Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Smoke-Free Coalition will lobby for state law to ban tobacco products and e-cigs from all school property and activities
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Concerned that historic declines in youth tobacco use will be undermined by the “exploding popularity” of Juul and other e-cigarettes, Kentucky’s Coalition for a Smoke-Free...
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Cheap knockoffs of popular Juul electronic cigarettes are latest FDA target to protect teens from vaping
Cheap knock-offs of the Juul electronic cigarettes popular with teens have been showing up in stores and online, “despite a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule banning the sale of new e-cigarette...
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Share of uninsured Kentuckians in rural areas and small towns dropped to 13 percent from 40 percent after Medicaid expansion
OPINION By Emily Beauregard Executive director, Kentucky Voices for Health Medicaid expansion has made an overwhelmingly positive impact on rural Kentucky. Our state was among the top three leaders in...
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Herald-Leader goes after understaffing at Ky. nursing homes
State Sen. Ralph Alvarado, R-Winchester, opposes bills that would set minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes because those jobs can be hard to fill. “It’s a job that a lot...
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65 kids a day are abused or neglected in Ky., third in nation; officials urge safe sleep practices, care about who provides care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – When it comes to keeping babies safe, three of the most important things are safe sleep practices, recognizing that bruising in...
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Lexington has 100+ restaurants on probation for health violations; hepatitis A raises concern, but no cases have been related to food
Amid a nearly statewide outbreak of hepatitis A, the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is monitoring more than 100 restaurants that it has placed on probation for violation of public-health standards,...
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Addict who writes column for Appalachian papers publishes book
Phillip Lee, a recovering drug addict who writes a column for newspapers in Appalachian Kentucky and Tennessee, has published a book, The Journey of an Addict. “Through overdoses and many hospitalizations,...
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FDA goes to war against teenagers’ ‘epidemic’ use of electronic cigarettes, says another generation is at risk of nicotine addiction
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is launching a new anti-vaping campaign aimed at teens. The campaign, “The Real Cost,” will target nearly 10.7...
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To defend against another flu epidemic in Kentucky: ‘Get the shot. Consult your doc. Stop the spread,” campaign says
Nurse practitioner Sara Wellman gives Ben Chandler his shot; Health Commissioner Jeffrey Howard looks on. (Photo by Al Cross) — By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Influenza killed 325 people in...
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State’s high-school obesity rate goes up; hope is in pre-school numbers, which have dropped; adult obesity rate is 8th in U.S.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s high-school students have been getting fatter, but obesity among preschoolers in the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program has been dropping, according to the latest...