Day: August 1, 2022
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UK researchers develop membrane that stops the Covid-19 virus
Dibakar Bhattacharyya and the membrane (UK photo by Ben Corwin) —– By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky A team of researchers led by University of Kentucky College of Engineering Professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya and...
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Strawberries could reduce chance of Alzheimer’s, study finds
Photo illustration from berries.com —– Strawberries could help protect your brain from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from researchers at Rush University in Chicago. They found that a compound in...
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Abortion is on Ky.’s Nov. 8 ballot in a constitutional amendment, a Supreme Court race and some state legislative elections
Kentucky Health News In just over three months, Kentuckians will have a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment that if passed, would state that there is no constitutional right...
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A woman died from Covid-19 because she mistrusted the system and fell victim to one of the shady networks selling quack cures
The pills that Stephanie received in the mail were labeled hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. (Photo by Meredith Rizzo, NPR) —– NPR tells the cautionary story of a woman who got Covid-19 and died from...
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Planning an event? Testing people for Covid-19 at the door can reduce spread by 40% over testing three days ahead, study says
Organizers of events can nearly cut in half the risk of their guests transmitting Covid-19 by testing them at the door, according to a new study by Yale School of Public Health epidemiologists....
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Baptist Health Louisville first Ky. hospital with new treatment for benign prostate enlargement, which affects 40% of adult men
Baptist Health Louisville says it is the first in Kentucky to offer an “advanced, minimally invasive treatment” to help men who suffer from an enlarged prostate gland, or benign prostatic hyperplasia...