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Second case of measles confirmed; Kindergarten vaccine rates drop
BY MELISSA PATRICK KY HEALTH NEWS Public health officials continue to urge Kentuckians to ensure their children are immunized against measles, as they announced the state’s second confirmed measles case in 2025. The case was a child who was traveling through the state when they sought treatment, according to a news release. The child, who…
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Sleigh Cancer returns June 6
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Give Like Santa’s Sleigh Cancer Awareness Festival will return to Courthouse Square in Inez on June 6. The afternoon will bring family-friendly activities to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. The event will run from 3 p.m. to dark and feature food trucks, live music, a cornhole…
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UK’s colon and lung cancer research described as ‘groundbreaking’ and ‘surprising’
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Researchers at the University of Kentucky looked at the differences in the colon cancer tumors from Appalachian and non-Appalachian patients as a way to try to explain the high mortality rates of colorectal cancer in Appalachian Kentucky. The interdisciplinary team of researchers focused on analyzing samples from patients diagnosed…
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Study offers free virtual training for parents of children with autism
Parents of children with autism are invited to participate in a free virtual research study designed to teach essential caregiving skills. The six-week program, conducted via Microsoft Teams, features weekly 60-minute group sessions and covers six key techniques aimed at supporting children with autism. The study is led by Rebecca Stayton, a Martin County native…
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Martin County Historical & Genealogical Society hosts scholars for coal mining research collaboration
INEZ — On Sept. 24, the Martin County Historical & Genealogical Society welcomed Anna Fenyvesi from Hungary and Briane Turley and his wife Anne from West Virginia State University. Professor Turley has done extensive research on the effects of coal mining in rural areas of Kentucky and West Virginia. He has also examined the influence…
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Dementia risk factors identified in new global report are all preventable – addressing them could reduce dementia rates by 45%
BY ERIC B. LARSON AND LAUREN GITLIN THE CONVERSATION Nearly half of all dementia cases could be delayed or prevented altogether by addressing 14 possible risk factors, including vision loss and high cholesterol. That is the key finding of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal The Lancet. Centers for…
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UK hosts national meeting to raise immunization rate for vaccine against cervical and other HPV cancers, in which Kentucky leads U.S.
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Kentucky leads the nation in the rate of cases of and deaths from cervical cancer, a disease that is largely preventable by a vaccine. The vaccine targets the human papillomavirus, which can cause cancers of the cervix, genitals, anus, neck and head. Kentucky also leads the nation in cancers…
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European quit-smoking drug proven safe, effective in U.S. study
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Cytisinicline, a drug to help people stop smoking, was found to be safe and effective when used at a higher concentration than is traditionally used in Europe, where it is currently being used. It is not yet available in the United States. “Cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause…
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First drug to slow Alzheimer’s disease gets full FDA and Medicare approval for early-stage cases; drug is still in clinical trials at UK
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval for the first drug to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, opening the door for Medicare to pay for it. “This is the first medicine ever that actually changes the disease in the brain, removes a component of…
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