Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Newspapers’ data analysis finds that Kentucky’s seniors on Medicare are among the sickest in U.S.; local data available
Red counties are over 21%. For map with data, click here. The top 10 Kentucky counties with the highest percentage of seniors on Medicare who have six or more chronic...
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Dr. Steven J. Stack of Lexington is sworn in as 170th president of the American Medical Association
Dr. Steven J. Stack, an emergency physician practicing in Lexington, was sworn in as the 170th president of the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest physician organization. Dr. Steven J....
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Advocates of school nutrition standards use high-school chefs’ competition to show that food can still taste good
The higher school-food standards required by the Child Nutrition Act expire this year, and Republicans are continuing their efforts to roll back some of them. Democrats and advocates of the...
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Partial knee replacement using a robotic arm used in Ky. for first time; offers hope of longer lasting knees that feel more natural
A partial knee replacement surgery that utilizes a robotic arm was performed for the first time in Kentucky in May, Mark Hansel reports for the Northern Kentucky Tribune. RIO, Robotic Arm System (Photo...
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UK students in national program to educate kids about oral health
A University of Kentucky undergraduate dental group was recently spotlighted by the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation for their passion to share oral-health education with elementary and middle schools in...
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A looming danger: About 1 in 3 U.S. adults are pre-diabetic, but only about 11% say they have received such a diagnosis
Before Type 2 diabetes develops, most people experience what is called prediabetes, where the blood sugar levels are above normal, but below diabetic, Dr. Philip A. Kern, University of Kentucky...
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How to avoid and treat poison ivy, oak and sumac
Now that school is out and summer is here, more people will be venturing into the woods to enjoy hiking, camping and other outdoor activities. Poison ivy, poison oak and...
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Hepatitis C is on the rise in Appalachian Kentucky, and dirty needles are to blame; officials predict surge of HIV to follow
Kentucky has the highest rate of acute hepatitis C in the nation and public officials predict it could get much worse, Claire Galofaro and Dylan Lovan report for the Kentucky...
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Markey Cancer Center honors those who have battled cancer by displaying art by or about them: Expressions of Courage
To celebrate National Cancer Survivorship Month, the Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky held an art exhibit June 6 to showcase personal artistic expressions crafted by or in memory of...
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Tips on how to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Spending time outdoors is one of the great pleasures of summer. Unfortunately, this is also the active season for the 50 mosquito species that...