By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News "Project e-Prevent," a conference designed to help people understand electronic cigar...
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Louisville schools, national school psychologists' group warns about Netflix miniseries on a fictional youth suicide-HEALTHYLIVE
"A Netflix original miniseries that is getting a lot of attention throughout the country prompted Jefferson County Public Schools to...
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Exercise cuts the risk of damage to your heart, even if you're among the 35 percent of Kentuckians who are obese-HEALTHYLIVE
Consumer HealthDay photo Exercise not only lowers the risk of heart damage in middle-aged adults and seniors, but can also redu...
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Study finds childhood obesity quadruples the risk of developing type 2 diabetes; 20 percent of Kentucky's children are obese-HEALTHYLIVE
Children who are obese may be four times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those considered to have a healthy weight, according...
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Those who exercise have more vitamin D, and both are good for the heart; Kentuckians lag in exercise, and lead in heart disease-HEALTHYLIVE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Exercise and good levels of vitamin D are known to contribute to heart health, but tog...
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Community health workers aren't medically trained but help rural people manage their health care and their health-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As health advocates at the April 24 Kentucky Voices for Health annual meeting discussed how to r...
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Rep. Yarmuth tells health advocates how to fix ACA: restore and maintain subsidies, offer public option to help small, rural counties-HEALTHYLIVE
Dustin Pugel and Rep. Yarmuth at the meeting (AARP Ky. photo) Congress needs to maintain subsidies for buyers of Obama insurance ...
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In progress: KVH Meeting Yarmuth-HEALTHYLIVE
Congress needs to re-establish risk corridor payments, create a public option and appropriate money for cost-sharing to keep the Patient Pro...
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Southern Ky. doctor charged with illegal prescriptions that caused 3 deaths; another gets a year in prison on similar charges-HEALTHYLIVE
One Southern Kentucky physician was sentenced this month to a year and a day in prison for illegally prescribing painkillers to five people,...
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Proposed changes in Medicaid, especially making beneficiaries earn dental and vision benefits, alarm them and health advocates-HEALTHYLIVE
Family Health Centers in Louisville built a dental clinic after Medicaid expanded; under proposed changes people in the expansion wo...
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10-year study finds drinking one or more diet sodas a day nearly triples the risk of having a stroke and Alzheimer's disease-HEALTHYLIVE
A study suggests a connection between diet soda and both stroke and dementia, "with people drinking diet soda daily being almost thre...
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KentuckyOne Health announces another round of layoffs at hospitals, says most will be in corporate service jobs-HEALTHYLIVE
KentuckyOne Health is laying off 150 people at its hospitals around the state, and 100 others will be transferred to the University of Loui...
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Free webinar on impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Kentucky scheduled for Thursday, April 27-HEALTHYLIVE
(Image from NeighborWorks.org ) The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will offer a free webinar, "Impacts of Implementation...
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Somerset doctor convicted of Medicaid fraud; sentenced to five years for falsifying smoking-cessation counseling sessions-HEALTHYLIVE
Dr. Ezekiel Akande (Photo from Twitter ) A Pulaski County judge sentenced a Somerset doctor on Friday, April 21, to five years i...
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Study suggests a federal medical marijuana program would save billions of tax dollars on prescriptions-HEALTHYLIVE
Medical marijuana could save billions of taxpayer dollars now spent on prescription drugs, according to a study published in this month...
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It's time to clean out your medicine cabinet for the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 29-HEALTHYLIVE
Do you know the expiration dates of the medicines that have been piling up in your kitchen cabinet? If not, you might want to check those ...
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Poll: Almost half of Ky.adults know someone who is depressed, and 30 percent say they don't know where to call for treatment-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly half of Kentucky adults know someone who has a serious problem with depression, and most s...
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Anti-smoking expert: Cigarettes kill 8,900 Kentuckians a year, so it's time to raise cigarette tax and pass statewide smoking ban-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News "Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death that we know of," Ellen Hahn, di...
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UK gets $11 million grant to study links between cancer and obesity, two of Kentucky's big health problems-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky leads the nation in some forms of cancer, and is among the leaders in obesity. Is there a connection? The federal government is giv...
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Americans eat way too much salt, mostly from 25 commonly consumed foods; cutting back reduces risk of high blood pressure-HEALTHYLIVE
Americans eat too much salt, and a new study found that most of it comes from 25 commonly consumed foods. The top five culprits are bread...
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Water remains the best way to keep kids hydrated while playing sports; sports and energy drinks not necessary-HEALTHYLIVE
manhoodtv.com Sports drinks start flying off the shelf as the heat of summer and outdoor ...
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Elizabethtown newspaper reminds readers that community health begins with individual health-HEALTHYLIVE
The annual County Health Rankings provide a good opportunity for news stories that focus attention on the health of communities. But they a...
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Beware of stirring up dust where deer mice may have been; could contain a rare but deadly virus-HEALTHYLIVE
Spring is time for cleaning, and for outdoor activities such as camping and hiking. But it's also time to "beware of a rare but dea...
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After their child died from a drug overdose, a Kentucky family joined those who are choosing to tell the truth about addiction-HEALTHYLIVE
By Traci Thomas Kentucky Health News The obituary for Katherine Bryant Reynolds, published in the April 5 Lexington Herald-Leader , was ...
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Business interests weigh in on behalf of Medicaid-HEALTHYLIVE
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Medicaid, a 52-year-old program that seems to be in line for big changes from elected officials who ques...
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Study concludes that diabetes may kill four times as many people as reported; 13.4% of Kentucky adults have diabetes-HEALTHYLIVE
Medical News Today photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Diabetes may be responsible for ...
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