Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Studies show that volunteer work helps your health; Kentucky’s level of volunteerism depends on how you measure it
Most Kentucky adults are involved in some community activity, broadly defined, but the state ranks below average, 36th, in the latest state-by-state ranking of volunteerism. “Volunteering can improve a community’s health and...
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Ambulance runs for rural patients are 76% longer when their hospital closes, and for seniors, it’s 98% longer, study finds
When a rural hospital closes, it’s logical to assume that patients in its former service area will spend more time in ambulances getting to an emergency room farther away. A University...
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Tobacco-free schools bill is in trouble in the House; sponsor, a Republican, can’t get enough of her party’s members to be for it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to make all Kentucky school properties and events tobacco-free is in trouble in the state House, prompting advocates to mount a rescue...
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Ky. officials rejected infectious-disease chief’s plea to move faster against hepatitis A outbreak, now nation’s largest and deadliest
As part of a package of stories about Kentucky’s hepatitis A outbreak, which is the “worst this century, sickening nearly 4,100 and killing 40,” Laura Ungar and Chris Kenning of...
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Poll finds those with dental insurance are more likely to visit the dentist, and insurance often depends on income
Nearly 60 percent of Kentucky adults saw a dentist in the past year, but 26 percent said they delayed dental care because it cost too much, according to the latest...
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This year’s influenza vaccine is more effective than last year’s; there’s months left in flu season, and shots are available
Flu vaccinations are easy to get. (Photo from Livestrong.com) — This year’s flu vaccine is more effective than last year’s and up to three months remain in the current flu season,...
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Gov. Matt Bevin says he would support a medical marijuana bill; prospects for that are better in the House than in the Senate
Gov. Matt Bevin greeted Lincoln County citizens before his forum in Stanford. (Photo from The Interior Journal) — Gov. Matt Bevin said he would be “happy” to sign a bill that would...
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Half of U.S. adults don’t know the five symptoms of a heart attack; Ky. ranks second in the share of the population who’ve had one
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News About 50 percent of American adults don’t know the five common symptoms of a heart attack, even though a heart attack happens about every...
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Study says diet drinks associated with higher risk of stroke and heart attack in women who have gone through menopause
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/14/study-warns-diet-drinks-pose-risk-stroke-heart-attack-older-women/2875278002/
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Fewer and fewer Kentuckians over the past decade have told pollsters that their general health is very good or excellent
The number of Kentucky adults who say they’re in very good or excellent health has gradually declined over the last decade, from almost half to only two-fifths. That was among...