Tag: cancer
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Kentucky is in the bottom 10 states for cancer-preventing HPV vaccination, probably because it has to do with sex
The human papillomavirus vaccination is nearly 100 percent effective in preventing precancers and noninvasive cervical cancers caused by two strains of the virus, but most parents in Kentucky and the...
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Exercise can help prevent or slow cancer, study suggests
Exercise may keep you from getting cancer and slow the growth of a tumor if you get one, according to a mouse-based study published in the journal Cell Metabolism by...
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10 common misconceptions about cancer and the environment
With the advent of the internet, people are swamped with information about cancer and some of it is not based on “sound scientific evidence” or is “at best, anecdotal,” which...
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Legislature’s many health bills include some with life-saving potential, better prevention, greater access and help for children
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One paragraph in this story was incorrect and has been stricken. FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky legislators have all but ended their regular session without...
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Officials hope reduction in Ky. colon cancer deaths via screening can be replicated with lung cancer, in which state is No. 1
Health officials in Kentucky, especially in the eastern part of the state, hope to increase lung-cancer screenings by following a successful colon-cancer screening initiative, Jackie Judd reports for PBS NewsHour....
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Legal clinic for cancer patients, families and caregivers in Louisville April 13 is free, but requests RSVP if you plan to attend
A free legal clinic for people facing cancer, and their families and caregivers, will be held in Louisville April 13. The Kentucky Cancer Program at the University of Louisville, the...
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162,000 Ky. Medicaid members are slaves to tobacco, but only 17% of them use their smoking-cessation benefits
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Ten percent of Kentuckians on Medicaid are dependent on tobacco, but fewer than 2 percent — less than one in five...
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Kentucky ranks first in deaths from cancer, a longtime fact given big play on the Sunday front page of The Courier-Journal
Kentucky has led the nation in cancer deaths for several years, but that fact hasn’t been trumpeted on the front page of a major newspaper in quite the way The Courier-Journal did...
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Ky. inches up in national health ranking, due to more coverage, HPV vaccination; but at 44th, it still has much work to do
Graphics are from America’s Health Ranking report By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranked in the bottom 10 states for 12 of the 34 measures ranked by the 2015...
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Lifestyle and environment matter most when it comes to cancer, study suggests; Kentucky leads the nation in cancer deaths
Lifestyle choices and environment may matter most when it comes to your likelihood of getting cancer, according to a new study in the journal Nature, Jen Christensen and Kevin Flower report for...