaccines approved in the U.S. become...
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Republican legislator gives overview of ‘pro-life omnibus bill’ that opponents say is designed to push abortion out of reach
Rep. Nancy Tate discussed her bill. (Image from WTVQ, Lexington) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Foes of abortion gave state legislators an overview Wednesday of a proposed bill that...
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Pandemic made chronic shortage of nurses in Ky. an acute shortage; now 1/4 of Ky. nurses say they plan to leave their jobs
Nurse Cydney Kanis at Baptist Health Lexington (Photo by Alex Slitz, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– One in four Kentucky nurses say they plan to leave their job in the next three months,...
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Could we eliminate Covid-19? New study says it’s possible, if some portion of the population keeps practicing social distancing
Getty Images via Florida Atlantic University —– Some experts have said Covid-19 will become an endemic disease, like the flu, that may require annual vaccinations. But a study published in the Journal of...