Author: Heather Close
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Cannabis users are at increased risk of severe Covid, study finds
Kentucky Health News Use of cannabis, commonly called marijuana, is linked to an increased risk of serious illness for those with Covid-19. So says a study published in the American...
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Fewer dying from overdoses, but advocates say Kentucky needs more people mentoring others through addiction and recovery
By Sylvia Goodman Louisville Public Media Shawn Nutter walks through The Healing Place’s men’s facility in Louisville’s Russell neighborhood. He just completed the months-long recovery program, and now, Nutter’s working...
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Curious about new, popular weight-loss drugs? Here’s a lowdown
Editor’s note: At the end of 2023 Kentucky led the nation in the percentage of state residents, 2.1%, who had received the new class of diabetes and weight-loss drugs. ...
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Surgeon general wants health warnings on social-media platforms, which he blames for mental illnesses among youth
By Michlle Chapman Associated Press The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms and their effects on young people’s lives, similar to...
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Learning CPR for children and infants could help save a little life
By Dr. Callie L. Rzasa University of Kentucky More than 23,000 children in the United States suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest annually. Although the reported number of infant out-of-hospital cardiac...
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Men’s Health Month is a reminder to schedule preventive screenings
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Men’s Health Month in June is a reminder for men to think about their health and consider making some screening appointments that could lengthen,...
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Independent pharmacists start ads asking Congress for relief from pharmacy benefit managers, ask Supreme Court to hear a case
Kentucky Health News Independent community pharmacists have begun an advertising campaign to get Congress to rein in pharmacy benefit managers, the middlemen between drug and health-insurance companies. They are also...
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Deaths from colorectal cancer in Appalachian Kentucky have declined, but far less than in the rest of the nation, UK study says
Deaths from colorectal cancer in Appalachian Kentucky declined from 1999 to 2020, but far less than the rate of decline in the rest of the nation. That’s the upshot of...
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Southern Baptist Convention opposes in vitro fertilization, passing resolution offered by head of denomination’s Louisville seminary
UPDATE, June 15: For a New York Times story on how the resolution was developed, and its political ramifications, click here. Kentucky Health News The Southern Baptist Convention voted Wednesday to...
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Dr. Bruce Scott, Louisville otolaryngologist, becomes president of American Medical Association, says he’s ‘ready to fight’ for docs
Kentucky Health News Dr. Bruce A. Scott, an ear, nose and throat specialist from Louisville, was sworn in Tuesday, June 11, as the 179th president of the American Medical Association,...