Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Kentuckians are encouraged to let the pros handle the fireworks; even sparklers, firecrackers and bottle rockets are dangerous
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fireworks are often synonymous with the Fourth of July 4, but they are also a common cause of injury, so the state Division of Fire...
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In a region and state with many teen births, E. Ky. program helps young women teach sex education outside the classroom
A group called All Access EKY is hiring young women between 17 and 22 to create media campaigns for reproductive health, with a focus on increasing access to a full...
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National HIV Testing Day is Wednesday, June 27, a reminder for everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 to get tested
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The only way to know for sure if you have the human immunodeficiency virus is to get tested, and here’s a reminder to do...
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Both Affordable Care Act insurers in Kentucky seek rate hikes; Anthem is returning to 17 unspecified counties, for a total of 76
The two health insurers offering government-subsidized health plans in Kentucky’s individual market for 2019 are both requesting an overall rate hike, the most popular one seeking increases averaging 3.5 percent...
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Philanthropist Christy Brown gives U of L $5 million for institute to study environmental conditions that affect human health
With a $5 million gift from leading Louisville philanthropist Christina Lee Brown, through the Owsley Brown II Family Foundation, the University of Louisville has established an Envirome Institute in its School of Medicine to “develop integrated knowledge...
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Clinton County’s obesity rate falls after years of foundation-funded program for improvement of the community’s health
Five years ago, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky gave the Clinton County schools the first installment of a $400,000 grant to help improve the county’s health status, with emphasis on children....
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Woman who lost 100 lbs. gives message of hope to the 68% of Kentuckians who are overweight: ‘If I can do it, anyone can do it’
It took back surgery and the very real chance that she would eventually have to have it again to motivate a 250-pound, 40-year-old Kentucky woman with a list of health...
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Weekly newspaper tells the story of a transgender woman, 19
The Lebanon Enterprise, which under Editor-Publisher Stevie Lowery has a recordof tackling sensitive subjects, broke new ground last week with a story about a 19-year-old transgender woman. The story by reporter Emily...
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Half of Americans 30 and older, and almost half of Kentuckians that age, have advanced gum disease that can lead to tooth loss
Half of Americans aged 30 and older have a disease of the gums called periodontitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If left untreated, gum disease can...
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Cancer Society says screening for colon cancer should start at 45, not 50; Ky. leads the nation in colon cancer and deaths from it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In response to rising rates of colorectal cancer among younger people, the American Cancer Society now recommends that adults with a normal risk for colon cancer get their...