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FILE - In this July 20, 2006 file photo, a woman smokes a cigarette during a break from work in downtown Chicago. New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine's issue coming out Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, finds that women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago compared to those who never smoked. That is partly because they are starting younger and smoking more than women used to. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Women equal men’s lung cancer risk
Smoke like a man, die like a man. U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking mo...
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Contributed photo Dr. Michael Karpf, vice president for Health Affairs at University of Kentucky HealthCare, speaks before the Rotary Club of Paducah on Thursday. The university is expanding its patient referral range into western Kentucky, among other locations, and hopes to partner with local hospitals in future procedures, Karpf said.
Beyond borders
Exhibiting exponential growth in clinical care options and patient reach in the past decade, University of Kentucky HealthCare has its eyes set on becoming a leading top 25 academic medical center ...
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Lourdes Foundation receives teddy bears for pediatric patients
Teddy bears will bring smiles to pediatric patients as a seasonal toy store donated 30 stuffed animals to the Lourdes Foundation. Paducah Pediatrics will use the bears for patients who are scare...
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Cancer Society seeks drivers
More than 25,000 Kentuckians are expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year, and for many of them, getting to treatment may be the toughest part of their fight. The American Cancer Society’s...
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Kentucky goes red for heart month
Murray-Calloway County Hospital encourages people to don their favorite red apparel and participate in a free health screening in recognition of American Heart Month. The hospital invites the co...
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Associated Press Medical student Jimmy Beasley speaks with Joan Terry about her sister, donor Judy A. Clemens, after a memorial service Friday for bodies donated to science at Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest in Gary, Ind. During the hour-long service, relatives of donors gather around the steel tables where their loved ones were dissected along with the medical students who worked on the bodies during the previous semester. The program is geared toward teaching the medical students that this is not merely a cadaver, but a person, and their first patient.
Med students honor cadavers in dissection lab
GARY, Ind. — When medical students have finished their study and practice on cadavers, they often hold a respectful memorial service to honor these bodies donated to science. But the ceremonies ...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Smoke Signals
Facing some of the highest rates of lung cancer and heart disease in the nation, Kentuckians’ changing perceptions of smoke-free laws shows favor with regulations that could limit smoking in all pu...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Sandra Nauer had heard horror stories about hysterectomies from older relatives, but her recovery took about two weeks with no complications and she was able to return to her job as a caterer.
Hysterectomy rates drop as women learn options
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Not until after the surgery did Sandra Nauer realize how sick she’d been. After years of excruciating back pain, fatigue and other symptoms, she had an outpatient hysterecto...
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Western Baptist one of country’s best for obstetrics
Western Baptist Hospital is one of 356 hospitals nationwide recognized by WomenCertified as the "Best Hospitals for Patient Experience in Obstetrics." The obstetrics award is for 2013. Baptist was...
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Your medical chart could include exercise minutes
CHICAGO — Roll up a sleeve for the blood pressure cuff. Stick out a wrist for the pulse-taking. Lift your tongue for the thermometer. Report how many minutes you are active or getting exercise. ...
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