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The Colson Senior Citizens Center recently hosted a health fair. Pictured are Janet Patrick and Tom Boggs who represented Letcher Manor Nursing Home at the health fair. More ... A radioactive tracer that "lights up" cancer hiding inside dense breasts showed promise in its first big test against mammograms, revealing more tumors and giving fewer false alarms, doctors have reported. The experimental method — molecular breast imaging, or MBI — would not replace mammograms for women at average risk of the disease. More ... DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 49, female and in good health. I do not take any medications. Several months ago, I developed an arrhythmia. My pulse would skip anywhere from once every four or five beats to once every 20 beats. I had no other symptoms. More ... NEW YORK Many colon cancer patients aren't getting the screenings recommended after surgery to make sure the disease hasn't returned, new research shows. More ... WASHINGTON The government is now posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform doctors and patients. The first list is a bare-bones compilation naming 20 medications and the potential issue for each. More ... Do you eat when you are sad, lonely, angry, stressed or bored? Do you use food to reward yourself? If you answered yes to these questions, you may be an emotional eater. Since controlling your diabetes means also controlling your diet, emotional eating can really derail your health. Here are six tips to help. More ... Hazard Community and Technical College and Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College will hold a pre-admission conference for the radiography program in room 235 of the Belinda Mason Building on the Whitesburg Campus of SKCTC at 3 p.m., Sept. 23. More ... |
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