A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows that women who never or rarely screen for breast cancer are also unlikely to receive screening for cervical cancer. The study also identified ...
The fastest known time (FKT) on the Appalachian Trail has never been held by a woman—until now. Just minutes before midnight on Sept. 21, Tara Dower became the fastest known person to hike the ...
The day Betty Kellenberger hit a patch of freezing rain on Mount Madison, quitting crossed her mind. She was hungry, cold and sore. “You’re 80 years old,” she told herself in a pep talk atop a ...
Appalachian State University Police Officer Cashae Cook was named Woman of the Year by the North Carolina Law Enforcement Women’s Association, marking the first time an officer from a University of ...
The average thru-hiker takes around six months to complete the 2,197-mile Appalachian Trail. Endurance athlete Tara Dower did it in less than six weeks. The 31-year-old endurance athlete set a new FKT ...
"THE FOXFIRE BOOK OF APPALACHIAN WOMEN," edited By Kami Ahrens (The University of North Carolina Press, 268 pages, $25). The Foxfire series, as editor Kami Ahrens explains in the introduction to "The ...
Rural Appalachian women face increased HIV risk due to opioid and polysubstance use, necessitating novel intervention delivery methods. Facebook was used as a platform for delivering HIV prevention ...
CARSON CITY, Mich. (WOOD) — A journey of a thousand miles begins with just a step. Sure. But what about 2,200 miles across 14 states, climbing and descending the equivalent of 16 Mount Everests? Sound ...
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