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Health clinics plan conference
Representatives from across the state’s medical community will descend on Paducah this weekend, not only for the barbecue, but for a chance to discuss the issues relating to regional free health cl...
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Associated Press A model holds the Nexplanon hormonal implant for birth control. Teenage girls may prefer the pill, the patch or even wishful thinking, but their doctors should be recommending IUDs or hormonal implants -- long-lasting and more effective birth control that one doesn't have to remember to use every time, the nation's leading gynecologists group said Thursday.
IUDs, implants urged for teens’ birth control
CHICAGO — Teenage girls may prefer the pill, the patch or even wishful thinking, but their doctors should be recommending IUDs or hormonal implants — long-lasting and more effective birth control t...
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Associated Press Chinese health workers wearing protective garment walk in front of a clinic marked as "an untypical pneumonia clinic district" with a notice that announces that the Sino-Japanese hospital has been declared a hospital dedicated to treating SARS on the hospital grounds in 2003 in Beijing. Global health officials are watching a new virus related to SARS believed to have killed one and left another in critical condition.
SARS-like virus detected
LONDON — Global health officials are closely following a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left another person in critica...
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Sun files Barbara Randall (right), a registered nurse, checks the pulse and blood pressure of Olivia Jones, 7, at the Lourdes hospital Marshall Nemer Pavilion in July during a screening event for children at Washington Street Baptist Church. The Lourdes Kids CARDIAC Academy compiles data from such screening sessions to provide families a breakdown of BMI, blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol levels.
Child obesity data paints disturbing picture
Aimed at curbing an increasingly troubling health trend among today’s children, statistics of the area’s elementary-age children compiled by a local health organization highlight an ever-present ba...
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Hospital needs O-Negative blood
While Murray-Calloway County Hospital’s Blood Donor Center needs all blood types, the center is in critical need of O-Negative blood. Area residents can donate blood by attending an upcoming blo...
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Associated Press Dead mosquitos are lined up waiting to be sorted Aug. 16 at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas. Federal health officials said that West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week.
Nation for 2012 may report deadliest West Nile year ever
NEW YORK — Health officials say they’re convinced this will be the worst year for West Nile virus deaths and severe illnesses since the disease hit America’s shores in 1999. So far, 1,405 seriou...
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Sun files Jaedon Peyton from Clinton gets his blood pressure checked by Amanda Robbins of Pediatric Group of Paducah during a pediatric blood pressure screening at Kentucky Oaks Mall in July. A new report from the CDC says children consume as much salt on a daily basis as adults do.
Children consume as much salt as adults
The link between excessive salt intake and the increased risk of elevated blood pressure in adults has been well documented by health care professionals, but according to new government research, A...
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For US Hispanics, cancer top killer, not heart
NEW YORK — Cancer is now the leading killer of Hispanics in the U.S. — the latest sign it’s beginning to displace heart disease as the nation’s top cause of death. The rest of the country may no...
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Cannabis may help treat epilepsy
LOS ANGELES — British researchers have determined that a little-studied chemical in the cannabis plant could lead to effective treatments for epilepsy, with few to no side effects. The team at B...
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Research suggests tie between chemical BPA and child obesity
NEW YORK — A provocative new study suggests a connection between the BPA chemical used in food packaging and childhood obesity, but the researchers say their findings don’t prove it’s the cause. ...
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