Paul Prather (Herald-Leader photo) As a minister for more than three decades, Paul Prather has sat with more than his fair share...
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1/4 of Kentucky adults have used e-cigs, but most are under 45 -HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One in four Kentucky adults have ever tried electronic cigarettes, with the largest percentage of...
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Is sugar our nutritional enemy? New book claims it is-HEALTHYLIVE
For about decade as the century started, more and more Americans appeared to obey the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's advice to eat le...
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Study says older adults with arthritis need 45 minutes of moderate activity per week, much less than federal guidelines recommend-HEALTHYLIVE
Daily Mail photo Older adults with arthritis need 45 minutes of "moderate activity" a week to maintain functional in...
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Republican senators scale back smoking-ban efforts to schools, where officials 'don't want to be tobacco police'-HEALTHYLIVE
Two Republican state senators who couldn't make progress toward a statewide smoke-free law are shooting for a lesser goal: a ban on use ...
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New long-acting treatment for opioid-use disorders, tested at UK, is one step closer to submission for FDA approval-HEALTHYLIVE
Clinical trials of a long-acting therapeutic treatment to treat moderate to severe opioid-use disorders were shown to be effective, making t...
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Former Gov. Steve Beshear warns Republicans that Americans won't respond well to having Obamacare coverage taken away-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Former Gov. Steve Beshear told a national TV audience that Republicans have done nothing about re...
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Republicans want to block-grant Medicaid but can't agree on how-HEALTHYLIVE
Most Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump support a plan to turn Medicaid into a block-grant program, which would limit spending ...
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Medicaid expansion had more impact in rural areas, study says-HEALTHYLIVE
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act greatly increased access to health care for Americans, especially in rural areas, says an I...
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Eastern Kentucky has some of the nation's highest cancer mortality rates, study finds-HEALTHYLIVE
Eastern Kentucky has some of the highest cancer rates in the U.S., says a study by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Eval...
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Bevin asks Congress to get rid of Obamacare and cut Medicaid eligibility to poverty level if its expansion continues-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin has taken a stronger stance against Obamacare than his fellow Republican governor...
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Sedentary older women who don't exercise are 'biologically older' than active women, study of their chromosomes shows-HEALTHYLIVE
Photo from Center for Advancing Health By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study has found that older women who sit for ...
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Federal judge blocks Humana's merger with Aetna; appeal possible-HEALTHYLIVE
A federal judge blocked Aetna Inc. 's bid to buy Louisville-based Humana Inc. on grounds that it would reduce competition for consumers...
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More students eat lunch and breakfast at schools where number of 'food vulnerable' students qualifies all for free meals-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Students eat breakfast ( Department of Agriculture photo) Kentucky Health News A program that offers free ...
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Ky. still pursuing Medicaid waiver; Obamacare repeal could convert the program to block grants, giving states more flexbility-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky will continue pursuing its proposed changes for the expanded Medicaid program even if Congress repeals and replaces the law that au...
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Head lice spread in Hopkins County elementary schools; committee of school staff and parents formed to tackle problem-HEALTHYLIVE
Head lice are becoming a greater problem in elementary schools in Hopkins County, reports The Messenger , which published the numbers of cas...
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Did Medicaid expansion make people move from non-expansion states to Kentucky? A study suggests it did not-HEALTHYLIVE
When Kentucky expanded Medicaid and Tennessee and Virginia didn't, did that prompt some people to move from Tennessee and Virginia to Ke...
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Health boards support legislative agenda to change how public health is delivered and paid for, to make Ky. healthier-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News At their first-ever statewide meeting, Kentucky's local boards of health voted for their stat...
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McConnell: 'If the goal was to expand Medicaid, that could have been done alone.' But he won't say what's next for it-HEALTHYLIVE
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell "has a particularly thorny road" in guiding Republicans' repeal and replacement of Obamacare becau...
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Study of Ohio's Medicaid expansion: Enrollees have better health, more financial security, and say it's easier to keep or find work-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Ohio's Medicaid expansion enrollees say having health coverage made it easier for them to kee...
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In state Trump won in a landslide after pledging Obamacare repeal, fewer than 1 in 5 said they feared losing coverage-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer than one in five Kentucky adults who have health insurance were concerned about losing thei...
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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul suggests that if Kentucky wants to keep its Medicaid expansion, it should raise taxes to pay for it-HEALTHYLIVE
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul suggested Sunday that Kentucky and other states that expanded Medicaid under federal health reform should have to rai...
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Supporters of Obamacare rally in Ky. and protest repeal plans-HEALTHYLIVE
"The event was billed as a public forum on the consequences of repealing the [Patient Protection and] Affordable Care Act and Kentucky ...
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Drug-addicted babies more than twice as likely in Kentucky as in rest of nation, but few facilities accept addicted pregnant women-HEALTHYLIVE
Amy Kalber of Louisville strokes her infant son, Marty Barkley, in a family gathering. Her first two children were born addicted, b...
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Health officials say flu is widespread, urge a vaccination-HEALTHYLIVE
Photo illustration: affiniahealthcare.org The state Department for Public Health has raised the state's influenza level fro...
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Massie joins Paul in voting against bill to start Obamacare repeal; McConnell won't say what he has in mind for Medicaid expansion-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky has 25 approved syringe-exchange programs, meant to decrease the spread of HIV and hepatitis C among drug users-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A minister, a nurse and a physician assistant joined forces in Powell County to educate its citiz...
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