<![CDATA[Kentucky.com -- Health]]> http://www.kentucky.com/147/index.html Kentucky.com, Lexington, KY en-us Copyright 2012 - Kentucky.com Health 60 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:49 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 dlawhead@herald-leader.com (Deedra Lawhead) <![CDATA[Win $100 in groceries!]]> http://woobox.com/668agt#storylink=rss http://woobox.com/668agt Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:10 EST Like us on Facebook and enter to win one of four $100 Kroger gift cards or other heart-healthy prizes.

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]]> <![CDATA[On Valentine's Day, love your heart]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2067516/on-valentines-day-love-your-heart.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2067516/on-valentines-day-love-your-heart.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:01 EST In honor of St. Valentine — who according to Catholic.org is the patron saint of "affianced couples, beekeepers, epilepsy, happy marriages, love and lovers" — we suggest a few ways…

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]]> <![CDATA[Free HIV test offered at Fayette health department]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2067349/free-hiv-test-offered-at-fayette.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2067349/free-hiv-test-offered-at-fayette.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39 EST The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is offering free HIV tests…

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]]> <![CDATA[Central Kentucky teens help their peers in battle against suicide]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2066219/central-kentucky-teens-help-their.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2066219/central-kentucky-teens-help-their.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:13 EST "I pick up one piece at a time," Woodford County High School senior says.

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]]> <![CDATA[Lexington churches' beard-growing contest raises money for men's cancers]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2066386/lexington-churches-beard-growing.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2066386/lexington-churches-beard-growing.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:43 EST Just before Christmas, Jud Davis went to his pastor with an idea. Davis, who is living with stage-four, or advanced, cancer, told the Rev. Pete Jones that men with cancer…

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]]> <![CDATA[Commentary: Environmental, genetic factors play roles in getting MS]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066612/commentary-environmental-genetic.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066612/commentary-environmental-genetic.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00 EST When I tell a patient he or she has multiple sclerosis, I more often than not am met with a quizzical look. The patient realizes a constellation of varied symptoms…

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]]> <![CDATA[Trimming super-size with half-orders, plate colors]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2067197/trimming-super-size-with-half.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2067197/trimming-super-size-with-half.html Washington Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:48 EST Call it the alter-ego of super-sizing. Researchers infiltrated a fast-food Chinese restaurant and found up to a third of diners jumped at the offer of a half-size of the usual…

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]]> <![CDATA[WHO calls for final push against leprosy]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066660/who-calls-for-final-push-against.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/13/2066660/who-calls-for-final-push-against.html International Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:23 EST The World Health Organization warned Monday that the battle against the age-old scourge of leprosy is not yet over, with more than 5,000 new cases reported yearly in the Western…

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]]> <![CDATA[Women can take seven steps to improve their heart health]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065562/women-can-take-seven-steps-to.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065562/women-can-take-seven-steps-to.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00 EST The leading cause of death among women in Kentucky is not cancer, but heart disease. And, for the last 27 years, deaths from cardiovascular disease in women have outnumbered those…

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]]> <![CDATA[Injured boomers beware: Know when to see doctor]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065722/injured-boomers-beware-know-when.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/12/2065722/injured-boomers-beware-know-when.html Domestic Nonwashington Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:53 EST It happened to nurse Jane Byron years after an in-line skating fall, business owner Haralee Weintraub while doing "men's" push-ups, and avid cyclist Gene Wilberg while lifting a heavy box.

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]]> <![CDATA[Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063663/qa-obama-and-the-birth-control.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063663/qa-obama-and-the-birth-control.html Washington Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:35 EST What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal.

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]]> <![CDATA[U. Mich.: Child porn case spurs outside review]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063810/u-mich-child-porn-case-spurs-outside.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063810/u-mich-child-porn-case-spurs-outside.html Domestic Nonwashington Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:28 EST University of Michigan officials said Friday they have ordered an outside review of campus security in the wake of a botched response to child pornography found on a medical resident's…

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]]> <![CDATA[Hungarian home birth advocate looses appeal]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063422/hungarian-home-birth-advocate.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063422/hungarian-home-birth-advocate.html International Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:18 EST A Hungarian obstetrician known for promoting home births lost an appeal Friday against her two-year prison sentence for malpractice.

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]]> <![CDATA[For pregnant women with cancer, chemo possible]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062494/for-pregnant-women-with-cancer.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062494/for-pregnant-women-with-cancer.html International Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06 EST Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant. Studies suggest that these women can be treated almost the same as…

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]]> <![CDATA[Russians alarmed by rash of teenage suicides]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063152/russia-alarmed-by-rash-of-teenage.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063152/russia-alarmed-by-rash-of-teenage.html International Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:51 EST A rash of teenage suicides in Russia has set off alarm bells and experts are urging the government to take immediate action.

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]]> <![CDATA[Nearly 1 in 20 US adults over 50 have fake knees]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063000/nearly-1-in-20-us-adults-over.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/10/2063000/nearly-1-in-20-us-adults-over.html Domestic Nonwashington Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:11 EST Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have…

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]]> <![CDATA[For pregnant women with cancer, chemo possible]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062491/for-pregnant-women-with-cancer.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062491/for-pregnant-women-with-cancer.html International Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06 EST Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant. Studies suggest that these women can be treated almost the same as…

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]]> <![CDATA[Beshear says Medicaid problems were anticipated, will be fixed]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062474/beshear-says-medicaid-problems.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062474/beshear-says-medicaid-problems.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:48 EST Legislators express frustration over Kentucky's switch to managed care companies.

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]]> <![CDATA[Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062381/obama-birth-control-policy-divides.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062381/obama-birth-control-policy-divides.html Washington Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36 EST Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for free birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging…

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]]> <![CDATA[India's global pharmacy role threatened by EU pact]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061799/indias-global-pharmacy-role-threatened.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2061799/indias-global-pharmacy-role-threatened.html International Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:31 EST Efforts by India and the European Union to strengthen trade are threatening India's ability to deliver lifesaving medicines to the world's poorest, analysts say as the two sides push through…

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]]> <![CDATA[Scientists say NASA cutting missions to Mars]]> http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062424/scientists-say-nasa-cutting-missions.html#storylink=rss http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/09/2062424/scientists-say-nasa-cutting-missions.html Washington Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02 EST Scientists say NASA is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars. And NASA's former science chief is calling it irrational.

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