Author: Al Cross
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Geriatric doctor offers tips for aging optimally; it’s much-needed advice for Kentucky seniors, who rank 49th for seniors’ health
Everydayhealth.com photo —– As life expectancy for both men and women keeps rising, it’s important to adopt a handful of healthy habits that include things like exercising and staying social...
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13 Ky. hospitals are suing over 40 opioid makers and sellers, alleging they misrepresented painkillers as safer than they were
NPR.org photo —– Thirteen Kentucky hospitals are suing more than 40 opioid manufacturers, distributors and sellers for using “a false narrative marketing scheme” that understated the risks associated with opioids...
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Alice Bridges of Louisville named latest Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for community health and childhood trauma efforts
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has named longtime Louisville health-care executive Alice O. Bridges as the latest Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for her work to address childhood trauma in schools and...
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CDC urges people to stop using electronic cigarettes amid an outbreak of lung illness related to ‘vaping’ that has killed at least 4
The companies call it “vaping,” but e-cigs produce aerosol with particulates, not a vapor. (NPR photo) —– Four deaths have been linked to use of electronic cigarettes and federal officials are investigating...
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National Preparedness Month’s theme is ‘Prepared, Not Scared. Be Ready for Disasters.’ Here are tips to help you be prepared.
Because emergencies and disasters can happen without notice, the stateDepartment for Public Health is offering tips on how to always be prepared in a campaign called “Prepared, Not Scared. Be Ready...
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Jamie Ennis Bloyd of Lexington, advocate for work on childhood cancer, is named latest Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has named Jamie Ennis Bloyd, who has worked at both the state and national level to advance research and policies for childhood cancer prevention, treatment and...
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Philip Morris, Altria may re-unite; single firm would be market leader in nicotine delivery, and health advocates don’t like it
IQOS items sold by Philip Morris, soon to be by Altria Group —– Health advocates and tobacco foes are objecting to a possible reunion of Altria Group and Philip Morris International, on grounds...
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Kentucky public health nurses and administrative staff travel to North Carolina to help people displaced by Hurricane Dorian
A team of Kentucky public-health nurses are on their way to North Carolina to provide medical support in local shelters filled by Hurricane Dorian for about two weeks, said the...
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Save the date: Friday, Nov. 15, to attend Covering Substance Abuse and Recovery, a workshop for journalists, in Ashland
Covering Substance Abuse and Recovery: A Workshop for Journalists will be held in Ashland Nov. 15 by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and Oak Ridge Associated Universities. The workshop is...
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Regular users of syringe exchanges who say they can decrease opioid use (and don’t use meth) are more likely to get treatment
One of the first studies to explore syringe-service programs in rural counties found that the participants who consistently used a syringe exchange and voiced high confidence in their ability to...