Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Flu activity in Kentucky again drops a bit, but remains high, and nine more adults die from it in state; not too late to get a flu shot
Kentucky Health News Nine more Kentucky adults have died from influenza, bringing the flu season’s total to 30, two under the age of 18, according to the state Department for Public...
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Senate President Stivers, long the key obstacle to medical marijuana in Kentucky, now says he sees ‘a narrow path’ for it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The most important legislative opponent of legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky said Friday that there is a “narrow path forward” for it. Senate President...
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Unanimous Senate sends female-genital mutilation ban to House
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to ban female genital mutilation in Kentucky unanimously passed the Senate Jan. 22 and went to the House Judiciary Committee for consideration.The...
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Bill to raise legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 passes state Senate 28-10, goes to House
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 to 21 passed the state Senate 28-10 and...
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Bill to train people in first aid for mental health passes House
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a training program for mental-health first aid has unanimously passed the state House and is in the Senate. “The Mental...
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Dentist gives warning signs of oral cancer, ‘not always definitive’
Shelley Shearer —– By Dr. Shelley Shearer There are nearly 50,000 new cases of oral cancer in the United States each year, accounting for 3 percent of all cancer diagnoses....
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Flu cases dip a bit in new year, are still much higher than last season; 21 have died from flu in Kentucky; a shot still protects
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza has killed 21 people in Kentucky this season, two under the age of 18, according to the state Department for Public Health. The latest weekly...
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Low-value tests are costly, can lead to harm; avoiding them is one of the few things you can do to limit medical costs
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service We know too well the cost of American health care keeps rising as far as the eye can see. In 1995 health care...
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Summary of research shows electronic cigarettes are not 95% safer than traditional cigarettes, as one industry ‘factoid’ claims
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent health journal article summarizes a growing body of research that refutes the oft-made claim that electronic cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful...
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State officials announce first death from ‘vaping’ in Kentucky
Kentucky health officials have reported the state’s first probable death related to use of electronic cigarettes. The commissioner of the state Department for Public Health, Dr. Angela Dearinger, said the death...