Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Summer is a good time to make sure your teenagers or preteens get their four recommended vaccinations
Vaccines aren’t just for babies. Preteens and teens also fall into an age group that has both required immunizations for school and recommended vaccines that can save their lives. Summer...
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Most insured through Kynect will pay more in 2016; Kentucky Health Cooperative seeks 25 percent increase
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The federal health law requires that insurers planning to significantly increase premiums for policies on a health-insurance exchange to submit their rates by June...
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Even nicotine-free electronic cigarettes can damage lungs; parents urged to warn teens about dangers of e-cig smoking
Kentucky has one of the nation’s highest smoking rates, but electronic cigarettes, or e-cigs, are becoming more popular. These battery-powered vaporizers produce a vapor that usually does not contain nicotine....
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Almost one-third of teens have changed their health habits after looking up information on the Internet, study suggests
A decade-long study by researchers at Northwestern University about how teenagers use the Internet for health information found that almost one-third of adolescents report changing health habits after looking for information...
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Paducah Sun looks at two local doctors who write many prescriptions for painkillers; such local data are easily available
The Paducah Sun has used some easily available information about two local doctors to shine a local light on their heavy prescribing of opioids. The story by Laurel Black begins,...
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Herald-Leader reporter wins Nieman fellowship to study at Harvard; her goal is to help other papers cover Obamacare
Photo by Pablo Alcala,Lexington Herald-Leader Mary Meehan, a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader, has been selected for the 2016 class of Nieman fellows at Harvard University. She is one of...
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Kentucky’s seniors rank 48th in insurance firm’s health rankings
Click here to go to interactive map. Kentucky seniors ranked in the bottom 10 states for 23 of the 35 measures ranked by the 2015 America’s Health Ranking Seniors Report,...
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University of Kentucky rural health expert, Ty Borders, appointed to national advisory committee on rural health
University of Kentucky College of Public Health Professor Ty Borders was recently appointed to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services. Ty Borders This committee is part of...
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Feeling exhausted and not sure why? Ask your health-care provider to check your vitamin B12
Some doctors are adding a vitamin B check to their standard “baseline” workup, especially vitamin B12, the one most commonly deficient, Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy reports for Newport Natural Health. “By some...
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In-school health clinics not only meet the health-care needs of students and staff, but also their families
School-based health clinics in Kentucky could become a trend, especially as the state searches for solutions to meet the health care needs of schools as budgets for school nurses continue...