Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Nine Johnson County Middle School students get Healthy Policy Champion award for efforts to curb youth use of e-cigarettes
Johnson County students with Sen. Ralph Alvarado, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky CEO Ben Chandler and award. (Foundation photo) —– The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has named nine Johnson County Middle School students as...
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Study finds flavors in e-cigs can damage cells that are critical for a healthy heart; cinnamon and menthol flavors were the most toxic
Healthline.com photo —– Flavors used in electronic cigarettes damage the cells that line the inside walls of blood vessels, which ultimately increases the risk of heart disease, a study has...
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Doctors worry FDA can’t ensure quality of foreign generics; 80% of active ingredients in U.S. drugs come from India or China
Adobe illustration adapted by The Boston Globe —– Some U.S. doctors worry that the federal government is not doing a good job of policing generic prescription drugs — which account...
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Most women with heart disease don’t get enough exercise; heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in U.S., and 5% in Ky. have it
WebMD photo —– More than half of women in the United states with heart disease aren’t getting enough physical activity, and that number has increased over the past decade, a...
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Health cabinet says it will revise proposed rule that would have banned tattooing over scars, due to ‘unintended consequences’
WFPL photo —– After almost two weeks of mystery, speculation and complaints, the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services has explained in a news release why it wants to ban tattoos...
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Kentucky dropped one spot in latest America’s Health Rankings Report for seniors, to 49th; ranked last in health outcomes
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new report shows that Kentucky continues to be one of the worst states in which to grow old, which isn’t great news for...
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Chronic disease can lead to mental-health issues, especially among seniors in isolated rural areas like Casey County
Dennis and Gay Pond (WFPL photo) —– “Rural America has some of the highest rates of chronic disease in the nation – the more remote a community, the more heart disease, cancer and...
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Study suggests kids with hypertension more likely to have heart disease as adults; Ky. teens 3rd in U.S. in top risk factor, obesity
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Just like adults, children can have high blood pressure. The only way to know is to check for it, and it’s important because children...
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Infection-control activist calls for timely outbreak notifications, comprehensive tracking, aggressive containment and vaccines
OPINION By Dr. Kevin Kavanagh I live in Kentucky, a state with the nation’s largest hepatitis A outbreak, an emerging measles outbreak and a governor who said he exposed his...
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Hepatitis outbreak is declining in Ky., but we are still finding more in a week than we once got in a year; 57 have died from it in state
The good news about hepatitis in Kentucky is that the number of hepatitis A cases is dropping. The bad news is that there are still as many cases each week...