Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Most who think they’re allergic to penicillin aren’t; that can lead to over-use of antibiotics and resistant infections, a big issue in Ky.
About 10 percent of Americans say or think they have a penicillin allergy, but 90 percent of those people are not truly allergic and could tolerate the drug, according to the U.S. Centers...
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Study finds non-smoking children of smoking adults 31 percent more likely to die of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
If one or both of your parents smoked and you didn’t, you are still more likely to die of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, says a study published Thursday by the American Cancer Society....
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Louisville doctor has possible cure for rare brain disease of Iranian woman, who gets visa after CJ story
UPDATE, Aug. 13: “U.S. officials in Armenia granted Marzieh Taheri, 61, the exemption on Monday, just hours after her son sent them links to the Courier Journal‘s initial article about her...
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All Kentucky public housing under smoking ban as of July 31; some housing authorities are offering help with cessation
As of July 31, all federally funded housing projects are supposed to be smoke-free, a rule that has caused some controversy, but one that has helped some residents to quit...
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Secondhand smoke linked to school absences, ER visits and respiratory symptoms in teenagers; Ky. smoke-free policies lag
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It’s long been established that exposure to secondhand smoke is harmful to babies and young children. Now a study shows that it’s bad for...
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Ashland Middle School students invent device to pick up needles, win $150,000 technology grant for school
A group of middle school students at Ashland Middle School were inspired to create a device to pick up used syringes after learning that first responders had only rubber gloves and tongs...
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Family that lost a member to overdose raises money for drug education, fosters youth group in Oldham County
An Oldham County family that lost a son and brother to a drug overdose has responded by fostering a drug-education program and a youth group, Amanda Manning reports for The Oldham Era. Mason...
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Sept. 5 continuing education event focuses on opioid recovery, solutions in NE Ky.; features Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland
The upcoming Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center continuing education event will feature Sam Quinones, author of the book Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, which chronicles the rise of prescription...
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State suspends July 1 order that required Medicaid patients in managed care to make co-payments for treatment
Kentucky Medicaid officials have suspended collection of co-payments by patients in managed care, a change they had ordered at the start of July. “The co-pays caught health providers by surprise...
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NE Area Health Education Center wins national award for getting Appalachian students into med school; program going statewide
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center at Morehead won the Center of Excellence Award in Distribution at this month’s national AHEC conference for working to improve the health-care workforce in rural...