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Learning about arthritis can help ease its pain

For most people, joint pains equate to arthritis, a part of the rite of passage for getting older. There is more to arthritis than meets the eye.

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HEALTH

HealthFirst board votes to proceed with Southland Drive clinic

In spite of a pending state audit of the land deal that brought a proposed public health clinic to Southland Drive, the board of HealthFirst Bluegrass voted unanimously Thursday to push forward.
HEALTH

Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands

A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.

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HEALTH

Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air

One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows.
HEALTH

Caribbean talks conservation on Branson's island

Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters.
HEALTH

14-year term for Calif. doc promising cancer cure

A Los Angeles doctor was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for bilking patients out of more than $1 million by promising them that an herbal supplement she hawked could cure late-stage cancer and other diseases.
HEALTH

Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story

In a story May 17 about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation on a blood alcohol threshold for drivers, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the definition of a drink. The standard definition of a drink is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof alcohol.
HEALTH

WHO says single yellow fever shot is enough

The World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary.
HEALTH

AP PHOTOS: Path to legal pot a long, wild trip

It's one thing to legalize marijuana. It's another to figure out how to sell it, grow it, regulate it, test it and tax it.
FAMILY

Local filmmakers seek donations to make movie about Jarrett's Joy Cart

Two Lexington filmmakers are hoping to make a movie about Jarrett Mynear, the 13-year-old boy who, before he died of cancer, inspired others with his giving spirit and whose legacy is Jarrett's Joy Cart.
HEALTH

Agency to consider listing for Alaska lake seals

The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Thursday it will consider listing a population of harbor seals that live in a freshwater Alaska lake as a threatened or endangered species, a decision that could affect the massive Pebble Mine development project.