Category: YOUR HEALTH
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17 percent of Kentuckians lack food security; beef council to help on local level with donations to food banks
More than 750,000 people in Kentucky, 17 percent of those living in the commonwealth, do not always know where they will find their next meal, according to Feeding America’s Map...
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Eastern Kentucky native wants to alert Appalachian women about their high rate of cervical cancer and how to prevent it
University of Kentucky physician and Pike County native Baretta Casey, right, has spent most of her career providing health care and education throughout the state, with a focus on Appalachian Kentucky. The...
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UK nanotechnology study shows promise for more effective cancer treatment compared to chemotherapy
Dr. Peixuan Guo, one of the three top nanobiotechnology experts in the world A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows promise for developing ultrastable RNA nanoparticles that may...
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St. Joseph hospitals lay off 40 employees in Lexington
KentuckyOne Health announced Wednesday it would be laying off 40 employees at its St. Joseph Hospital and St. Joseph East locations in Lexington, Scott Sloan of the Herald-Leader reports. The move...
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State health department says 381 cases of whooping cough puts disease at epidemic levels
The state Department of Public Health says whooping cough is now at epidemic levels. Department officials told Amanda Stephenson of WTVQ-TV in Lexington that 381 cases of the virus have been confirmed...
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‘Cigarette 6’ smoked by Hopkinsville paper’s editorial
First came the Jackson Five, then the Chicago Seven. Now, straight from Hopkinsville’s city council, come the Cigarette Six. So dubbed by the editorial board of the Kentucky New Era,...
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Video explains health reform and new insurance coverage
The folks at Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has done us all a tremendous favor: They’ve made health reform law kinda easy. And kinda brief. In their new video “Health Reform...
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Kentucky ranks third among the states in child obesity, a problem that has a broad scope and deep roots (first in a series)
(Photo by Tara Kaprowy for Kentucky Health News) By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News At every Girl Scouts meeting, Christmas concert, soccer field and swimming pool in Kentucky lies a...
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What is being done to fight child obesity in Kentucky, which ranks third nationally in the problem? (second in a series)
Students in Kenton County Schools sample kale chipsas part of an effort to incorporate more fruit andvegetables into their diets. (School district photo) By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Now...
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Child obesity is a complex problem, intimidating to those who are fighting it (last in a series)
Dr. Christopher Bolling prepares to see a patient. By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Nearly every weekday, pediatrician Christopher Bolling starts his day by scooping up his lap top and...