Day: February 14, 2022
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Proposed new CDC guidelines for treating pain would encourage use of non-opioid therapies first, avoid one-size-fits-all approach
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows opioid-prescribing rates in counties that ranked highest and those surrounded or nearly surrounded by them. —– By Melissa...
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A healthier diet could add years to your life, study says: more than a decade in your 20s, and eight or nine years even at age 60
Graph by University of Bergen researchers, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– A young adult in the U.S. can add more than a decade to...
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If you have heart disease or have had a stroke, you are at higher risk of having complications from the flu, so get a shot, CDC says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as influenza cases in Kentucky continue to decline, federal health officials remind people with heart disease that they need to get a flu...
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Getting annual flu shots or nasal sprays gives children broad protection against many variants of influenza, study finds
Photo from Washington University in St. Louis —– Children who receive year after year of season-specific influenza vaccines develop antibodies that also provide broader protection against new strains of flu, including...
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Pandemic numbers keep falling, except daily Covid-19 deaths
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers based on initial, unadjusted reports; click image to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic kept declining in Kentucky Friday, but...