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Eastern Kentuckians working to improve health rankings

Updated: 02/04/2013 - Studies show Eastern Kentucky is one of the most unhealthy regions in the state, and now some people in Pike County are trying to fight back.

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New cancer blood test

Updated: 01/06/2011 - Scientists in Boston joined forces with Johnson & Johnson Monday to announce the development of a new blood test to detect cancer.

Whooping Cough cases increase

Posted: 12/08/2010 - The number of people coming down with the whooping cough is going up and now health officials are urging Kentuckians to get vaccinated.

Beware of Bed Bugs

Posted: 11/11/2010 - State officials had to shut down the Corbin Career Center this week due to a bed bug infestation.

Kids with ADHD more likely to have missing DNA

Posted: 09/30/2010 - LONDON (AP) - Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are twice as likely to have missing or extra chromosomes than other children - the first evidence that the disorder is genetic, a new study says.

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Ivanhoe Medical Breakthroughs

  • Mothers Breastfeed Longer with Early Formula Use?
    (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Providing newborns with small amounts of formula for the first few days after birth may increase the amount of time mothers can breastfeed, according to researchers at the University of California at San Francisco.
  • Breast Cancer Detection Rates May Vary
    (Ivanhoe Newswire) – The Prevention and Cancer Control at Cancer Care Ontario in Toronto, Canada has found that digital direct radiography (DR) is significantly more effective than computed radiography (CR) at detecting breast cancer.
  • Chewing Tobacco Still Used by Teens
    (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Although smoking has been declining in youths since the 1990s, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston discovered that between 2000 and 2011 there was no change in the prevalence of smokeless tobacco use, such as snuff or dip, among middle and high school students.
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